text: '''
  Cleaners are transformations that run over the input text at both training and eval time.
  
  Cleaners can be selected by passing a comma-delimited list of cleaner names as the "cleaners"
  hyperparameter. Some cleaners are English-specific. You'll typically want to use:
    1. "english_cleaners" for English text
    2. "transliteration_cleaners" for non-English text that can be transliterated to ASCII using
       the Unidecode library (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Unidecode)
    3. "basic_cleaners" if you do not want to transliterate (in this case, you should also update
       the symbols in symbols.py to match your data).
  '''
  
  import re
  
  # from unidecode import unidecode
  
  from .numbers import normalize_numbers
  
  # Regular expression matching whitespace:
  _whitespace_re = re.compile(r'\s+')
  
  # List of (regular expression, replacement) pairs for abbreviations:
  _abbreviations = [(re.compile('\\b%s\\.' % x[0], re.IGNORECASE), x[1]) for x in [
    ('mrs', 'misess'),
    ('mr', 'mister'),
    ('dr', 'doctor'),
    ('st', 'saint'),
    ('co', 'company'),
    ('jr', 'junior'),
    ('maj', 'major'),
    ('gen', 'general'),
    ('drs', 'doctors'),
    ('rev', 'reverend'),
    ('lt', 'lieutenant'),
    ('hon', 'honorable'),
    ('sgt', 'sergeant'),
    ('capt', 'captain'),
    ('esq', 'esquire'),
    ('ltd', 'limited'),
    ('col', 'colonel'),
    ('ft', 'fort'),
  ]]
  
  
  def expand_abbreviations(text):
    for regex, replacement in _abbreviations:
      text = re.sub(regex, replacement, text)
    return text
  
  
  def expand_numbers(text):
    return normalize_numbers(text)
  
  
  def lowercase(text):
    '''lowercase input tokens.
    '''
    return text.lower()
  
  
  def collapse_whitespace(text):
    return re.sub(_whitespace_re, ' ', text)
  
  
  # def convert_to_ascii(text):
  #  return unidecode(text)
  
  
  def basic_cleaners(text):
    '''Basic pipeline that lowercases and collapses whitespace without transliteration.'''
    # text = lowercase(text)
    text = collapse_whitespace(text)
    return text
  
  
  def transliteration_cleaners(text):
    '''Pipeline for non-English text that transliterates to ASCII.'''
    text = convert_to_ascii(text)
    text = lowercase(text)
    text = collapse_whitespace(text)
    return text
  
  
  def english_cleaners(text):
    '''Pipeline for English text, including number and abbreviation expansion.'''
    text = convert_to_ascii(text)
    # text = lowercase(text)
    text = expand_numbers(text)
    text = expand_abbreviations(text)
    text = collapse_whitespace(text)
    return text
  