Replace multiple words with new words. Parameters are the text to be edited and dictionary of words to be replaced dictionary names are replaced with corresponding values.

multiword_replace.py

import re


def multiword_replace(text, word_dict):
    """Replaces multiple words using dictionary. Dictionary names found are replaced with their corresponding values."""
    rc = re.compile('|'.join(map(re.escape, word_dict)))

    def translate(match):
        return word_dict[match.group(0)]
    return rc.sub(translate, text)