''' Purpose: translate user text to English
'''

# get access to url support
import url

# CS 1112 translation dictionary -- entries are of form: word,translation
BABEL_FISH_URL = 'http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~cs1112/words/babelfish'

# get contents of babel fish url
dataset = url.get_dataset( BABEL_FISH_URL )

# convert csv-based word mappings into dictionary format
word_mappings = {}
...

# get the user text to be translated
reply = input( 'Enter phrase to be translated: ' )

# convert reply into a list of words
to_be_translated = reply.split()

# process the list word by word -- that is, build up the output phrase
#     word by word

...

for word in to_be_translated :
    # translate word
    ...

# print translation
...