translate string into klingon stupidly

skt.py

"""
Stupid Klingon Translator (SKT)
hacked together in 5 minutes by :
    Gregory Eric Sanderson Turcot Temlett MacDonnell Forbes

Hubert and Mathieu gave me the brilliant idea of implementing a gettext klingon translator
for python projets that use internationalization. Instead of diving in to the
gettext API (BOOOOORING) I hacked together a small function that scrapes Mr.Klingon's 
website for translated strings. (http://mrklingo.freeshell.org/uta/index.php)

Somebody who REALLY wanted to internationalize his project into klingon
can probably do something like :
    
    from skt import translate as _

and use the usual gettext tools.

This program is licensed under the WTFPL license.
"""

import urllib
import re

URL = "http://mrklingo.freeshell.org/uta/index.php"
regex = re.compile(r"-{12}\s+(.+?)\s+\-{12}", re.MULTILINE)

cache = {}

def translate(phrase):
    try:
        return cache[phrase]
    except KeyError:
        pass

    handle = urllib.urlopen(URL, urllib.urlencode({'eng' : phrase, 'language' : 'klingon'}))
    try:
        text = handle.read()
    except:
        return phrase

    match = regex.search(text)
    if not match:
        return phrase

    cache[phrase] = match.group(1)
    return match.group(1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print translate("Today is a good day to die")