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Pig Latin Translator (Only Plain -> PigLatin)
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*- | |
""" | |
Translate plain-text English(or ACII string) into Pig Latin | |
""" | |
class PigLatin: | |
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y'] | |
words = [] | |
scaled_words = [] | |
ordsway = [] | |
def __init__(self, str): | |
self.words = str.split(' ') | |
def Translate(self): | |
"""Translate plain-text into Pig Latin. | |
Given a prain-text string(str), then translate str into | |
Pig Latin and return it. | |
""" | |
# character scaling | |
for word in self.words: | |
self.scaled_words.append(word.lower()) | |
# translating into Pig Latin | |
for word in self.scaled_words: | |
if word[0][0] not in self.vowels: | |
ordw = self.Move_1st_syllable_to_tail(word) | |
self.ordsway.append("".join(ordw) + "ay") | |
else: | |
self.ordsway.append("".join(word) + "way") | |
ingstray = ' '.join(self.ordsway) | |
return ingstray | |
def Move_1st_syllable_to_tail(self, word): | |
"""Move 1st syllable in the word to tail of the word. | |
Given a word(word), then find out 1st syllable in given word | |
and move it to tail of the word. Return the result. | |
""" | |
i = 0 | |
while word[i] not in self.vowels: | |
i += 1 | |
return word[i:] + word[0:i] | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
str = input() | |
PL = PigLatin(str) | |
print(PL.Translate()) | |
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