Has anyone used Google translation API ? What is the max length limit for using it?
I thought it was more than that...
2009-02-26 20:18:46
it could be. i just googled for you. i have never used the service.
Ken Browning
2009-02-26 20:23:07
Wrong. See the comment in the link you cited right under the one that quoted 500 chars.
duffymo
2009-02-26 20:34:54
I don't argue that I might be wrong. However, that comment is talking about a wrapper which removes character limitations. Apples and oranges imho.
Ken Browning
2009-02-26 20:49:38
A:
I've used it to translate Japanese to English.
I don't believe the 500 char limit is true if you use http://code.google.com/p/jquery-translate/, but one thing that is true is you're restricted as to the number of requests you can make within a certain period of time. They also try to detect whether or not you're sending a lot of requests with a similar period, almost like a mini "denial of service" attack.
So when I did this I wrote a client with a random length sleep between requests. I also ran it on a grid so all the requests didn't come from a single IP address.
I had to translate ~2000 Java messages from a resource bundle from Japanese to English. It worked out pretty nicely, as long as the text was single words. Longer phrases with context came out awkwardly.
duffymo
2009-02-26 20:38:28