Language translation API length limit.
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Dan
Dec 2, 2008, 1:26:42 PM12/2/08
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Hello all, I have a question about the length limit of translation
API.
When I run my below sample code, the text length is 2200, i can not
get translation result. But if i remove the second paragraph, the
length is 660, then i get the translation result, can anyone verify
that the length limit is less than 5000 characters (Google translation
API terms gives the 5000 characters length limitation)? or point out
any problem in my code? thanks a lot.
=================
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></
script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("language", "1");
</script>
<script>
var text;
var container;
var length;
function start() {
text = document.getElementById("text").innerHTML;
container = document.getElementById("translation");
length=document.getElementById("length");
length.innerHTML= text.length;
google.language.translate(text, "es", "en", translateResult);
//return false;
}
function translateResult(result) {
if (result.translation) {
container.innerHTML = result.translation;
}
else{
//var returnCode = document.getElementById("returnCode");
//returnCode.innerHTML = result.error.message;
container.innerHTML = '<span style="color:red">Error
Translating</span>';
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="text">
Alojamiento y transportes en la ciudad
<p>Hermosillo, Sonora.- Ante la instancia de Ignacio Búrquez
Valenzuela de levantar el cerca en el terreno para continuar los
trabajos de la ampliación del bulevar Quiroga, del cual se dice
propietario sin mostrar documentos que lo avalen, el municipio de
Hermosillo interpondrá una denuncia penal en su contra, advirtió
el alcalde, Ernesto Gándara Camou.
Después de que el Ayuntamiento ordenara tirar el cerco que se
levantó esta semana por Ignacio Búrquez obstruyendo los trabajos
de la obra, de nueva cuenta se intentó ponerlo pero los elementos
de la policía comisionados para atender este caso lo impidieron.
<p>
Centro y Norte Oriente Sur Quintana Roo Campeche Foros Obituarios
Esquelas Clima Sitios especiales Multimedia Audio Editoriales
Videos Galerías Infografías Temas Artes y letras Autos Ciencia
Futuro Modas Salud Viajes Decoración Bienes raíces Noticias en:
Celular PDA Inicio Noticias en tu correo ir ayuda Acceso directo
@ ir ayuda | menú Edición impresa Portada Anuncios
Información especial Diario en la escuela Mapa de Mérida
Revista Plan B Postales de mi tierra Yucatecos en México
El extranjero Sitio oficial de los Mayas de Yucatán Fin de semana
La entrevista La semana hace 50 años INTERNACIONAL >
Transición en EE.UU. A Raúl Castro le gustaría reunirse con Obama
en Guantánamo 1:13 p.m. LA HABANA, 26 de noviembre(AP).- El
presidente cubano Raúl Castro dijo el miércoles que
le complacería conocer al presidente electo estadounidense
Barack Obama en ``terreno neutral'''': la base norteamericana en
Bahía de Guantánamo. El líder cubano hizo su
oferta en una entrevista con el actor y director de cine Sean
Penn, quien escribió sobre ella en la revista The Nation.
Penn dijo que le preguntó a Castro si se reuniría
con Obama en Washington. El mandatario cubano dijo que "lo
pensaría'''' y que no sería justo para ninguno
tener que ir al territorio del otro. Por eso sugirió la
base de Guantánamo. Castro dijo que él y Obama
"debemos reunirnos y empezar a resolver nuestros
problemas''''. Incluso sugirió un obsequio: los cubanos
podrían enviar a Obama "de vuelta a casa con la
bandera norteamericana que ondea sobre la Bahía de
Guantánamo''''.
</div>
<A HREF="javascript:start()"> Click to translate!</A>
<div id="length"></div>
<div id="translation"></div>
<div id="returnCode"></div>
</body>
</html>
API.
When I run my below sample code, the text length is 2200, i can not
get translation result. But if i remove the second paragraph, the
length is 660, then i get the translation result, can anyone verify
that the length limit is less than 5000 characters (Google translation
API terms gives the 5000 characters length limitation)? or point out
any problem in my code? thanks a lot.
=================
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></
script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("language", "1");
</script>
<script>
var text;
var container;
var length;
function start() {
text = document.getElementById("text").innerHTML;
container = document.getElementById("translation");
length=document.getElementById("length");
length.innerHTML= text.length;
google.language.translate(text, "es", "en", translateResult);
//return false;
}
function translateResult(result) {
if (result.translation) {
container.innerHTML = result.translation;
}
else{
//var returnCode = document.getElementById("returnCode");
//returnCode.innerHTML = result.error.message;
container.innerHTML = '<span style="color:red">Error
Translating</span>';
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="text">
Alojamiento y transportes en la ciudad
<p>Hermosillo, Sonora.- Ante la instancia de Ignacio Búrquez
Valenzuela de levantar el cerca en el terreno para continuar los
trabajos de la ampliación del bulevar Quiroga, del cual se dice
propietario sin mostrar documentos que lo avalen, el municipio de
Hermosillo interpondrá una denuncia penal en su contra, advirtió
el alcalde, Ernesto Gándara Camou.
