pyOpenCC is a Python wrapper for Open Chinese Converter
You need to install opencc-dev first, To install OpenCC:
Debian:
apt-get install libopencc-dev -y
FreeBSD:
cd /usr/ports/chinese/opencc
make install clean
To install pyopencc:
git clone https://github.com/cute/pyopencc.git
cd pyopencc
python setup.py build_ext -I /usr/local/include/opencc/
python setup.py install
Following is a simple example:
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
import opencc
cc = opencc.OpenCC('zht2zhs.ini')
print cc.convert(u'Open Chinese Convert（OpenCC）「開放中文轉換」，是一個致力於中文簡繁轉換的項目，提供高質量詞庫和函數庫(libopencc)。')
And the output should be:
Open Chinese Convert（OpenCC）「开放中文转换」，是一个致力于中文简繁转换的项目，提供高质量词库和函数库(libopencc)。
There are four convertion in opencc:
- zht2zhs.ini - Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese
- zhs2zht.ini - Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese
- mix2zht.ini - Mixed to Traditional Chinese
- mix2zhs.ini - Mixed to Simplified Chinese