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The game I always knew as "Broken Telephone" is called "Chinese Whispers" on Wikipedia. Wikipedia's page translations are cultural, not literal, so selecting different language versions on Wikipedia, translated through Google Translate, yields this:
| ISO language code | In that language | In English via Google Translate |
|---|---|---|
| af | Telefoontjie | One phone |
| bg | Развален телефон | Corrupted phone |
| ca | El telèfon | The phone |
| cs | Tichá pošta | Private messages |
| de | Stille Post | Silent post |
| en | Chinese whispers | Russian scandal, whisper down the lane, broken telephone, operator, grapevine, gossip, don't drink the milk, secret message, the messenger game and pass the message. |
| es | Teléfono descompuesto | Phone decomposed |
| fi | Rikkinäinen puhelin | Broken phone |
| fr | Téléphone arabe | Arab telephone; which Google Translate translates to "grapevine" |
| he | טלפון שבור | Broken phone |
| it | Telefono senza fili | Cordless phone |
| ja | 伝言ゲーム | Telephone game |
| ko | 옮겨 말하기 | Speaking moved |
| ksh | Stėlle Poßß | Point popp, but not Riparian is not supported by Google Translate |
| pl | Głuchy telefon (gra) | Deaf phone |
| pt | Telefone sem fio (brincadeira) | Wireless phone |
| ro | Telefonul fără fir | Wireless phone |
| ru | Испорченный телефон | Broken phone |
| sk | Tichá pošta sv Viskleken | Whispering game |
| tr | Kulaktan kulağa | From ear to ear |
| tt | Ватык телефон | Vatyk phone; Google translate doesn't support Tatar |
| zh | 传话游戏 | Messenger game |
List via Wikidata.
I like "From ear to ear" the best.