Will this work?

Doesn't the translate() function map one character
to another? i.e. translate($input, "abc", "ABC").

What happens if
a character is matched in the first string, but there are
insufficient characters in the second string to determine a
replacement? (e.g. translate("c", "abc", "AB"))

Also, if you are going to use the translate() function, why bother
with the special Unicode chars? Why not just translate away the
decimal point and comma?

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