CAD Dictionary | Python Fiddle

cadDictionary = {'wma': 'white male adult', 'bma': 'black male adult', 'subj':'subject', 'ama':'asian male adult', 'dot': 'direction of travel', 'er':'enroute', 'citz':'citizen', '413':'handgun'\
                 ,'bld':'build', 'blk':'black', 'pr':'person reporting', 'sil':'silver', 'atl':'attempt to locate', 'll':'landlined', 'ofcrs':'officers', 'vict':'victim', 'neg':'negative'\
                 ,'ar': 'arrived', 'arr':'arrived', 'hrs':'hours', 'pr\'s':'person reportings', 'ne':'northeast', 'se':'southeast', 'nw':'northwest', 'sw':'southwest', 'req':'request',\
                 'thn':'thin', 'avail':'available', 'frm':'from', 'nfd':'no further description', 'rec':'re-call', 'ls':'last seen', 'sb':'southbound', 'nb':'northbound', 'wb':'westbound',\
                 'eb':'eastbound', 'stby':'standby', 'ifo':'in front of', 'blu':'blue', 'grn':'green', 'apt':'apartment', 'apts':'apartments', 'thru':'through', 'w/':'with', 'med':'medical',\
                 'refd':'refused', 'ref\'d':'refused', 'info':'information', 'nfi':'no further information', 'susp':'suspect', 'vic':'victim', 'unk':'unknown', 'tl':'time lapse', \
                 'prev':'previous', 'addr':'address', 'res':'residence', 'rpt':'report', 'ref':'reference', 'whi':'white', 'plot':'parking lot', 'rets':'returns'}

##Converts a sentence into a list of words (also converts all words in sentence to lower case)(based on spaces)
def convertStringToList(newString):
    words = []
    newWord = ''
    for i in range(len(newString)):
        if newString[i] != ' ' and i+1 != len(newString):
            newWord = newWord + newString[i].lower()
        elif i+1 == len(newString) and newString[i] != ' ':
            newWord = newWord + newString[i].lower()
            words.append(newWord)
            newWord = ''
        else:
            words.append(newWord)
            newWord = ''
    return words
    print words
            
##translates an individual word based on a dictionary key -> value           
def translate(word):
    return cadDictionary.get(word, word)

##runs the translate function for each word in the sentence
def sentenceTranslate(sentence):
    translation = ''
    for i in sentence:
        if translation != '':
            translation = translation + ' ' + translate(i)
        else:
            translation = translate(i)
    return translation
  
    
sentence =  str(raw_input("Enter the Sentence: ")) 
##sentence = 'hello my ama friends bma'
sentence = convertStringToList(sentence)
print sentenceTranslate(sentence)

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