from typing import Dict


def remove_special(text: str, REPLACE: Dict[str, str]) -> str:
    """Replaces special characters with conventional ones.

    Parameters:
    text: str - text where to replace the special characters
    REPLACE: Dict[str, str] - dictionary of mappinps of special characters to their
                              substitutions
    
    Returns:
    text: str - text with the special characters replaced
    """
    for char, subs in REPLACE.items():
        text = text.replace(char.lower(), subs)
    return text