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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
+
+# Imports
+import argparse
+import os
+import os.path
+
+translations = {'se': [('\\200', 'å'),
+                       ('\\201', 'ä'),
+                       ('\\202', 'ö'),
+                       ('\\203', 'Å'),
+                       ('\\204', 'Ä'),
+                       ('\\205', 'Ö')],
+                
+#                'fr': [('\\200', 'à'),
+#                       ('\\201', 'è'),
+#                       ('\\202', 'ê'),
+#                       ('\\203', 'ù'),
+#                       ('\\204', 'ç'),
+#                       ('\\205', 'À'),
+#                       ('\\206', 'È'),
+#                       ('\\207', 'Ê'),
+#                       ('\\208', 'Ù'),
+#                       ('\\209', 'Ç')],
+               }
+
+# Take care of command line options
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Decoder/Encoder for open9x translations')
+parser.add_argument('input', action="store")
+parser.add_argument('language', action="store")
+args =  parser.parse_args()
+if args.language not in translations:
+    parser.error(args.language  + ' is not a supported language. Try one of the supported ones: ' + str(translations.keys()))
+    system.exit()
+    
+# Read the input file into a buffer
+in_file = open( args.input, 'r')
+text = in_file.read()
+in_file.close()
+
+# Do the replacements
+for before, after in translations[args.language]:
+    if args.input.endswith("." + args.language):
+        text = text.replace(after, before)
+    else:
+        text = text.replace(before, after)
+      
+# Write the result to a temporary file
+if args.input.endswith("." + args.language):
+    out_file = open(args.input[:-3], 'w')
+else:
+    out_file = open(args.input + "." + args.language, 'w')
+out_file.write( text )
+out_file.close()
+
+