def preprocess_text(text): # replace apostrophe text = text.replace("`", "'") text = text.replace("ʼ", "'") # numbers text = text.replace("1", "од+ин ") text = text.replace("2", "дв+а ") text = text.replace("3", "тр+и ") text = text.replace("4", "чот+ири ") text = text.replace("5", "п'+ять ") text = text.replace("6", "ш+ість ") text = text.replace("7", "с+ім ") text = text.replace("8", "в+ісім ") text = text.replace("9", "д+ев'ять ") text = text.replace("0", "н+уль ") # speak english alphabet using brute force transliteration english = { "a": "а", "b": "б", "c": "ц", "d": "д", "e": "е", "f": "ф", "g": "ґ", "h": "г", "i": "і", "j": "дж", "k": "к", "l": "л", "m": "м", "n": "н", "o": "о", "p": "п", "q": "кв", "r": "р", "s": "с", "t": "т", "u": "ю", "v": "в", "w": "в", "x": "кс", "y": "й", "z": "з", } for english_char in english.keys(): # uppercase text = text.replace(english_char.upper(), english[english_char].upper()) text = text.replace(english_char, english[english_char]) # TODO: autostress support here return text if __name__ == "__main__": print(preprocess_text("Quality of life update"))