A script that translates any language into French!

to_french.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import argparse
import random

mappings = {
    'a': [u'à', u'â'],
    'c': [u'ç'],
    'e': [u'é', u'è', u'ê'],
}

def _frenchify_single(bit, i):
    if bit not in mappings:
        return bit
    choices = [bit]
    for x in range(i):
        choices += mappings[bit]
    return random.choice(choices)

def frenchify(value, i):
    return ''.join([_frenchify_single(bit, i) for bit in value])

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('-i', default=1, type=int)
    parser.add_argument('data')
    namespace = parser.parse_args()
    print frenchify(namespace.data, namespace.i)
    

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

but of çoursé!