Después de que el Ayuntamiento ordenara tirar el cerco que se
levantó esta semana por Ignacio Búrquez obstruyendo los trabajos
de la obra, de nueva cuenta se intentó ponerlo pero los elementos
de la policía comisionados para atender este caso lo impidieron.
<p>
Centro y Norte Oriente Sur Quintana Roo Campeche Foros Obituarios
Esquelas Clima Sitios especiales Multimedia Audio Editoriales
Videos Galerías Infografías Temas Artes y letras Autos Ciencia
Futuro Modas Salud Viajes Decoración Bienes raíces Noticias en:
Celular PDA Inicio Noticias en tu correo ir ayuda Acceso directo
@ ir ayuda | menú Edición impresa Portada Anuncios
Información especial Diario en la escuela Mapa de Mérida
Revista Plan B Postales de mi tierra Yucatecos en México
El extranjero Sitio oficial de los Mayas de Yucatán Fin de semana
La entrevista La semana hace 50 años INTERNACIONAL >
Transición en EE.UU. A Raúl Castro le gustaría reunirse con Obama
en Guantánamo 1:13 p.m. LA HABANA, 26 de noviembre(AP).- El
presidente cubano Raúl Castro dijo el miércoles que
le complacería conocer al presidente electo estadounidense
Barack Obama en ``terreno neutral'''': la base norteamericana en
Bahía de Guantánamo. El líder cubano hizo su
oferta en una entrevista con el actor y director de cine Sean
Penn, quien escribió sobre ella en la revista The Nation.
Penn dijo que le preguntó a Castro si se reuniría
con Obama en Washington. El mandatario cubano dijo que "lo
pensaría'''' y que no sería justo para ninguno
tener que ir al territorio del otro. Por eso sugirió la
base de Guantánamo. Castro dijo que él y Obama
"debemos reunirnos y empezar a resolver nuestros
problemas''''. Incluso sugirió un obsequio: los cubanos
podrían enviar a Obama "de vuelta a casa con la
bandera norteamericana que ondea sobre la Bahía de
Guantánamo''''.
</div>
<A HREF="javascript:start()"> Click to translate!</A>
<div id="length"></div>
<div id="translation"></div>
<div id="returnCode"></div>
</body>
</html>
Jeremy Geerdes
Dec 2, 2008, 1:37:37 PM12/2/08
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When using GET requests, as your JS would be, you're going to run into
the limitations of a GET request. I.e., you really can't send more
than 2,000 characters. You will have to re-engineer your application
to use POST or split your text into multiple segments.
Jeremy R. Geerdes
Effective website design & development
Des Moines, IA
For more information or a project quote:
http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
jgee...@mchsi.com
Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this
communication are given in US dollars.
If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights
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the limitations of a GET request. I.e., you really can't send more
than 2,000 characters. You will have to re-engineer your application
to use POST or split your text into multiple segments.
Jeremy R. Geerdes
Effective website design & development
Des Moines, IA
For more information or a project quote:
http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
jgee...@mchsi.com
Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this
communication are given in US dollars.
If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights
Wesleyan Church!
Dan
Dec 2, 2008, 1:59:24 PM12/2/08
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From the API document, it seem that google.language.translate() is the
only option to send the translation request,
would you please give an example to use POST method? many thanks!
Dan
On Dec 2, 1:37 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When using GET requests, as your JS would be, you're going to run into
> the limitations of a GET request. I.e., you really can't send more
> than 2,000 characters. You will have to re-engineer your application
> to use POST or split your text into multiple segments.
>
> Jeremy R. Geerdes
> Effective website design & development
> Des Moines, IA
>
> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
> jgeer...@mchsi.com
only option to send the translation request,
would you please give an example to use POST method? many thanks!
Dan
On Dec 2, 1:37 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When using GET requests, as your JS would be, you're going to run into
> the limitations of a GET request. I.e., you really can't send more
> than 2,000 characters. You will have to re-engineer your application
> to use POST or split your text into multiple segments.
>
> Jeremy R. Geerdes
> Effective website design & development
> Des Moines, IA
>
> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
Jeremy Geerdes
Dec 2, 2008, 2:05:39 PM12/2/08
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Well, a sample would depend very much on your application. But in any
event, you'll have to set up some sort of server-side application that
will make the request, receive and process the response, and then push
it out to the client. If you're wanting to do this on-the-fly, as you
can with the Javascript google.language.translate method, you'll need
to build a JS control that can pass the text to be translated via
XMLHttpRequest back to this server-side application and process the
response as it is returned.
Jeremy R. Geerdes
Effective website design & development
Des Moines, IA
For more information or a project quote:
http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
jgee...@mchsi.com
Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this
communication are given in US dollars.
