A harder word puzzle to crack

Right. Tim could be anybody (but when you get the quotation worked out you can look it up and find out who he was - a bonus.)

Oh no! That's not what I meant. Just that you don't need to factor Tim into the equation to solve puzzle.

And all the connections between the answer and the medium most of us used to solve it.

Sorry, it is bit mean to do the "It is so obvious once you've got it" thing.

The reference to Tim will become apparent after the final translation.

You are excused, WB Driving numbs the brain.

Have you read all the thread yet? There might be clues that get you started (and if all else fails the answer is out there somewhere)

OK, I'm sorry for all the cryptic clues, this one has me baffled. My excuse is that i have been driving for most of the day and I'm brain dead.

I wish they wouldn't do that!!!!!

Buggeration! SPOILER ALERT

The answer is out there on the net, directly below one of the translation sites and has totally ruined it for me!

I now know what the answer is before completing all the conversions

A pity that pompa is offline until this evening. This would larn him to use cryptic clues to confuse us! I hope he doesn't reach the thread only to find that the solution has been found. Maybe I should PM him to warn him not to read to the end of the thread until he is going round the bend with frustration.

I had all the wrong people. Ludwik Zamenhof was the only one I had right. I thought of Samuel Tregelles, and Louis Segond would fit as they both translated the Bible. I was on the wrong tack entirely.

Anya There's absolutely zero chance of my translating without the help of the internet!

I'm reasonably confident of 4 translations which have to be done and in which order but it's going to take some time and ATM I'm trying to solve the puzzle of the missing sock which my washing machine has eaten! and prepare dinner. Will have a go this evening.

Beware this is infiltration of the BBC by GCGQ and anyone solving this without recourse to the Internet will be instantly recruited.

PS - the internet is useful for finding weird alphabets and translating from one language into another for you.

So what did Tim say? That was the question.

Assumption is... Tim is communicating in English (you can't get more English than someone named Tim!)

1. Samuel transcribed what Louis wrote...Braille to Morse code.

2. Louis wrote what Ludwik translated...English to Esperanto then Esperanto to Morse.

3. The communication is written in Morse code?

A flicker of light there, then, Linsco. I was bamboozled at that point for a while, because I thought there was an extra layer of cryptic clue leading to Inspector Morse. He was into music and solving crosswords with cryptic clues, and both those were incorporated into the music of the series.

Ludwik! iPad will insist on changing the spelling!

After thinking along the lines of Ludwig Fleck, Louis Pasteur etc and getting absolutely nowhere..... lightbulb moment! This is all about communication and code.

Ludwick Zamenhof - Esperanto
Louis Braille - Braille
Samuel Morse - Morse

Sorry, but that's as far as I've got so far!

I wondered to begin with, Cherrytree (I was thinking Tim Rice, Ludvig von Beethoven, musical notation) but I was on the wrong track. This is from GCHQ, remember, and codes are their expertise, though you do have to forget spying for the moment. Internet searching was very useful.
PS - You really do need to identify the people mentioned before you can get much further. Ludwik is not spelt ther same as Ludvig.

Not sure if I'm allowed to ask elegran
Is it to with a musical?

DD2 and her husband were in this afternoon. I presented them with this puzzle and with a 3-part effort we did solve it. It is not at all easy, first you need to get the connection, then there are several steps to actually breaking the code(s)

The words "transcribed" "wrote" "translated" and "said" were all carefully selected. They are relevant.

Oh phooey. I looked. I got the wrong answer completely. ??

Do you think it's Biblical? Samuel, Louis and Ludwik all translated the Bible or certain parts of it. I can't work Tim out though.