def getHyphenater(hDict=None):
    try:
        from reportlab.lib.pyHnj import Hyphen
        if hDict is None: hDict=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),'hyphen.mashed')
        return Hyphen(hDict)
    except ImportError as errMsg:
        if str(errMsg)!='No module named pyHnj': raise
        return None