Python CGI to show the gender of words in various languages

gender.cgi

#!/usr/bin/env python

import cgitb
cgitb.enable()

import os, re, urllib, json
from htmlentitydefs import name2codepoint

def GET(uri): 
   u = urllib.urlopen(uri)
   bytes = u.read()
   u.close()
   return bytes

r_entity = re.compile(r'&([^;\s]+);')

def entity(match): 
   value = match.group(1).lower()
   if value.startswith('#x'): 
      return unichr(int(value[2:], 16))
   elif value.startswith('#'): 
      return unichr(int(value[1:]))
   elif name2codepoint.has_key(value): 
      return unichr(name2codepoint[value])
   return '[' + value + ']'

def decode(html): 
   return r_entity.sub(entity, html)

def translate(text, input, output): 
   if not text: return ''
   uri = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate'
   q = urllib.quote(text)
   pair = input + '%7C' + output
   bytes = GET(uri + '?q=' + q + '&v=1.0&langpair=' + pair)
   result = json.loads(bytes)
   try: s = result['responseData']['translatedText']
   except Exception: return ''
   return decode(s).encode('utf-8')

word = os.environ.get('PATH_INFO', '/')
if word.startswith('/'): 
   word = word[1:]

fr = translate('the ' + word, 'en', 'fr')
es = translate('the ' + word, 'en', 'es')
it = translate('the ' + word, 'en', 'it')
de = translate('the ' + word, 'en', 'de')
# cy = translate('the ' + word, 'en', 'cy')

if ' ' in fr: 
   fr, fr_word = fr.split(' ', 1)
else: fr, fr_word = '', fr

if ' ' in es: 
   es, es_word = es.split(' ', 1)
else: es, es_word = '', es

if ' ' in it: 
    it, it_word = it.split(' ', 1)
else: it, it_word = '', it

if ' ' in de: 
   de, de_word = de.split(' ', 1)
else: de, de_word = '', de

fr = fr.lower()
es = es.lower()
it = it.lower()
de = de.lower()
# cy = cy.split(' ')[0].lower()

print 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8'
print 
print 'fr(' + {'le': 'M', 'la': 'F', 
               'un': 'M', 'une': 'F', 
               'des': 'P', 'les': 'P'}.get(fr, fr + '?') + ')',
print 'es(' + {'el': 'M', 'la': 'F',
               'los': 'M', 'las': 'F'}.get(es, es + '?') + ')',
print 'it(' + {'il': 'M', 'la': 'F'}.get(it, it + '?') + ')',
print 'de(' + {'der': 'M', 'die': 'F', 
               'das': 'N', 'des': 'M'}.get(de, de + '?') + ')',
print '-',
print ', '.join([fr_word, es_word, it_word, de_word])