If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights
Wesleyan Church!
event, you'll have to set up some sort of server-side application that
will make the request, receive and process the response, and then push
it out to the client. If you're wanting to do this on-the-fly, as you
can with the Javascript google.language.translate method, you'll need
to build a JS control that can pass the text to be translated via
XMLHttpRequest back to this server-side application and process the
response as it is returned.
Jeremy R. Geerdes
Effective website design & development
Des Moines, IA
For more information or a project quote:
http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this
communication are given in US dollars.
If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights
Wesleyan Church!
Jeremy Geerdes
Dec 2, 2008, 2:10:20 PM12/2/08
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By the way, you can find resources to access the Language API in this
manner by checking out the link below:
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/reference.html#_intro_fonje
Jeremy R. Geerdes
Effective website design & development
Des Moines, IA
For more information or a project quote:
http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
jgee...@mchsi.com
Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this
communication are given in US dollars.
If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights
Wesleyan Church!
manner by checking out the link below:
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/reference.html#_intro_fonje
Jeremy R. Geerdes
Effective website design & development
Des Moines, IA
For more information or a project quote:
http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this
communication are given in US dollars.
If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights
Wesleyan Church!
tcs 241
Dec 4, 2008, 12:50:52 AM12/4/08
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Hi,
I asked similar question before. Please see thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API/browse_thread/thread/868231b9f712f1d4/f456614b384592e5#f456614b384592e5
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API/browse_thread/thread/871da6bb9038b63b#
I think the best solution is Balazs Endresz's jQuery translation plug-
in.
This plug-in has these advantages:
1.Less coding. (see the sample code)
2.no limit for text length.
3.To be translated text is extracted from HTML and concatenated.And,
less API requests are needed.
Looks like Balazs has done substantial work to solve this issue.
here is a minimalism sample:
( You can download sample code from
http://code.google.com/p/djangopollsgae/downloads/list )
<html>
<head>
<p> Please download
jquery[1].translate-1.2.4.min.js from
http://code.google.com/p/jquery-translate/
jquery-1[1].2.6.min.js from
http://jquery.com/ .
Maybe the *.js files have been updated. Please change *.js
file names accordinglly.
</p>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1[1].2.6.min.js"></
script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery
[1].translate-1.2.4.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function startTranslation(){
$('p').translate( 'en',
'es')
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p id="textToTranslate">WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Sales
at U.S. retailers suffered a record decline in October as fears of
recession sapped spending, but part of the drop was due to slumping
gasoline prices, which helped buoy consumer confidence this month.
The Commerce Department said on Friday that retail sales slumped 2.8
percent in October to a seasonally adjusted $363.7 billion, the
largest decline since the department's current methodology was adopted
in 1992, as mounting unemployment hit shoppers' appetites.
</p>
<input type="button" onclick="startTranslation();"
value="Translate "/>
</body>
</html>
Thanks,
Chef
Free Immigration Guide
http://visachoice.appspot.com
On Dec 2, 11:10 am, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> By the way, you can find resources to access the Language API in this
> manner by checking out the link below:
>
> http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/reference.html...
> >>> </html>- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I asked similar question before. Please see thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API/browse_thread/thread/868231b9f712f1d4/f456614b384592e5#f456614b384592e5
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API/browse_thread/thread/871da6bb9038b63b#
I think the best solution is Balazs Endresz's jQuery translation plug-
in.
This plug-in has these advantages:
1.Less coding. (see the sample code)
2.no limit for text length.
3.To be translated text is extracted from HTML and concatenated.And,
less API requests are needed.
Looks like Balazs has done substantial work to solve this issue.
here is a minimalism sample:
( You can download sample code from
http://code.google.com/p/djangopollsgae/downloads/list )
<html>
<head>
<p> Please download
jquery[1].translate-1.2.4.min.js from
http://code.google.com/p/jquery-translate/
jquery-1[1].2.6.min.js from
http://jquery.com/ .
Maybe the *.js files have been updated. Please change *.js
file names accordinglly.
</p>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1[1].2.6.min.js"></
script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery
[1].translate-1.2.4.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function startTranslation(){
$('p').translate( 'en',
'es')
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p id="textToTranslate">WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Sales
at U.S. retailers suffered a record decline in October as fears of
recession sapped spending, but part of the drop was due to slumping
gasoline prices, which helped buoy consumer confidence this month.
The Commerce Department said on Friday that retail sales slumped 2.8
percent in October to a seasonally adjusted $363.7 billion, the
largest decline since the department's current methodology was adopted
in 1992, as mounting unemployment hit shoppers' appetites.
</p>
<input type="button" onclick="startTranslation();"
value="Translate "/>
</body>
</html>
Thanks,
Chef
Free Immigration Guide
http://visachoice.appspot.com
On Dec 2, 11:10 am, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> By the way, you can find resources to access the Language API in this
> manner by checking out the link below:
>
>
> Jeremy R. Geerdes
> Effective website design & development
> Des Moines, IA
>
> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
> Jeremy R. Geerdes
> Effective website design & development
> Des Moines, IA
>
> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
>
> - Show quoted text -
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