if __name__ == "__main__": with open("ancient-greek-phonemes.txt", "r") as mapping_file: mapping = dict( [(ancient_greek, latin) for ancient_greek, latin in [line.rstrip().split("->") for line in mapping_file.readlines()]] ) with open("original.txt", "r") as book_txt: book = book_txt.read() for key, value in mapping.items(): book = book.replace(key, value) with open("converted.txt", "w") as book_txt: book_txt.write(book)