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English to Pig Latin Translator

Enter English Text to Translate:
  Enter the English text here that you want translated into Pig Latin. This is accomplished via this HTML document and accompanying JavaScript program. Note that hyphenated words are treated as two words. Words may consist of alphabetic characters only (A-Z and a-z). All punctuation, numerals, symbols and whitespace are not modified.


Igpay Atinlay Anslationtray:
  The Pig Latin translation of the text entered above will display here when you press the Translate button. Note: If the translated text overflows the right margin of this text box, you may select an alternate Maximum Line Length below (between 30 and 75 inclusive).
             Maximum Line Length:
Check this box to see the Pig Latin output in 'Learning Mode'
with dashes between the modified word proper and its new suffix for
better understanding and ease of pronunciation (must reTranslate)

This English to Pig Latin translation program performs a (near-) perfect translation of any English text to Pig Latin. Words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs and more.

There are many dialects and forms of Pig Latin which vary from region to region, country to country, and language to language, as well as other similar, and dissimilar, Pig Latin-like 'languages'. The dialect shown here tends to hail from California/West Coast of the United States.

Basically, the Pig Latin system used here works as follows:

Words that start with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) simply have "WAY" appended to the end of the word.

Words that start with a consonant have all consonant letters up to the first vowel moved to the end of the word (as opposed to just the first consonant letter), and "AY" is appended.
('Y' is counted as a vowel in this context)

The algorithm incorporates the following features and special case functionality:

Ensures proper capitalization

Correct upper case and lower case formatting

Correctly translates "qu" (e.g., ietquay instead of uietqay)

Differentiates between "Y" as vowel and "Y" as consonant
(e.g. yellow = elloyay and style = ylestay) — (except for a very few exceptions)

Correctly translates contractions

Hyphenated words are treated as two words

Words may consist of alphabetic characters only (A-Z and a-z)

All punctuation, numerals, symbols and whitespace are not modified

The routines are written in JavaScript version 1.1 (+) for NetScape 3.x (or higher) and Internet Explorer 4.x+, and uses HTML Form objects (Text Areas, Text fields, Buttons and Check Boxes). The algorithms were developed and programmed by Bill Donnelly.

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Links:    More Pig Latin information than you ever wanted to know about.

The Internet (World Wide Web, et al.) is becoming and/or has effectively become an Encyclopaedia Galactica.

To visit the pages, Click the little framed Piggy (gently).....
     (all pages opened in a new window)
First and foremost, Google me this!

The Google Web Directory listing for
           Science > Social Sciences > Linguistics > Languages > Constructed > Play > Pig Latin.
Perform an extensive Google search for even more Encyclopaedia Galactica references to "Pig Latin".
Are you brave enough to search with Google using Pig Latin??

Or, perform a Google search of your choice:

These web pages link back to this page:
    (listed in no particular order; not all rated 'G'; some PG-13 +/-)

Applelinks Article: Igpay Atinlay (Pig Latin) Encoding May Defeat Napster Filters
           http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/03/20010313125557.shtml
Applelinks Article: More And Less Pig Latin On The Web
           http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/03/20010315125516.shtml
Riverdale Library Youth Services
           http://www2.sls.lib.il.us/RDS/youth/
Get a Web-Organized Life
           http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/webcal040599.htm
Word Play
           http://www.wolinskyweb.net/word.htm
All THE BEST CENTRAL-Your Humor Page. Laughter is your best medicine.
           http://www.allthebestcentral.com/humor.html
Ready-Ed Publications:Farm Fun
           http://www.readyed.com.au/urls/MIBooks/Book1.htm
Daddy G Page Snazzy List of Links
           http://members.tripod.com/~K32SGTV/booger.html
America Circa '60s - Links (History and geography > History of North America > United States)
           http://www.suite101.com/linkcategory.cfm/8218/13821
                      Also: http://www.suite101.com/links.cfm/america_circa_60s
Brainlock.org Webertainment: the fun, the weird, and the just strange!!
           http://www.brainlock.org/fun02.htm

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Last updated: December 16, 2004; before that: January 5, 2002