LOST in TRANSLATION - Click the Green Flag Use the Translations Slider to set the # of "Whispers". Then type something in the Box and Click the Tick. The Eye remains closed until processing is complete. Then Click it to Open/Close it. Closed it shows the List, but Open it shows a single Full translation (& back). Use Up & Down arrows (or keys) to move Up & Down the List of Translations. If the Eye's open the (1 ... <-) button will show the first to current translation. (NB: A null Translation will stop the process fully.) FYI - I made a different version "Lost in Translation II", it was meant to be simpler, but didn't end up being so. You can check it out here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/417094286/
Created by @gregatku July 2020. This project exists solely thanks to the "Dads & Mums on Scratch" Studio. @kriblo was inspired by @Raven_Singularity's project "WIP: Raven's Babble Bots" - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/413933214/, to play around with the translate extension to create, "Whispering Game" - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/414413233/ . @colinmacc then pointed out that @gor-dee had done something similar, "Chinese Whispers" - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/303767405/ . I loved both @kriblo's & @gor-dee's projects, but neither of them did quite what I would like to see in such a project. So I created this Project pinching the best of both their projects. Thanks heaps guys. Firstly I got both their Language lists and formed my initial list as the Union of them both, but I did it in such a way that I could easily add other Languages later. I liked the way @kriblo's showed each Translation written in the language it was translated to, but I also liked that #gor-dee's showed the Translation back. So mine shows both. I loved that @kriblo's project allowed the From Language to be whatever Language was the user's default Language, so I grabbed that idea from him. I loved the way @gor-dee's project showed where in the World each Language was used, but what I wanted to see precluded me from using that idea. I liked that they both allowed many more Translations/Whispers in the game than I do, but I wanted to be able to see each translation both ways and study each one for my own amusement for as long as I wanted, so I only allow a maximum of 10 Translations/Whispers as that is the maximum number I can show permanently on the screen using the displayed Lists of Translations. And thanks to a suggestion by @kriblo in the Comments here, an "eye" is used when clicked to alter the flow and change what you "see". Now extended post processing to enable any translation to be inspected in full. And a special thanks to @papipupepappa who showed me how to effectively make a working implementation of the non-existent "speak ... and wait", eliminating the awful fudge that I had previously. If you "See Inside" before clicking the Flag, you'll see how it translated "Too many cooks spoil the broth" into "Most markets throw apples". Sometimes it's fun to type the same thing over & over. You'll usually get a different outcome each time. I hope you like it. Please add any good/funny Translations you come up with to the Comments. It's very easy to do because if you Triple-Click on any of the List items, you can then ctrl-C them to copy them and then ctrl-V to paste them into your Comment. Regards Greg
