lang/vi.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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  21
  22 """This module represents Vietnamese language.
  23
  24 For more information, see U{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language}
  25 """
  26
  27 from translate.lang import common
  28 from translate.lang import fr
  29
  30 class vi(common.Common):
  31     """This class represents Vietnamese."""
  32
  33     # Vietnamese uses similar rules for spacing two-part punctuation marks as
  34     # French, but does not use a space before '?'.
  35     puncdict = {}
  36     for c in u":;!#":
  37         puncdict[c] = u" %s" % c
  38
  39     def punctranslate(cls, text):
  40         """Implement some extra features for quotation marks.
  41
  42         Known shortcomings:
  43             - % and $ are not touched yet for fear of variables
  44             - Double spaces might be introduced
  45         """
  46         text = super(cls, cls).punctranslate(text)
  47         return fr.guillemets(text)
  48     punctranslate = classmethod(punctranslate)
  49