Translating language in python

[alicarlos13]

"requires me to use nested if-statements (not lists) in order to write a function".  I presume that means dictionary's as well :-).

 I was just about to comment that. It very confusing, i mean are "lists" considered "tuples"/"dictionaries"; Guess the context of the question is not really clear.

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Liquid_Ocolet

if translate == "German":
   if words == "dog":
       print("The Translation of dog into German is 'hond'")
   elif words == "cat":
       print ("The translation of cat into German is 'katze'")
   else:
       print("I can not understand")

There is something not correct here, so the users input "GERMAN" language and is supposed to enter the words in "ENGLISH".

And converting it into a simple function

def trans(language, words):
    if language == "French":
        if words == "chien":
            print("English => Dog")
            print("Dutch => hond")
        elif words == "chat":
            print("English => Cat")
            print("Dutch => kat")
        else:
            print("I can not understand")
        # KEEP ADDING ELIF FOR ALL THE OTHER WORDS
    if language == "English":
        if words == "dog":
            print("French => chien")
            print("Dutch => hond")
        elif words == "cat":
            print("French => chat")
            print("Dutch => kat")
        # KEEP ADDING ELIF FOR ALL THE OTHER WORDS
        else:
            print("I can not understand")

language = raw_input("What do you want to translate to :")
words = raw_input("Please state the word :")
trans(language, words)