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Try and solve!
If Samuel transcribed what Louis wrote....
....and Louis wrote what Ludwik translated....
....and Ludwik translated what Tim said....
....then what did Tim say?
Here is Samuel's transcription:
IN AAAAIAN INAAANAIA IA IAINA AI AA IAIIA IAA AAIAAINN AA IAAANN IAINANI
NA ANNNNMA NAANIANMN NN ANNAN NN AM MNNNN ANI MAAINNIA AM NNAMIA NNAANIN
AM MMIAAMA MMIMAAMMA MM AMAAA MA AM AAAMA AAA MAMAAAAM AM AAIMMM MMMMAMA
CLUE: The key to unlocking the puzzle is identifying Samuel, Louis and Ludwik. There are links between them!
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Part 1 - Who are Samuel, Louis, Ludwik and Tim?
Samuel = Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse Code.
Louis = Louis Braille, who invented Braille.
Ludwik = Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, usually credited as
L. L. Zamenhof, was a Polish-Jewish medical
doctor, inventor, and writer. He is most widely
known for creating Esperanto, the most
successful constructed language in the world.
Tim = Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Word Wide Web.
We’re given the starting point of Samuel Morse’s translation. We
therefore need to work backwards through the various translation steps
to return to the source message of what Tim said.
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Part 2 - What did Louis Braille write?
Convert from Braille to Morse Code
Take each letter in turn from each row of Samuels transcription:
First letters: INA converted into braille = .. -. .-
Braille into letters: .. -. .- = n
Second letters: NAM converted into braille = -. .- --
Braille into letters: -. .- -- = i
Third letters: AAM converted into braille = .- .- --
Braille into letters: .- .- -- = b
Forth letters: ANM converted into braille = .- -. --
Braille into letters: .- -. -- = e
Letters from Samuels transcription in order:
INA NAM AAM ANM ANI ANA INA AMM NAA INM NAM AAI ANM AIA NAA ANM IMM ANA INM ANM IAA ANM INA NAA ANA ANM INA AAA AMM IMA ANA INA INM ANA IAA ANA AIA AMM AAA IAM AIA ANA INA NIA NAM AAA AMM INA ANA AAI AMM NIM NAM INM ANM IAM NAM ANA NIM INA
Copy the above code into the Morse Code converter
Results
.. -. .- / -. .- -- / .- .- -- / .- -. -- / .- -. .. / .- -. .- / .. -. .- / .- -- -- / -. .- .- / .. -. -- / -. .- -- / .- .- .. / .- -. -- / .- .. .- / -. .- .- / .- -. -- / .. -- -- / .- -. .- / .. -. -- / .- -. -- / .. .- .- / .- -. -- / .. -. .- / -. .- .- / .- -. .- / .- -. -- / .. -. .- / .- .- .- / .- -- -- / .. -- .- / .- -. .- / .. -. .- / .. -. -- / .- -. .- / .. .- .- / .- -. .- / .- .. .- / .- -- -- / .- .- .- / .. .- -- / .- .. .- / .- -. .- / .. -. .- / -. .. .- / -. .- -- / .- .- .- / .- -- -- / .. -. .- / .- -. .- / .- .- .. / .- -- -- / -. .. -- / -. .- -- / .. -. -- / .- -. -- / .. .- -- / -. .- -- / .- -. .- / -. .. -- / .. -. .-
Braille can also be written as Numeric Braille.
1-3-4-5 2-4 1-2 1-5 1-3-5-6 1-3-5 1-3-4-5 1 2-3-4 1-4-5 2-4 1-2-3-6 1-5 1-2-3-5 2-3-4 1-5 1-4 1-3-5 1-4-5 1-5 1-2-3-4 1-5 1-3-4-5 2-3-4 1-3-5 1-5 1-3-4-5 1-2-3 1 1-3-4 1-3-5 1-3-4-5 1-4-5 1-3-5 1-2-3-4 1-3-5 1-2-3-5 1 1-2-3 1-2-4 1-2-3-5 1-3-5 1-3-4-5 2-3-4-5 2-4 1-2-3 1 1-3-4-5 1-3-5 1-2-3-6 1 2-4-5 1-3-4-5 1-4-5 1-5 1-2-4 2-4 1-3-5 2-4-5 1-3-4-5
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Part 3 - What did Ludwik translate?
Braille can also be written as Numeric Braille.
1-3-4-5 2-4 1-2 1-5 1-3-5-6 1-3-5 1-3-4-5 1 2-3-4 1-4-5 2-4 1-2-3-6 1-5 1-2-3-5 2-3-4 1-5 1-4 1-3-5 1-4-5 1-5 1-2-3-4 1-5 1-3-4-5 2-3-4 1-3-5 1-5 1-3-4-5 1-2-3 1 1-3-4 1-3-5 1-3-4-5 1-4-5 1-3-5 1-2-3-4 1-3-5 1-2-3-5 1 1-2-3 1-2-4 1-2-3-5 1-3-5 1-3-4-5 2-3-4-5 2-4 1-2-3 1 1-3-4-5 1-3-5 1-2-3-6 1 2-4-5 1-3-4-5 1-4-5 1-5 1-2-4 2-4 1-3-5 2-4-5 1-3-4-5
Copy the Braille code into a Braille converter
Results are in Esperanto as described in Part 1
ni bezonas diverseco de penso en la mondo por alfronti la novajn defiojn
Convert Esperanto to English (No capital letters)
Results
Tim said....
We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.
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