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# Source Code for Module translate.lang.zh

     1  #!/usr/bin/env python
     2  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
     3  #
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     5  #
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    21
    22  """This module represents Chinese language. (Both tradisional and simplified)
    23
    24  For more information, see U{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language}
    25  """
    26
    27  import re
    28
    29  from translate.lang import common
    30
    31
    32 -class zh(common.Common):
    33      """This class represents Chinese."""
    34
    35      listseperator = u"、"
    36
    37      sentenceend = u"。！？…"
    38
    39      # Compared to common.py, we make the space after the sentence ending
    40      # optional and don't demand an uppercase letter to follow.
    41      sentencere = re.compile(r"""(?s) # make . also match newlines
    42                              .*?      # any text, but match non-greedy
    43                              [%s]     # the puntuation for sentence ending
    44                              \s*      # the optional space after the puntuation
    45                              """ % sentenceend, re.VERBOSE)
    46
    47      # The following transformation rules should be mostly useful for all types
    48      # of Chinese. The comma (,) is not handled here, since it maps to two
    49      # different characters, depending on context.
    50      # If comma is used as seperation of sentence, it should be converted to a
    51      # fullwidth comma ("，"). If comma is used as seperation of list items
    52      # like "apple, orange, grape, .....", "、" is used.
    53      puncdict = {
    54          u". ": u"。",
    55          u"; ": u"；",
    56          u": ": u"：",
    57          u"! ": u"！",
    58          u"? ": u"？",
    59          u".\n": u"。\n",
    60          u";\n": u"；\n",
    61          u":\n": u"：\n",
    62          u"!\n": u"！\n",
    63          u"?\n": u"？",
    64          u"% ": u"%",
    65      }
    66
    67 -    def length_difference(cls, length):
    68          return 10 - length / 2
    69      length_difference = classmethod(length_difference)
    70
    71      ignoretests = ["startcaps", "simplecaps"]
    72