maya_fix_transform.py

# Created By: Justin Meiners (2012)
# This was really useful at one point. I doubt it still is. 
from pymel.all import *
import pymel

selection_list = pymel.core.ls(type="transform", selection=True)

for node in selection_list:    
    node.centerPivots()
    point = node.getRotatePivot(space="world")
            
    point_inverse = [-point[0], -point[1], -point[2]]

    node.translateBy(point_inverse, space="world")
    pymel.core.makeIdentity(node, apply=True, translate=True)
    node.setTranslation(point, space="world")
    
    node.zeroTransformPivots()