special_combs = {'szcz':'щ','Szcz':'Щ','ch':'х','Ch':'Х','cz':'ч','Cz':'Ч','dz':'ϳ','Dz':'Ј','dź':'ϳ','Dź':'Ј','dż':'ϳ','Dż':'Ј', 'rz':'ж','Rz':'Ж','sz':'ш','Sz':'Ш','ż':'ж','Ż':'Ж','ź':'ж','Ź':'Ж','c':'ц','C':'Ц'} polish_dict = {'a':'a','A':'A','ą':'an','Ą':'An','b':'b','B':'B','ć':'ch','Ć':'Ch','d':'d','D':'D','e':'e','E':'E','ę':'en', 'Ę':'En','f':'f','F':'F','g':'g','G':'G','h':'h','H':'H','i':'i','I':'I','j':'y','J':'Y','k':'k','K':'K', 'l':'l','L':'L','ł':'w','Ł':'W','m':'m','M':'M','n':'n','N':'N','ń':'ny','Ń':'Ny','o':'o','O':'O','ó':'u', 'Ó':'U','p':'p','P':'P','r':'r','R':'R','s':'s','S':'S','ś':'sh','Ś':'Sh','t':'t','T':'T','u':'u','U':'U', 'w':'v','W':'V','y':'y','Y':'Y','z':'z','Z':'Z'} cyrillic_equiv_dict = {'щ':'sh','Щ':'Sh','х':'kh','Х':'Kh','ч':'ch','Ч':'Ch','ϳ':'j','Ј':'J','ж':'zh','Ж':'Zh', 'ш':'sh','Ш':'Sh', 'ц':'ts','Ц':'Ts'} def check_special_comb(word): for comb in special_combs: if comb in word: word = word.replace(comb,special_combs[comb]) return word def polish_letter_to_eng(letter): if letter in polish_dict: return polish_dict[letter] else: return letter def cyrillic_to_eng(word): for cyrillic in cyrillic_equiv_dict: if cyrillic in word: word = word.replace(cyrillic,cyrillic_equiv_dict[cyrillic]) return word def polish_sentence_to_latin(word): assert type(word)==str, "Input must be a string" #print("Original word: -",word) word = check_special_comb(word) #print("Just after special combination replacement: -",word) word = [polish_letter_to_eng(letter) for letter in word] word = ''.join(word) word = cyrillic_to_eng(word) return word