Python string replace method - replacing multiple instances of a word

Question

def translate(sent):
    trans={\"merry\":\"god\", \"christmas\":\"jul\", \"and\":\"och\", \"happy\":\"gott\", \"new\":\"nytt\", \"year\":\"år\"}
    word_list = sent.sp         


        

Answer 1

You need to assign the replaced result back to sent, after the for loop exhausted, then return the sent:

def translate(sent):
    trans={"merry":"god", "christmas":"jul", "and":"och", "happy":"gott", "new":"nytt", "year":"år"}
    word_list = sent.split(' ')
    for word in word_list:
        for i,j in trans.items():
            if j == word:
                sent = sent.replace(word, i)
    return sent

translate('xmas greeting: god jul och gott nytt år') 
# 'xmas greeting: merry christmas and happy new year'