def METHOD_NAME(args):
    utils.import_user_module(args)
    if args.buffer_size < 1:
        args.buffer_size = 1
    if args.max_tokens is None and args.max_sentences is None:
        args.max_sentences = 1
    assert not args.sampling or args.nbest == args.beam, \
        '--sampling requires --nbest to be equal to --beam'
    assert not args.max_sentences or args.max_sentences <= args.buffer_size, \
        '--max-sentences/--batch-size cannot be larger than --buffer-size'
    print(args)
    use_cuda = torch.cuda.is_available() and not args.cpu
    # Setup task, e.g., translation
    task = tasks.setup_task(args)
    # Load ensemble
    print('| loading model(s) from {}'.format(args.path))
    models, _model_args = checkpoint_utils.load_model_ensemble(
        args.path.split(':'),
        arg_overrides=eval(args.model_overrides),
        task=task,
    )
    # Set dictionaries
    src_dict = task.source_dictionary
    tgt_dict = task.target_dictionary
    # Optimize ensemble for generation
    for model in models:
        model.make_generation_fast_(
            beamable_mm_beam_size=None if args.no_beamable_mm else args.beam,
            need_attn=args.print_alignment,
        )
        if args.fp16:
            model.half()
        if use_cuda:
            model.cuda()
    # Initialize generator
    generator = task.build_generator(args)
    # Handle tokenization and BPE
    tokenizer = encoders.build_tokenizer(args)
    bpe = encoders.build_bpe(args)
    def encode_fn(x):
        if tokenizer is not None:
            x = tokenizer.encode(x)
        if bpe is not None:
            x = bpe.encode(x)
        return x
    def decode_fn(x):
        if bpe is not None:
            x = bpe.decode(x)
        if tokenizer is not None:
            x = tokenizer.decode(x)
        return x
    # Load alignment dictionary for unknown word replacement
    # (None if no unknown word replacement, empty if no path to align dictionary)
    align_dict = utils.load_align_dict(args.replace_unk)
    max_positions = utils.resolve_max_positions(
        task.max_positions(),
        *[model.max_positions() for model in models]
    )
    if args.buffer_size > 1:
        print('| Sentence buffer size:', args.buffer_size)
    print('| Type the input sentence and press return:')
    start_id = 0
    for inputs in buffered_read(args.input, args.buffer_size):
        results = []
        for batch in make_batches(inputs, args, task, max_positions, encode_fn):
            src_tokens = batch.src_tokens
            src_lengths = batch.src_lengths
            if use_cuda:
                src_tokens = src_tokens.cuda()
                src_lengths = src_lengths.cuda()
            sample = {
                'net_input': {
                    'src_tokens': src_tokens,
                    'src_lengths': src_lengths,
                },
            }
            translations = task.inference_step(generator, models, sample)
            for i, (id, hypos) in enumerate(zip(batch.ids.tolist(), translations)):
                src_tokens_i = utils.strip_pad(src_tokens[i], tgt_dict.pad())
                results.append((start_id + id, src_tokens_i, hypos))
        # sort output to match input order
        for id, src_tokens, hypos in sorted(results, key=lambda x: x[0]):
            if src_dict is not None:
                src_str = src_dict.string(src_tokens, args.remove_bpe)
                print('S-{}\t{}'.format(id, src_str))
            # Process top predictions
            for hypo in hypos[:min(len(hypos), args.nbest)]:
                hypo_tokens, hypo_str, alignment = utils.post_process_prediction(
                    hypo_tokens=hypo['tokens'].int().cpu(),
                    src_str=src_str,
                    alignment=hypo['alignment'],
                    align_dict=align_dict,
                    tgt_dict=tgt_dict,
                    remove_bpe=args.remove_bpe,
                )
                hypo_str = decode_fn(hypo_str)
                print('H-{}\t{}\t{}'.format(id, hypo['score'], hypo_str))
                print('P-{}\t{}'.format(
                    id,
                    ' '.join(map(lambda x: '{:.4f}'.format(x), hypo['positional_scores'].tolist()))
                ))
                if args.print_alignment:
                    alignment_str = " ".join(["{}-{}".format(src, tgt) for src, tgt in alignment])
                    print('A-{}\t{}'.format(
                        id,
                        alignment_str
                    ))
        # update running id counter
        start_id += len(inputs)