Developer Interface (API)

Srtools provides both CLI functionality (srts utility) and a Python package you can use from your own code. The API intended for external use is documented in this file.

Transliteration functions

Two simple transliteration functions are provided by the package.

srtools.cyrillic_to_latin(text)

Transliterate Serbian Cyrillic string to Latin.

Parameters

text (str) – input Cyrillic string to be transliterated.

Returns

Input string transliterated to Latin.

Return type

str

Examples

>>> from srtools import cyrillic_to_latin
>>> in_str = "Ђаче, уштеду плаћај жаљењем због џиновских цифара."
>>> cyrillic_to_latin(in_str)
'Đače, uštedu plaćaj žaljenjem zbog džinovskih cifara.'

srtools.latin_to_cyrillic(text)

Transliterate Serbian Latin string to Cyrillic.

You may use a special separator ! to split digraphs lj, nj, dž to prevent their conversion to single Cyrillic letters like so: l!j.

Parameters

text (str) – input Latin string to be transliterated.

Returns

Input string transliterated to Cyrillic.

Return type

str

Examples

>>> from srtools import latin_to_cyrillic
>>> in_str = "Đače, uštedu plaćaj žaljenjem zbog džinovskih cifara."
>>> latin_to_cyrillic(in_str)
'Ђаче, уштеду плаћај жаљењем због џиновских цифара.'
>>> latin_to_cyrillic('N!J je skraćenica za Nju Džersi')
'НЈ је скраћеница за Њу Џерси'

Translation tables and dictionaries

The dictionaries and str.translate() translation tables used internally are also provided as a part of the public API. I believe you don’t need to use these variables, since the mechanism for transliteration provided in this package is decent enough for most uses.

srtools.character_dictionaries.CYR_TO_LAT_DICT

Cyrillic → Latin character translation dict.

Not used internally. Can be used to look up equivalent Latin letter strings.

Type

Dict[str, str]

srtools.character_dictionaries.CYR_TO_LAT_TTABLE

Cyrillic → Latin character translation table.

Used internally with str.translate() to transliterate text.

Type

Dict[int, str]

srtools.character_dictionaries.LAT_TO_CYR_DICT

Latin → Cyrillic character translation dict.

Not used internally. Can be used to look up equivalent Cyrillic letter strings.

Type

Dict[str, str]

srtools.character_dictionaries.LAT_TO_CYR_DIGRAPHS_DICT

Latin → Cyrillic digraph translation dict.

Covers only mappings from Latin digraphs to equivalent Cyrillic letters. Used internally with str.translate() to transliterate text.

Type

Dict[str, str]

srtools.character_dictionaries.LAT_TO_CYR_TTABLE

Latin → Cyrillic character translation table.

Covers only transitions from single-character Latin letters to equivalent Cyrillic letters. Used internally with str.translate() to transliterate text.

Type

Dict[int, str]