[Python-Dev] Translate Python language

[Donald Stufft]

On November 11, 2015 at 11:19:07 AM, Paul Moore (p.f.moore at gmail.com) wrote:
> On 11 November 2015 at 15:13, Christophe Bal wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I'm a french teacher and I would like to use Python with young child but
> > I've a big problem. All the keyword are in english. So I would like to know
> > if there is a way to hack the AST tools such as to use french keywords and
> > then translate a list of french keywords to their english regular version.
> >
> > Where should I start ? My idea is not to build a new language but simply
> > translate words using an hacked version of the AST tools.
> >
> > Hoping to be clear and I do not pollute the message in this list.
> 
> Do you really just mean keywords? Most of the English words used in
> Python (for example "open") aren't actually keywords but are names of
> functions defined in the builtins and/or standard library. Those are
> not exposed as distinct objects in the AST, but are simply name
> lookups.
> 

You might be able to use an encoding to do this.

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