[CONTENT] Introduction of input in non English languages in L18

[clementcontet]

Describe the issue
At the end of L18, one reads: The final change we will need to make to get Python code is changing ask into input.
When translated, some languages added a new word for input (like invoer in Dutch), other used the same word as for ask (like demande in French).
In the first case, it may confuse the student: is the new word regular Python code? If not, why introduce it?
In the second case, it doesn't make sense at all (changing demande into demande).

Expected text
I don't know if it is possible, but in all languages but English, could we have, from the beginning, input instead of ask as the English command counterpart, and skip completely the last sentence about the final change ?

[Felienne]

Describe the issue At the end of L18, one reads: The final change we will need to make to get Python code is changing ask into input. When translated, some languages added a new word for input (like invoer in Dutch), other used the same word as for ask (like demande in French). In the first case, it may confuse the student: is the new word regular Python code? If not, why introduce it? In the second case, it doesn't make sense at all (changing demande into demande).

Ah this is an interesting point @clementcontet! We did not always have translated keywords, so this made sense in that situation. I agree it is a bit weird now to change it into something that is also not Python! We could not translate input and that would solve the issue, but that is a bit of a technical hassle and there are other reasons that that would not be preferred (adding one English word for non-English users) so I think for now we will leave this as is, but it is an interesting point, so I will convert it to a discussion!

Expected text I don't know if it is possible, but in all languages but English, could we have, from the beginning, input instead of ask as the English command counterpart, and skip completely the last sentence about the final change ?

I know this is not the main point, but this is a deliberate choice, input in a confusing word (can be confused with iMput, and what does it even mean? So I do like ask for the beginning.

[clementcontet]

this is a deliberate choice

I totally understand why introducing ask before input makes the learning curve easier in English!

My idea was to keep both for English users, but skip ask for others: have only one keyword (that would be the translation of ask) that would be translated as input in the commands popup, and skip the last sentence about final change for these users.
But I agree that it would be technically complicated for a small benefit!