What is pyOpenCC?

pyOpenCC is a Python wrapper for Open Chinese Converter

Installation

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

How to use it?

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