Which is easier? Translating from C++ or from Java...

[cjl]

Hey all:

I'm working on a 'pure' python port of some existing software.

Implementations of what I'm trying to accomplish are available (open
source) in C++ and in Java.

Which would be easier for me to use as a reference?

I'm not looking for automated tools, just trying to gather opinions on
which language is easier to understand / rewrite as python.

-cjl