diff --git a/src/tampy/transpiler.py b/src/tampy/transpiler.py
index e69de29..2e17fcd 100644
--- a/src/tampy/transpiler.py
+++ b/src/tampy/transpiler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+KEYWORDS_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "keywords.json"
+
+with open(KEYWORDS_PATH, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    KEYWORDS = json.load(f)
+
+def transpile(code: str) -> str:
+    """Replace Tamil keywords with Python equivalents."""
+    output = code
+    for tamil, python in KEYWORDS.items():
+        output = output.replace(tamil, python)
+    return output