Method: LOLspeak::Tranzlator#translate_word

Defined in:
lib/lolspeak.rb

#translate_word(word, &filter) ⇒ Object

Translates a single word into LOLspeak. By default, the result is in all lower case:

translator.translate_word("Hi") -> "oh hai"

If a block is given the word may be transformed. You could use this to upper case or XML encode the result. This example upper cases the result:

translator.translate_word("hi") { |w| w.upcase } -> "OH HAI"

If heuristics are off, then only words in the dictionary are translated. If heuristics are on, then words not in the dictionary may be translated using standard LOLspeak heuristics, such as “*tion” -> “*shun”.

:call-seq:

translate_word(word)                       -> String
translate_word(word) { |word| transform }  -> String



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# File 'lib/lolspeak.rb', line 71

def translate_word(word, &filter)
  word = word.downcase
  lol_word = @dictionary[word]
  if lol_word.nil?
    lol_word = @dictionary[word.gsub("’", "'")]
  end
  
  if lol_word.nil? and word.match(/(.*)([\’\']\w+)$/)
    prefix, suffix = $1, $2
    lol_word = @dictionary[prefix]
    lol_word += suffix if !lol_word.nil?
  end
  
  if lol_word.nil? and @try_heuristics and !@heuristics_exclude.member?(word)
    if (word =~ /(.*)tion(s?)$/)
      lol_word = "#{$1}shun#{$2}"
    elsif (word =~ /(.*)ed$/)
      lol_word = "#{$1}d"
    elsif (word =~ /(.*)ing$/)
      lol_word = "#{$1}in"
    elsif (word =~ /(.*)ss$/)
      lol_word = "#{$1}s"
    elsif (word =~ /(.*)er$/)
      lol_word = "#{$1}r"
    elsif (word !~ /ous$/) and (word =~ /^([0-9A-Za-z_]+)s$/)
      lol_word = "#{$1}z"
    end
    if (word =~ /ph/)
      lol_word = word.dup if lol_word.nil?
      lol_word.gsub!(/ph/, 'f')
    end

    if !lol_word.nil?
      @translated_heuristics[word] = lol_word
    end
  end

  if lol_word.nil?
    lol_word = word
  else
    @traced_words[word] = lol_word
  end
  
  if !filter.nil?
    lol_word = filter.call(lol_word)
  end

  return lol_word
end