Translates an English string into Al Bhed, a language from Final Fantasy X. I don't know if anyone would consider this a real language (or else I'd write Lingua:AlBhed :), cause it's really only a basic cipher. This doesn't take into account proper nouns that shouldn't be translated, like "magic" or "aeons", but it'll get you started.
$_ = "Let's start a Perl Monks blitzball team!";

tr/a-zA-Z/ypltavkrezgmshubxncdijfqowYPLTAVKREZGMSHUBXNCDIJFQOW/;

print;

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Re: Final Fantasy X: Al Bhed translator
by monkeygirl (Pilgrim) on Jan 07, 2002 at 22:05 UTC

    Using your original code, how about this modification?

    if (uc($ARGV[1]) eq 'E') { 
    $_ = $ARGV[0];
    tr/a-zA-Z/epstiwknuvgclrybxhmdofzqajEPSTIWKNUVGCLRYBXHMDOFZQAJ/;
}
    
else {
    $_ = $ARGV[0];
    tr/a-zA-Z/ypltavkrezgmshubxncdijfqowYPLTAVKREZGMSHUBXNCDIJFQOW/;
}

print;

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    This can translate to and from Al Bhed. The first argument is what you want translated, the second is how you want it translated (A for Al Bhed, E for English)

    This 

    perl albhed.pl "Translate Me" A
    results in "Dnyhcmyda Sa".

    And 

    perl albhed.pl "Dnyhcmyda Sa" E
    results in "Translate Me".

    Sarah
    Reach out and GREP someone. -- Seen on a license plate
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Re: Final Fantasy X: Al Bhed translator
by poqui (Deacon) on Jan 07, 2002 at 21:37 UTC
    Haven't played it yet, but it sure looks good!
    BTW, I noticed that they were careful only to replace vowels with other vowels, thereby preserving somewhat the pronounceability of the translated text.

    EY, Crip Hekkinydr, Pmylg Kuyd uv dra Fuutc fedr y druicyht ouihk!

    "That that is, is... for what is that but that? and is but is?" Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act IV, Scene 2

    "Yet THAT which is not neither is nor is not That which is!" Frater Perdurabo (pseud. Aleister Crowley), Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies

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Re: Final Fantasy X: Al Bhed translator
by sparkyichi (Deacon) on Jan 08, 2002 at 22:06 UTC
    It looks more like a substitution cryptography to me than a language to me.

    Sparky
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      Well, I doubt the people at squaresoft are linguistics... unlike someone we all know.

      Greetz
      Beatnik
      ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.
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      There are clues through out the game written in Al Bhed (which just are substitutions) If you can translate them you can found out where all the hidden goodies are now.

      I just started playing the game after Christmas and it's more light a rough CGI movie with playable parts. Very entertaining if you have the patience to sit through the story.

      patgas, very cool use for Perl!

      biz

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