English: I think it's very important to have the balance between compliance and rights, and encouraging and persuading people to use the Welsh language. But without the rights and without the compliance, nothing is possible. So, as a basic step, that is vital, I think. When the standards were introduced - the arts council, clearly, uses the Welsh language quite naturally because of the work and the nature of the work - it wasn't such a big step for us as it has been perhaps for many other bodies. But having said that, it was a stretch, and when we did receive the list of standards that we had to meet, it did challenge us internally, certainly. Through expanding the reach of the standards to the internal business of public bodies, it has raised awareness and has made the Welsh language more visible within the arts council, because - perhaps not out of choice for us - the natural language internally of the arts council was English, and we just accepted that. But, through bringing the standards in, we've seen a great increase in the use of the Welsh language internally. It has enabled us to bring staff into human resources and IT, and we treat the staff in the same way as we would the public in the way that we speak with them. So, when we speak to the whole staff, we accept that we have to do that bilingually, and that has meant that the Welsh language is much more visible within the arts council. And the external work as well - . It's enabled us to work with people that we work in partnership with - the bodies that we fund, the grants that we provide - and to do more work in partnership with the people that we work with also to encourage the use of the Welsh language.
Welsh: Rwy'n meddwl ei bod hi'n bwysig iawn cael y balans rhwng cydymffurfiaeth a hawliau, ac annog a chymell pobl i ddewis defnyddio'r Gymraeg. Ond heb yr hawliau a heb y gydymffurfiaeth, nid oes dim byd yn bosibl. Fel cam sylfaenol, mae hynny'n hollbwysig, rwy'n credu. Pan ddaeth y safonau i mewn - mae'r cyngor celfyddydau, yn amlwg, yn defnyddio'r Gymraeg yn eithaf naturiol oherwydd y gwaith a natur y gwaith - nid oedd o'n gymaint o gam i ni ag rwy'n siŵr ei bod wedi bod i lot o gyrff eraill. Ond, wedi dweud hynny, mi oedd o'n stretch, a phan wnaethom ni gael y rhestr o safonau roeddem ni'n gorfod cwrdd â nhw, mi oedd o wedi'n herio ni, yn fewnol, yn bendant. Trwy ymestyn ymgyrraedd y safonau i fusnes mewnol cyrff cyhoeddus, mae wedi codi ymwybyddiaeth a gwneud y Gymraeg lot yn fwy gweladwy yn fewnol i'r cyngor celfyddydau, achos, heb yn wybod i ni, ac efallai ddim o ddewis, rili, iaith naturiol fewnol y cyngor celfyddydau oedd Saesneg. Roeddem ni jest yn derbyn hynny. Ond, drwy ddod â'r safonau i mewn, rydym ni wedi gweld cynnydd mawr yn y defnydd o'r Gymraeg yn fewnol. Mae wedi ein galluogi ni i ddod â staff i fewn i'r adnoddau dynol a thechnoleg gwybodaeth, ac rydym ni'n trin y staff fel y cyhoedd yn y modd rydym ni'n siarad â nhw. So, pan fyddwn ni'n siarad â'r staff i gyd, rydym ni'n derbyn rŵan ein bod ni'n gorfod gwneud hynny'n ddwyieithog. Mae hynny wedi gwneud y Gymraeg yn llawer iawn fwy gweladwy o fewn y cyngor celfyddydau. A'r gwaith allanol hefyd - . Mae o wedi ein galluogi ni i weithio efo pobl rydym yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth efo nhw - y cyrff rydym ni'n eu hariannu a'r grantiau rydym ni wedi eu rhoi - ac wedi ein galluogi ni i wneud mwy i weithio mewn partneriaeth efo'r bobl rydym yn gweithio efo nhw hefyd i annog y defnydd o'r Gymraeg.