'Translation' dilemma

Question

I'm trying to build a website that reads Icelandic texts written in a particular font which are then rendered in a different character encoding (ascii/uc) and cached before finally being displayed. What language is best suited for the job? Python or PHP? Or anything else? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Python has been used to create the Natural Language Processing Toolkit, which may be useful for you. PHP is generally conceded to be behind the curve on leaving 8-bit text behind, although it's catching up in current versions.