A meeting with bilingual people.
Logic
Level
2
Ann, John, Tom and Bethany are having a meeting. After the meeting, they introduce themselves to others. We know that:
- Any person can speak only 2 languages out of 4 languages: French, English, Russian and Italian.
- Ann can speak French but can't speak Italian.
- John can speak Russian but can't speak Italian. Moreover, he can translate for Ann and Tom.
- Bethany can't speak both French and English, but she can talk to Ann without translating.
Who can speak both English and Italian?
Bonus: Who can speak which 2 languages?
Bethany
Tom
No one can.
Ann
John
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1 solution
Ann can speak French . John can speak Russian . Bethany can speak Italian and Russian and can speak to Ann without translating which means that Ann can speak both French and Russian . Tom can speak Italian and English because he can not communicate directly with Ann. So John knows Russian and English as he needs to know a language that Tom knows so he can translate it to Ann.