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Hanzi Converter for Traditional and Simplified Chinese

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Hanzi Converter 繁簡轉換器 | 繁简转换器
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This tool converts between simplified and traditional Chinese Characters.
It consists of two parts:

- a command line tool: ``hanzi-convert``
- a python library: ``hanziconv``

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Installation
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.. code-block:: sh

$ pip install hanziconv


Uninstallation
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.. code-block:: sh

$ [sudo] pip uninstall hanziconv


Command Line Tool
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Synopsis
********

.. code-block:: sh

$ ./hanzi-convert --help
usage: hanzi-convert [-h] [-o OUTFILE] [-s] [-v] infile

Simplified and Traditional Chinese Character Conversion
Version 0.3.1 (By Bernard Yue)

Converting to Traditional Hanzi by default with no -s flag

positional arguments:
infile filename | "-", corresponds to stdin

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTFILE, --output OUTFILE
filename to save output, stdout if omitted
-s, --simplified convert to simplified characters
-v, --version show program's version number and exit


Example
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Conversion from stdin

.. code-block:: sh

$ ./hanzi-convert -
Press Crtl-D when finished
Typing away
Now write some chinese characters
繁简转换器
^D
Typing away
Now write some chinese characters
繁簡轉換器
$


Python API
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Example
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.. code-block:: pycon

>>> from hanziconv import HanziConv
>>> print(HanziConv.toSimplified('繁簡轉換器'))
繁简转换器
>>> print(HanziConv.toTraditional('繁简转换器'))
繁簡轉換器
>>> HanziConv.same('繁簡轉換器', '繁简转换器')
True


Testing
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The module uses `pytest <http://pytest.org/latest/>`_. Use pip to install `pytest`.

.. code-block:: sh

$ [sudo] pip install pytest

Then checkout source code and run test as normal.

.. code-block:: sh

$ git clone https://github.com/berniey/hanziconv
$ cd hanziconv
$ python setup.py test


You are encouraged to use `virtualenv <https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/>`_
and `virtualenvwrapper <https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
for to avoid changing your currently operating environment.


License
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| This module is distributed under Apache License Version 2.0.
The character map used in this module is based on the Multi-function
Chinese Character Database developed by Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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