WadeGilesDialectConverter — Wade-Giles dialects

Specifics

Examples

Convert to superscript numbers (default):

>>> from cjklib.reading import ReadingFactory
>>> f = ReadingFactory()
>>> f.convert(u'Ssŭ1ma3 Ch’ien1', 'WadeGiles', 'WadeGiles',
...     sourceOptions={'toneMarkType': 'numbers'})
u'Ss\u016d\xb9-ma\xb3 Ch\u2019ien\xb9'

Convert form without diacritic to standard form:

>>> f.convert(u'ch’eng', 'WadeGiles', 'WadeGiles',
...     sourceOptions={'diacriticE': 'e'})
u'ch\u2019\xeang'

Convert forms with lost umlaut:

>>> f.convert(u'hsu³-hun¹', 'WadeGiles', 'WadeGiles',
...     sourceOptions={'umlautU': 'u'})
u'hs\xfc\xb3-hun\xb9'

See WadeGilesOperator for more examples.

Class

class cjklib.reading.converter.WadeGilesDialectConverter(*args, **options)

Bases: cjklib.reading.converter.EntityWiseReadingConverter

Provides a converter for different representations of the Mandarin Chinese romanisation Wade-Giles.

Parameters:

• args – optional list of ReadingOperators to use for handling source and target readings.
• options – extra options
• dbConnectInst – instance of a DatabaseConnector, if none is given, default settings will be assumed.
• sourceOperators – list of ReadingOperators used for handling source readings.
• targetOperators – list of ReadingOperators used for handling target readings.

convertBasicEntity(entity, fromReading, toReading)