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Translator.java

+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Main program code
+ *
+ * @author Marc.
+ *         Created 17 Nov 2019.
+ */
+public class Translator {
+	
+	static int languages = 3;
+	private List<String[]> dictionary = new ArrayList<String[]>();
+
+	//constructor
+	public Translator() {
+		//add words/phrases to dictionary
+		addWord("hello","bonjour","hallo");
+		addWord("goodbye","adieu","auf wiedersehen");
+		addWord("thank you","merci","dankeschön");
+		addWord("my","mon","mein");
+		addWord("the","le","das");
+		addWord("be","être","sein");
+		addWord("to","à","zu");
+		addWord("of","de","von");
+		addWord("and","et","und");
+		addWord("a","un","ein");
+		addWord("in","dans","im");
+		addWord("that","ce","das");
+		addWord("have","avoir","haben");
+		addWord("i","je","ich");
+		addWord("it","il","es");
+		addWord("for","pour","zum");
+		addWord("not","ne pas","nicht");
+		addWord("on","sur","auf");
+		addWord("with","avec","mit");
+		addWord("he","il","er");
+		addWord("she","elle","sie");
+		addWord("you","toi","du");
+		addWord("time","temps","zeit");
+		addWord("person","la personne","person");
+		addWord("year","l' année","jahr");
+		addWord("way","façon","weg");
+		addWord("day","journée","tag");
+		addWord("thing","chose","sache");
+		addWord("world","monde","welt");
+		addWord("life","la vie","leben");
+		addWord("place","endroit","ort");
+	}
+	
+	//returns translated word if it is in the dictionary else returns an empty string (note: case sensitive)
+	//input and and output languages (0 = English, 1 = French, 2 = German)
+	public String translate(String word,int input_language,int output_language) {
+		int dic_size = this.dictionary.size();
+		//search for matching word by iterating though each word in the dictionary
+		for(int index=0;index<dic_size;index++) {
+			//check if current word in inputed language matches inputed word and if so return translated word
+			if(this.dictionary.get(index)[input_language].equals(word)) { return this.dictionary.get(index)[output_language]; }
+		}
+		//if no matching word is found
+		return "";
+	}
+	
+	//add word/phrase to dictionary (note: case sensitive)
+	private void addWord(String english,String french,String german) {
+		int index = this.dictionary.size();
+		this.dictionary.add(new String[languages]);
+		this.dictionary.get(index)[0] = english;
+		this.dictionary.get(index)[1] = french;
+		this.dictionary.get(index)[2] = german;
+	}
+}