I\'ve used MATLAB on and off before, but I need to develop a good understanding of it now, and the language I\'m most familiar with is Python. Care to describe a MATLAB language
Thesaurus of Mathematical Languages, or MATLAB synonymous commands in Python/NumPy is great for looking up "translations" between common MATLAB tasks and NumPy.
I can't think of a particular tutorial. But one resource I've found really useful for picking up the ins and outs of MATLAB are the blogs:
In particular, Loren on the Art of MATLAB and Steve on Image Processing are two that I've learned a great deal from.