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The whole site exists in English and in Welsh. Here is how the two versions relate to each other.

Mae'r wefan hon ar gael yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg. Defnyddiwch y ddolen ar frig pob tudalen i newid iaith. Mae'r ddwy fersiwn yn cynnwys yr un erthyglau.

This site is published in full in both English and Welsh. The link at the top of every page switches between them, and it takes you to the same article rather than to the home page.

How the two versions relate

Every article exists in both languages. The English was written first and the Welsh is a translation of it by a translator, not by machine.

Where the two differ, it is deliberate. Welsh place-name forms, grid references, Coflein record numbers and source citations are identical in both, because they are not language-dependent. Historic county names appear in the appropriate language: Brecknockshire and Sir Frycheiniog are the same county.

Source citations are given in the language of publication. A book published in English is cited in English on the Welsh pages, because that is what you would have to ask a librarian for.

Place names

The English pages carry Welsh place-name forms and their meanings throughout, from the start, because in most cases the Welsh name is the one that tells you what a place is. Trefaldwyn is Baldwin's town. Llanandras is the church of St Andrew. Rhaeadr Gwy is the waterfall on the Wye.

Where a place has two unrelated names in the two languages rather than a translation of one, the articles say so. Knighton and Tref-y-clawdd are not translations of each other. Neither are Hay and Y Gelli Gandryll.

Corrections

Corrections to either version are welcome, and corrections to the Welsh are particularly welcome. Please say which article and which sentence. Contact.