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"""
The task is to translate text from English to Pig Latin.
The translation is defined using four rules, which look at the pattern of vowels
and consonants at the beginning of a word. These rules look at each word's use
of vowels and consonants:

vowels: the letters a, e, i, o, and u
consonants: the other 21 letters of the English alphabet
"""


def translate(text: str) -> str:
"""
Translate English text to Pig Latin.

:param text: The English text to translate
:return: The text translated to Pig Latin
"""
words: list[str] = text.split(" ")
return " ".join(process_words(word) for word in words)


def process_words(text: str) -> str:
"""
Process a single word and convert it to Pig Latin using the four translation rules.

:param text: The English word to convert
:return: The word converted to Pig Latin
"""
if not text:
return ""

# Rule 1
if is_vowel(text[0]) or text[:2] in ("xr", "yt"):
# If a word begins with a vowel,
# or starts with "xr" or "yt",
# add an "ay" sound to the end of the word.
return f"{text}ay"

# Rule 2
if is_rule_2(text):
# If a word begins with one or more consonants, first move those consonants
# to the end of the word and then add an "ay" sound to the end of the word.
i = get_consonant_cluster_length(text)
return f"{text[i + 1:]}{text[: i + 1]}ay"

# Rule 3
if is_rule_3(text):
# If a word starts with zero or more consonants followed by "qu", first move
# those consonants (if any) and the "qu" part to the end of the word, and then
# add an "ay" sound to the end of the word.
i = text.index("qu")
return f"{text[i + 2:]}{text[: i + 2]}ay"

# Rule 4
if is_rule_4(text):
# If a word starts with one or more consonants followed by "y", first move the
# consonants preceding the "y" to the end of the word, and then add an "ay" sound
# to the end of the word.
i = text.index("y")
return f"{text[i:]}{text[:i]}ay"

raise ValueError(f"Unhandled word in Pig Latin translation: '{text}'")


def is_rule_2(text: str) -> bool:
"""
Check ff a word begins with one or more consonants.
No 'qu' or 'y' in it.

:param text:
:return:
"""
return is_consonant(text[0]) and not is_rule_3(text) and not is_rule_4(text)


def is_rule_3(text: str) -> bool:
"""
Check if a word starts with zero or more consonants followed by "qu".

:param text:
:return:
"""
if "qu" in text:
if text[:2] == "qu":
return True

for char in text[: text.index("qu")]:
if is_vowel(char):
return False
return True
return False


def is_rule_4(text: str) -> bool:
"""
Check if a word starts with one or more consonants followed by "y".

:param text:
:return:
"""
if "y" in text and text[0] != "y":
for char in text[: text.index("y")]:
if is_vowel(char):
return False
return True
return False


def is_vowel(char: str) -> bool:
"""
Check if a character is a vowel (a, e, i, o, or u).

:param char: The character to check
:return: True if the character is a vowel, False otherwise
"""
return char in "aeiou"


def is_consonant(char: str) -> bool:
"""
Check if a character is a consonant (one of the 21 non-vowel letters).

:param char: The character to check
:return: True if the character is a consonant, False otherwise
"""
return char.isalpha() and not is_vowel(char)


def get_consonant_cluster_length(text: str) -> int:
"""
Find the length of the consonant cluster at the beginning of a word.

:param text: The word to analyze
:return: The index of the last consonant in the initial consonant cluster
"""
i = 0
for n, char in enumerate(text):
if is_consonant(char):
i = n
else:
break

return i