Locally shift everything by 0.5 to the left in PSTricks

Question

Is it possible in PSTricks to locally shift "everything" by 0.5 to the left? For example, in the MWE below I would like to shift the "y" to the left, so that its new coordinates are (1.5,2). Of course, in this simple example, I could just alter the coordinates directly but if you have whole bunch of objects which you want to translate this is cumbersome.

\psset{xunit=1cm,yunit=1cm}
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(5,5)

\rput(1,1){x}
\begin{<shift to left by 0.5>}
\rput(2,2){y}
\end{<shift to left by 0.5>}
\rput(3,3){z}

\end{pspicture}

Answer 1

Insert the entire content that you want to shift to the left inside \rput(-0.5,0){...}.

Perhaps, in a more general setting, use

\rput(<h-shift>,<v-shift>){%
  % <stuff>
}

to move the content horizontally by <h-shift> and vertically by <v-shift>.