English: I think it's fair to say that we have gone through the pain of introducing the standards - we've gone through that process now - and it would be a step backwards, in our view, to go back to the language schemes as they are at present. All the development work that's happened over the last four or five years - to throw that back to the status of the language schemes, and the voluntary status in terms of regulation, would be a backward step, and would convey the wrong message, I think, to the people who live in Carmarthenshire and across Wales in terms of their expectations in terms of what they can expect in terms of Welsh language services. So, I think that would be our concern. The main benefit I would say in terms of the standards - . Many of the standards that we have in Carmarthenshire - we had them in the language scheme, in terms of our external aspect, the services for the public. The benefit that the standards have brought to us in Carmarthenshire is that the standards now are relevant to us internally as a body as well. So, we have rights as Welsh-speaking staff. The expectations in terms of staff skills are changing too. There is support for staff to learn Welsh and to improve their skills, and this is something that's developed nearly as a result of introducing the standards. So, that has been something that's beneficial and something that we've been able to move forward on. And the other benefit is the work in terms of introducing a promotional strategy at a local level. That's one of the requirements within the standards. We've taken the view in Carmarthenshire that even though we as a council are responsible for the promotion strategy, we've prepared this in partnership with all the other agencies operating and promoting the Welsh language in the county. So, we've worked in partnership with the mentrau iaith, the young farmers, the Urdd and a number of other partners; Dyfodol yr Iaith and the Welsh Language Society have worked with us to work on the strategy locally. And that's brought strength in terms of clear messages for us at a local level on how we want to promote. That perhaps would have happened, but not to the extent that it has because of the requirement in the standards.
Welsh: Rwy'n credu ei bod yn deg i ddweud ein bod ni wedi mynd trwy'r boen o gyflwyno'r safonau - rŷn ni wedi mynd trwy'r broses yna erbyn hyn - a byddai'n gam yn ôl, yn ein golwg ni, i fynd nôl i'r cynlluniau iaith fel maen nhw ar hyn o bryd. Mae'r holl waith datblygu sydd wedi digwydd ar draws y pedair, pum mlynedd diwethaf - . I daflu hwnna nôl i statws y cynlluniau a statws gwirfoddol o ran rheoleiddio - mi fyddai hynny yn gam yn ôl sylweddol, ac yn cyfleu'r neges anghywir, rwy'n credu, i'r bobl sy'n byw yn sir Gâr ac ar draws Cymru o ran eu disgwyliadau nhw o ran beth y gallen nhw ddisgwyl o ran gwasanaeth Cymraeg. Felly, hynny fyddai'n gofid ni. Y budd pennaf y byddwn ni'n ei weld o safbwynt y safonau - . Mae lot o'r safonau sydd gyda ni yn sir Gâr - roedden nhw gyda ni yn y cynllun iaith, o safbwynt ein hochr allanol ni, y gwasanaethau i'r cyhoedd. Y budd mae'r safonau wedi dod i ni yn sir Gâr yw bod y safonau nawr yn berthnasol i ni yn fewnol fel corff hefyd. Felly, mae hawliau gyda ni fel staff sy'n siarad Cymraeg. Mae disgwyliadau o ran sgiliau staff yn newid hefyd. Mae cefnogaeth i staff i ddysgu'r Gymraeg ac i wella eu sgiliau hefyd yn rhywbeth sydd wedi datblygu bron yn sgil cyflwyno'r safonau. Felly, mae hwnna wedi bod yn rhywbeth buddiol a'n rhywbeth rŷm ni wedi gallu symud ymlaen arno. A'r budd arall yw'r gwaith o ran cyflwyno strategaeth hybu yn lleol. Mae hwnna yn un o'r gofynion o fewn y safonau. Rŷn ni wedi cymryd y farn yn sir Gâr mai er mai ni fel cyngor sy'n gyfrifol am baratoi'r strategaeth hybu, rŷn ni wedi paratoi hwn mewn partneriaeth â'r holl asiantaethau eraill sydd yn gweithredu ac yn hyrwyddo'r Gymraeg yn y sir. Felly, rŷn ni wedi gweithio mewn partneriaeth â'r mentrau iaith yn lleol, y ffermwyr ifanc, yr Urdd a nifer o bartneriaid eraill; mae Dyfodol yr Iaith a Chymdeithas yr Iaith wedi gweithio gyda ni i baratoi ein strategaeth ni yn lleol. Ac mae hwnna wedi dod â chryfder o ran negeseuon clir i ni yn lleol o ran fel rydyn ni eisiau hyrwyddo. Byddai hynny efallai wedi digwydd, ond ddim i'r graddau mae e wedi o achos y gofyniad o fewn y safonau.