Why not write a Python program to translate C++ code to Python code? Would be a nice project. Start with something simple and go from there.

>Why not write a Python program to translate C++ code to Python code?
Probably (barring sneaky tricks that wouldn't count) because you'd effectively be writing both a C++ and Python parser and evaluator, not to mention a kickass AI to convert C++ into intelligent Python. Doable, but very very difficult to the point of not being worth the effort.