brownbat

Install the mandarin-cantonese-api:
http://api-docs.mandarincantonese.com/
This lets you use =PINYIN(...) as a formula

Then use the following formulas:

Column A:
original simplified list of terms / phrases

B:

brownbat

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
  name: "linkify",
  takes: {"words": noun_arb_text},
  modifiers: {with: noun_arb_text},

/*
todo:
1) get clipboard for URL
2) make more natural languagey
*/

brownbat

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
  name: "isgd",
  author: {name: "Thomas Brownback", homepage: "http://thomasbrownback.com", blog: "http://theorybloc.com"},
  thanks: {first: "Aza Raskin", foremost: "Aza Raskin", honorableMention: "geero.net", lastAmpBangLeast: "users like you"},
  license: "PUBLIC DOMAIN: Any and all rights herein are hereby donated to the commons.",
  description: "Shortens a URL using is.gd.",
  help: "Replaces a selection with (or simply inserts) a shortened URL from is.gd.",
  takes: {"<i>url to shorten</i>": noun_arb_text},

/*