lang/fr.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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  21
  22 """This module represents French language.
  23
  24 For more information, see U{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language}
  25 """
  26
  27 from translate.lang import common
  28 import re
  29
  30 def guillemets(text):
  31     def convertquotation(match):
  32         prefix = match.group(1)
  33         # Let's see that we didn't perhaps match an XML tag property like
  34         # <a href="something">
  35         if prefix == u"=":
  36             return match.group(0)
  37         return u"%s« %s »" % (prefix, match.group(2))
  38
  39     # Check that there is an even number of double quotes, otherwise it is
  40     # probably not safe to convert them.
  41     if text.count(u'"') % 2 == 0:
  42         text = re.sub('(.|^)"([^"]+)"', convertquotation, text)
  43     singlecount = text.count(u"'")
  44     if singlecount:
  45         if singlecount % 2 == 0:
  46             text = re.sub("(.|^)'([^']+)'", convertquotation, text)
  47         if singlecount == text.count(u'`'):
  48             text = re.sub("(.|^)`([^']+)'", convertquotation, text)
  49     return text
  50
  51 class fr(common.Common):
  52     """This class represents French."""
  53
  54     # According to http://french.about.com/library/writing/bl-punctuation.htm,
  55     # in French, a space is required both before and after all two- (or more)
  56     # part punctuation marks and symbols, including : ; « » ! ? % $ # etc.
  57     puncdict = {}
  58     for c in u":;!?#":
  59         puncdict[c] = u" %s" % c
  60     # TODO: consider adding % and $, but think about the consequences of how
  61     # they could be part of variables
  62
  63     def punctranslate(cls, text):
  64         """Implement some extra features for quotation marks.
  65
  66         Known shortcomings:
  67             - % and $ are not touched yet for fear of variables
  68             - Double spaces might be introduced
  69         """
  70         text = super(cls, cls).punctranslate(text)
  71         return guillemets(text)
  72     punctranslate = classmethod(punctranslate)