need help!!! translate english sentence to pirate lingo...have it partially completed

[dalearyous]

ok basically i need to write a program that will replace normal words in a sentence with pirate words. the trick is it needs to be able to take two word phrases. i went about this two different ways: 2d array and hashmap. both have the problem of translating a phrase with two words. im running out of time and need help bad.

HASHMAP WAY:

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
 
public class piratetalk
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        HashMap<String, String> h = new HashMap<String, String>(149, 0.75f);
 
 
        h.put( "hello", "ahoy" );
        h.put( "hi", "yo-ho" );
        h.put( "pardon me", "avast" );
        h.put( "excuse me", "arrr" );
        h.put( "yes", "aye" );
        h.put( "sir", "matey" );
        h.put( "stranger", "scurvy dog" );
        h.put( "your", "yer" );
        h.put( "where", "whar" );
        h.put( "you", "ye" );
        h.put( "is", "be" );
        h.put( "know", "be knowin" );
        h.put( "far", "league" );
        h.put( "coming", "comin" );
        h.put( "friend", "mate" );
        h.put( "hasn't", "not" );
        h.put( "there has", "theres" );
        h.put( "gathering", "gatherin" );
        h.put( "are", "are ye" );
 
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println ( "Enter text you would like converted" );
        String sentence = scan.nextLine();
        String[] result = sentence.split("\\s");
        for(int i = 0; i < result.length; i++){
            if(h.containsKey(result[i])){
                result[i] = h.get(result[i]);
            }
            System.out.println(result[i]);
        }
    }
}

2D ARRAY

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
 
public class piratetalkarraystyle
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            String[][] translateList = {{"hello", "ahoy"},
                                        {"hi", "yo-ho" },
                                            {"pardon me", "avast"},
                                            {"yes", "aye"},
                                            {"sir", "matey"},
                                            {"are", "are ye"},
                                            {"excuse me", "arrr"},
                                           };
 
                Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
                System.out.println ( "Enter text you would like converted" );
                String sentence = scan.nextLine();
                String[] input = sentence.split("\\s");
 
                for (int x=0; x<input.length; x++)
                {
                    for (int y = 0; y < translateList.length; y++)
                        if (input[x].equalsIgnoreCase(translateList[y][0]))
                            System.out.println("True");
                            //just checking ot make sure it works
                }
        }
 
 
}

can anyone fix this for me? keep in mind im new to java...been at this for quite a while

[JosAH]

ok basically i need to write a program that will replace normal words in a sentence with pirate words. the trick is it needs to be able to take two word phrases. i went about this two different ways: 2d array and hashmap. both have the problem of translating a phrase with two words. im running out of time and need help bad.

Using a HashMap is a good idea. You store either single words as the key
or two words separated by a single space, making up a single String again.

Think of a "String previous" word (initially it is null), that represents a previous
word that maybe can be translated together with a current word. If it can't
be translated together with the current word, the previous word will be output
untranslated and attempt to translate the current word on its own. If it can
be translated, output the translation, otherwise the current word becomes
the previous word. Take care to handle the previous word when the input
is reaches its end of file status.

kind regards,

Jos

[cooper8]

Using a HashMap is a good idea.
My favorite translation website: Spanish to English

[chaarmann]

you should really take word boundaries in account. splitting by space is not enough.
Your rule far --> league would not be applied to "It is so far." because of the dot.

I would not split at all, it takes too much performance. And at the end you must assemble it back. Why not use regular expressions instead?

String sentence = "It is so far.";
String result = sentence.replaceAll("\Wfar\W", "league")