def string_check():
    name = raw_input("Enter a word")
    if len(name) == 0 or name.isalpha() == False:
        print "Enter a valid word"
        string_check()
    else:
        print name
    return name

print 'Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!'

# Start coding here!
original = string_check()
print ("Original variable is " +original)
ans = original[1:len(original)] + original[0] + "ay"
print ("Pig Latin word is %s"% (ans))

# Reference
omega = 3
if omega == 3:
    print "Obvious"
    beta = 5
    print beta
print beta

Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!
Enter a word
Enter a valid word
Enter a word 123
Enter a valid word
Enter a word 123gas
Enter a valid word
Enter a word gas
gas
Original variable is
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "python", line 15, in <module>
IndexError: string index out of range

Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!
Enter a word 123
Enter a valid word
Enter a word
Enter a valid word
Enter a word 123gas
Enter a valid word
Enter a word
Enter a valid word
Enter a word gas
gas
Original variable is 123
Pig Latin word is 231ay
Obvious
5
5
None

Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!
Enter a word gas
gas
Original variable has gas
Pig Latin word is asgay
Obvious
5
5
None