# Orca # # Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems Inc. # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library; if not, write to the # Free Software Foundation, Inc., Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, # Boston MA 02110-1301 USA. """Dictionary of phonetic names for letters of the alphabet.""" from .orca_i18n import _ # pylint: disable=import-error # Translators: this is a structure to assist in the generation of # spoken military-style spelling. For example, 'abc' becomes 'alpha # bravo charlie'. # # It is a simple structure that consists of pairs of # # letter : word(s) # # where the letter and word(s) are separate by colons and each # pair is separated by commas. For example, we see: # # a : alpha, b : bravo, c : charlie, # # And so on. The complete set should consist of all the letters from # the alphabet for your language paired with the common # military/phonetic word(s) used to describe that letter. # # The Wikipedia entry # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet has a few # interesting tidbits about local conventions in the sections # "Additions in German, Danish and Norwegian" and "Variants". # __phonlist = _( "a : alpha, b : bravo, c : charlie, " "d : delta, e : echo, f : foxtrot, " "g : golf, h : hotel, i : india, " "j : juliet, k : kilo, l : lima, " "m : mike, n : november, o : oscar, " "p : papa, q : quebec, r : romeo, " "s : sierra, t : tango, u : uniform, " "v : victor, w : whiskey, x : xray, " "y : yankee, z : zulu", ) __phonnames = {} for __pair in __phonlist.split(","): __w = __pair.split(":") __phonnames[__w[0].strip()] = __w[1].strip() def get_phonetic_name(character): """Given a character, return its phonetic name (e.g. 'a' -> 'alpha').""" return __phonnames.get(character, character)