Translating Names Between Languages

Translates a file of chemical names (specified by the -in option) in a specific language (-from option) into a file of names (specified by the -out option) in another language (-to option).

Command Line Interface

A description of the command line interface can be obtained by executing the program with the –help argument.

prompt> python translate_example.py --help

will generate the following output:

Simple parameter list

  translate
    -nobanner : Suppress the program banner.
    -in : Input filename
    -out : Output filename
    -from : Language for input names.
    -to : Language for input names.
    -from_charset : Choose charset/encoding for input names.
    -to_charset : Choose charset/encoding for output names.

Code

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translate_example.py