def readLangs(lang1, lang2, reverse=False):
    print("Reading lines...")

    # Read the file and split into lines
    lines = open('data/%s-%s.txt' % (lang1, lang2), encoding='utf-8').\
        read().strip().split('\n')

    # Split every line into pairs and normalize
    pairs = [[normalizeString(s) for s in l.split('\t')] for l in lines]

    # Reverse pairs, make Lang instances
    if reverse:
        pairs = [list(reversed(p)) for p in pairs]
        input_lang = Lang(lang2)
        output_lang = Lang(lang1)
    else:
        input_lang = Lang(lang1)
        output_lang = Lang(lang2)

    return input_lang, output_lang, pairs