Excel convert columns to new rows - excel

Question

I have a table that looks like this:
| A | B | C | D |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+
1 | Name | Language 1 | Language 2 | Language 3 |
+=======+============+============+============+
2 | John | English | Chinese | Spanish |
3 | Wendy | Chinese | French | English |
4 | Peter | Spanish | Chinese | English |
And I want to generate a table that has only one language column. The other two language columns should become new rows like this:
| A | B |
+-------+----------+
1 | Name | Language |
+=======+==========+
2 | John | English |
3 | John | Chinese |
4 | John | Spanish |
5 | Wendy | Chinese |
6 | Wendy | French |
7 | Wendy | English |
8 | Peter | Spanish |
9 | Peter | Chinese |
10 | Peter | English |
I understand this will probably will need a macro or something. If anybody point me in the right direction it would me much appreciate. I am not very familiar with VBA or the Excel object model.

Answer 1

This will do the trick. It is also dynamic supports as many language columns as you want with as many languages per person.
Assumes the data is formatted as per the example:
Sub ShrinkTable()
Dim maxRows As Double
Dim maxCols As Integer
Dim data As Variant
maxRows = Cells(1, 1).End(xlDown).row
maxCols = Cells(1, 1).End(xlToRight).Column
data = Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(maxRows, maxCols))
Dim newSht As Worksheet
Set newSht = Sheets.Add
With newSht
.Cells(1, 1).Value = "Name"
.Cells(1, 2).Value = "Column"
Dim writeRow As Double
writeRow = 2
Dim row As Double
row = 2
Dim col As Integer
Do While True
col = 2
Do While True
If data(row, col) = "" Then Exit Do 'Skip Blanks
'Name
.Cells(writeRow, 1).Value = data(row, 1)
'Language
.Cells(writeRow, 2).Value = data(row, col)
writeRow = writeRow + 1
If col = maxCols Then Exit Do 'Exit clause
col = col + 1
Loop
If row = maxRows Then Exit Do 'exit cluase
row = row + 1
Loop
End With
End Sub

Answer 2

Messy but should work:
For Each namething In Range("A1", Range("A1").End(xlDown))
Range("A1").End(xlDown).Offset(1, 0) = namething.Value
Range("A1").End(xlDown).Offset(0, 1) = namething.Offset(0, 2)
Range("A1").End(xlDown).Offset(1, 0) = namething.Value
Range("A1").End(xlDown).Offset(0, 1) = namething.Offset(0, 3)
namething.Offset(0, 2) = ""
namething.Offset(0, 3) = ""
Next
Then just sort

Answer 3

The following formula should work. The data in sheet2 would always reflect the data on sheet1 so you wouldn't have to re-run a macro to create a new list.
That being said, using a macro to generate it is probably a better choice as it would allow more flexability should you need to add a 4th language or something at a later date.
In Sheet2!A2
=INDIRECT("Sheet1!A"&ABS(INT((ROW()+1)/3))+1)
In Sheet2!B2
=INDIRECT("Sheet1!"&IF(ABS(INT((ROW()+1)/3)-(ROW()+1)/3)=0,"B",IF(ABS(INT((ROW()+1)/3)-(ROW()+1)/3)=(1/3),"C","D"))&ABS(INT((ROW()+1)/3))+1)
Add the column titles in A1 and B1 then autofill the formula down the sheet.