how to translate to string to different alphabet python

1string = 'some string'
2
3normal_alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.'
4my_alphabet = 'ijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.abcdefgh'
5
6translation = string.maketrans(normal_alphabet, my_alphabet)
7
8print(string.translate(translation))

1text = input()
2
3def encrypt(t):
4    chars = list(text)
5    allowed_characters = list(" abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789,.?!")
6
7    for char in chars:
8        for i in allowed_characters:
9            if char == i:
10                chars[chars.index(char)] = allowed_characters.index(i)
11    return chars
12
13print(encrypt(text))