title: How to transliterate Cyrillic to Latin using Python 2.7? - not correct translation output
body: <p>I am trying to transliterate Cyrillic to Latin from an excel file. I am working from the bottom up and can not figure out why this isn't working.<br>
  When I try to translate a simple text string, Python outputs "EEEEE EEE" instead of the correct translation.  How can I fix this to give me the right translation?? I have been trying to figure this out all day! </p>
  
  <pre><code>symbols = (u"абвгдеёзийклмнопрстуфхъыьэАБВГДЕЁЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЪЫЬЭ",
             u"abvgdeezijklmnoprstufh'y'eABVGDEEZIJKLMNOPRSTUFH'Y'E")
  
  tr = {ord(a):ord(b) for a, b in zip(*symbols)}
  
  text = u'Добрый Ден'
  print text.translate(tr)
  
  &gt;&gt;EEEEEE EEE
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I appreciate the help!</p>