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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  from translate.lang import common
    28  import re
    29
    30
    31 -class zh(common.Common):
    32      """This class represents Chinese."""
    33
    34      listseperator = u"、"
    35
    36      sentenceend = u"。！？…"
    37
    38      # Compared to common.py, we make the space after the sentence ending
    39      # optional and don't demand an uppercase letter to follow.
    40      sentencere = re.compile(r"""(?s) # make . also match newlines
    41                              .*?      # any text, but match non-greedy
    42                              [%s]     # the puntuation for sentence ending
    43                              \s*      # the optional space after the puntuation
    44                              """ % sentenceend, re.VERBOSE)
    45
    46      # The following transformation rules should be mostly useful for all types
    47      # of Chinese. The comma (,) is not handled here, since it maps to two
    48      # different characters, depending on context.
    49      # If comma is used as seperation of sentence, it should be converted to a
    50      # fullwidth comma ("，"). If comma is used as seperation of list items
    51      # like "apple, orange, grape, .....", "、" is used.
    52      puncdict = {
    53          u". ": u"。",
    54          u"; ": u"；",
    55          u": ": u"：",
    56          u"! ": u"！",
    57          u"? ": u"？",
    58          u".\n": u"。\n",
    59          u";\n": u"；\n",
    60          u":\n": u"：\n",
    61          u"!\n": u"！\n",
    62          u"?\n": u"？",
    63          u"% ": u"%",
    64      }
    65
    66      length_difference = lambda cls, x: 10 - x / 2
    67
    68      ignoretests = ["startcaps", "simplecaps"]
    69