sub translate {
        my $str    = shift;
        my @chunks = split /<(\d+)>/ => $str;
        my @results;

        while (@chunks) {
            my ($number, $string) = splice @chunks => 0, 2;
            if ($number == 30) {
                ...
            }
            else {
                push @results => '@(' . $hash {$number} . ')',
                                 qq {"$string"};
            }
        }
 
        join ";" => @results;
    }