def _get_short_language_description(full_language_description):
 if (' (' not in full_language_description):
  return full_language_description
 else:
  ind = full_language_description.find(' (')
  return full_language_description[:ind]

def _get_short_language_description ( full_language_description ) : if ( ' (' not in full_language_description ) : return full_language_description else : ind = full_language_description . find ( ' (' ) return full_language_description [ : ind ]
given one of the descriptions in feconf .