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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def translate(patterns, flags):
 """Translate patterns."""


    positive = []
    negative = []
    if isinstance(patterns, (str, bytes)):
        patterns = [patterns]

    flags |= _TRANSLATE

    for pattern in patterns:
        for expanded in expand_braces(pattern, flags):
            (negative if is_negative(expanded, flags) else positive).append(
                WcParse(expanded, flags & FLAG_MASK).parse()
            )

    if patterns and flags & REALPATH and negative and not positive:
        positive.append(_compile(b'**' if isinstance(patterns[0], bytes) else '**', flags))

    return positive, negative