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Parking company: "How much paper do you think we have?! We can't be printing it all in bloody Welsh! We'd go bankrupt!"
But seriously, on it's face this kinda comes off as some dude trying to get out of a ticket, but props to him for fighting for his heritage. There's no arena too small for this kind of exercise. Also, these clowns can't even bother to sue him properly. Didn't even show up? This latest attempt should be thrown out just on their lack of respect for him and the court system they're trying to abuse.
He's a language campaigner, so I'm sure he got the fine intentionally—knowing it would only be in English—specifically to make this point. Though he probably didn't expect it to take this long due to the other side being incredibly incompetent.
If it were another language, maybe it’d just be some guy trying to get out of a ticket; but my understanding (limited, as I’m an American) is that the Welsh have been fighting hard for a long time to preserve their language. So, good on him!
What it basically comes down to is there are several native languages in the United Kingdom - English, Welsh, Gaelic, Scots, Cornish and more - but only English is respected on the whole.
He's not even asking for every ticket to come in both languages, just to be sent one in Welsh when asked for. I think it should be a legal requirement to provide any document in any home language requested, personally.
There's no official language by law and English is de facto the official language for the whole country. There's a caveat though and it's that Wales made Welsh an official language in their part of the country, hence the ability for this man to ask for a ticket in Welsh and the possibility that the company will lose their case.
I don't think foederati from Germanic Barbaricum—the Baddies of Badonicus—are native.
If there's still disagreement...
Depuis ce moment, on va enforcer la loi du Pays de Galles seulement en français.