SENĆOŦEN Word Substitution Translator Online

What is SENĆOŦEN Word Substitution Translator Online?

This agent performs word-level substitution between English and SENĆOŦEN (also called Saanich), the language of the W̱SÁNEĆ people. It works from a fixed paired list of about eighty entries: common nouns, adjectives, numbers, pronouns, a few place names and a small set of verbs. You type English or SENĆOŦEN text, and the agent replaces any word or phrase that appears in the list with its counterpart, leaving everything else exactly as you wrote it.

It is important to be clear about scope. This is a dictionary swap, not a grammar engine. It does not conjugate verbs, add affixes, reorder sentences or produce fluent Saanich prose. If you type a sentence, you get a sentence with some words swapped and the rest untouched.

Key Features

• Bidirectional word substitution. Send English and receive SENĆOŦEN forms, or send SENĆOŦEN and receive English glosses from the same list.
• Full word list on request. Ask to see the supported pairs and the agent prints the complete English–SENĆOŦEN inventory so you know what will and will not be replaced.
• Ambiguity reporting. Several SENĆOŦEN forms in the list correspond to more than one English entry. The agent names these and shows every possible English match instead of silently picking one. The list also contains a duplicate English key: "two" appears twice, mapping to ĆESE and ĆESE¸. In the English-to-SENĆOŦEN direction the agent uses the first occurrence (ĆESE) and notes the second candidate in its report.
• Match annotation. Ask for a token-by-token view and the agent marks which words were substituted and which passed through unchanged.
• Preservation check. The agent confirms that punctuation, spacing and unmatched words survive the conversion intact.

How to Use

1. Type your text and state the direction, for example "English to SENĆOŦEN: the red apple is good" or "SENĆOŦEN to English: ͸". If you do not state a direction, the agent infers it from the script used and tells you which direction it chose.
2. Read the converted text in the copyable block. Below it you get a short note listing which entries matched and which words were left alone.
3. Ask follow-ups: request the full word list, ask why a particular word was not replaced, or ask for the annotated token view.

Example Use Cases

• Checking vocabulary before a class. A learner types "good, bad, big, happy" and gets the four SENĆOŦEN forms plus a note that all four are in the list.
• Decoding a short SENĆOŦEN phrase. Someone pastes "ĆESE" and learns it maps to "two", with a note that this form is shared with another English entry.
• Testing a sentence for coverage. A writer types an English sentence and immediately sees which words the list can handle and which it cannot, instead of assuming the whole sentence was translated.

Tips for Best Results

• Keep requests short and word-focused. The list is finite, so single words and short phrases give the cleanest results.
• If a word comes back unchanged, it is simply not in the list. Ask for the full inventory to confirm.
• Treat the output as vocabulary reference, not as authoritative translation. For community-verified language work, consult W̱SÁNEĆ language resources and speakers.

FAQ

What input format does it accept?
Plain text in English or SENĆOŦEN. You can include punctuation and mixed case. There is no file upload and no audio input.

How accurate is the result?
It is exact for the entries in the list: a listed word is replaced with its listed counterpart. It is not accurate as sentence translation, because no grammar, inflection or word order rules are applied. Unlisted words are returned unchanged by design.

How is this different from some free text tools?
This agent prints the full paired list, reports ambiguous reverse matches and explicitly confirms that unmatched text was preserved. It performs the same kind of finite word-list swap, with transparency about its limits.

Can it translate a whole sentence into Saanich?
No. It substitutes words it knows and leaves the rest alone. It will tell you which words it could not handle rather than inventing forms.