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