Pig Latin Translator

Über Pig Latin Translator

This translator turns English into Pig Latin, the playground word game. Type or paste text and each word is changed as you type, with capital letters, numbers, spaces and punctuation left where they were. The message under the result tells you how many words were translated.

The usual rules are used. A word starting with one or more consonants moves them to the end and adds ay, so pig becomes igpay and string becomes ingstray. A word starting with a vowel simply gets way on the end, so apple becomes appleway. Words that start with qu keep the u with the q, so quick becomes ickquay. The letter y counts as a consonant at the start of a word, so yes becomes esyay, and as a vowel after a consonant.

Capitals are carried over sensibly. A capital stays on the first letter of the new word, so Hello becomes Ellohay, and a word written in capitals stays in capitals. Contractions such as don't are treated as one word, and hyphenated words are translated part by part. It translates in one direction only, from English to Pig Latin.

So verwenden Sie Pig Latin Translator

1. Type or paste your English text.
2. Read the Pig Latin as it appears under the box.
3. Check any tricky words, such as those starting with y or qu.
4. Copy it to share.

Typische Einsatzzwecke

• Writing a secret message for a friend or a sibling
• A language game for children, with the translator as the answer key
• Making a puzzle, a quiz round or a party game
• Learning how the rules work by comparing your own attempts with the result
• Setting a classroom exercise on rules and exceptions in language
• Adding a playful sign-off to a card or a message