Phenny2, now being tested on Freenode as the main phenny.

modules/translate.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding=utf-8
+"""
+translate.py - Phenny Translation Module
+Copyright 2008, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
+Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
+
+http://inamidst.com/phenny/
+"""
+
+import re
+import web
+
+r_translation = re.compile(r'<div style=padding:10px;>([^<]+)</div>')
+
+def guess_language(phrase): 
+   languages = {
+      'english': 'en', 
+      'french': 'fr', 
+      'spanish': 'es', 
+      'portuguese': 'pt', 
+      'german': 'de', 
+      'italian': 'it', 
+      'korean': 'ko', 
+      'japanese': 'ja', 
+      'chinese': 'zh', 
+      'dutch': 'nl', 
+      'greek': 'el', 
+      'russian': 'ru'
+   }
+
+   uri = 'http://www.xrce.xerox.com/cgi-bin/mltt/LanguageGuesser'
+   form = {'Text': phrase}
+   bytes = web.post(uri, form)
+   for line in bytes.splitlines(): 
+      if '<listing><font size=+1>' in line: 
+         i = line.find('<listing><font size=+1>')
+         lang = line[i+len('<listing><font size=+1>'):].strip()
+         lang = lang.lower()
+         if '_' in lang: 
+            j = lang.find('_')
+            lang = lang[:j]
+         try: return languages[lang]
+         except KeyError: 
+            return lang
+   return 'unknown'
+
+def translate(phrase, lang, target='en'): 
+   babelfish = 'http://world.altavista.com/tr'
+   form = {
+      'doit': 'done', 
+      'intl': '1', 
+      'tt': 'urltext', 
+      'trtext': phrase, 
+      'lp': lang + '_' + target
+   }
+
+   bytes = web.post(babelfish, form)
+   m = r_translation.search(bytes)
+   if m: 
+      translation = m.group(1)
+      translation = translation.replace('\r', ' ')
+      translation = translation.replace('\n', ' ')
+      while '  ' in translation:
+         translation = translation.replace('  ', ' ')
+      return translation
+   return None
+
+def tr(phenny, input): 
+   lang, phrase = input.groups()
+
+   if (len(phrase) > 350) and (not phenny.admin(input.nick)): 
+      return phenny.reply('Phrase must be under 350 characters.')
+
+   language = guess_language(phrase)
+   if language is None: 
+      return phenny.reply('Unable to guess the language, sorry.')
+
+   if language != 'en': 
+      translation = translate(phrase, language)
+      if translation is not None: 
+         return phenny.reply(u'"%s" (%s)' % (translation, language))
+
+      error = "I think it's %s, but I can't translate that language."
+      return phenny.reply(error % language.title())
+
+   # Otherwise, it's English, so mangle it for fun
+   for other in ['de', 'ja']: 
+      phrase = translate(phrase, 'en', other)
+      phrase = translate(phrase, other, 'en')
+
+   if phrase is not None: 
+      return phenny.reply(u'"%s" (en-unmangled)' % phrase)
+   return phenny.reply("I think it's English already.")
+   # @@ or 'Why but that be English, sire.'
+tr.doc = ('phenny: "<phrase>"? or phenny: <lang> "<phrase>"?', 
+   'Translate <phrase>, optionally forcing the <lang> interpretation.')
+tr.rule = ('$nick', ur'(?:([a-z]{2}) +)?["“](.+?)["”]\? *$')
+tr.priority = 'low'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__': 
+   print __doc__.strip()