FYI, the Translation API now accepts 5,000 characters instead of 500 per request. -Ben
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Balazs Endresz <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi! I made one too: http://code.google.com/p/jquery-translate/ :) > There's a weird regex in it that splits the text, maybe it could be > simpler but works pretty well. > You'll also need jQuery for it www.jquery.com but that would make your > life much easier anyway. > > > On szept. 3, 14:51, Norgepaul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've written a bit of JavaScript that partly overcomes the 500 > > character limit. It's not 100% perfect as it only has some simple tag > > detection functionality. I'm pretty new to JavaScript and I'm sure > > that there are a lot of people out there that can improve on the code. > > At least it's a start :o) > > > > To use the code, simply stick it on your page and alter the > > "translatecontents" function to suit your needs. You can also add code > > to "beginTranslations" and "endTranslations" to enable/disable page > > elements during the translation process. > > > > Here you go: > > > > ================================= > > > > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi";></ > > script> > > <script type="text/javascript">google.load("language", "1");</script> > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > > var preTransValues = []; > > > > function inTag(chunk) > > { > > var openPos = chunk.lastIndexOf('<'); > > var closePos = chunk.lastIndexOf('>'); > > > > // Return true if an open tag appears before a close tag > > return openPos > closePos; > > > > } > > > > function beginTranslations() > > { > > // Add code that should be executed when the translating starts > > > > } > > > > function endTranslations() > > { > > // Add code that should be executed when the translating finished > > > > } > > > > function translateElement(tElement, translateText, fromLang, toLang, > > minChunkSize, maxChunkSize, splitChars, lastElement) > > { > > var translatedText = ""; > > var chunkStart = 0; > > var chunkEnd = minChunkSize; > > var count = 0; > > var totalCount = 0; > > var splitChar; > > var tempChunk; > > > > // Stop when we reach the end of the text > > while (chunkStart <= translateText.length) > > { > > totalCount++; > > > > // Scan from the current position the to maximum chunk > size to try > > // and find the best point to split the text. We do this > to try to > > split > > // between words and avoid splitting inside tags. Needs > some work to > > be > > // completely accurate. If we reach the end of the > maximum chunk > > size before > > // we've found a suitable position we have to split > anyway and hope > > for the > > // best. > > while ((chunkEnd <= translateText.length) && > > (chunkStart + chunkEnd <= maxChunkSize)) > > { > > splitChar = translateText.substring(chunkEnd, chunkEnd + > 1); > > > > // We've found a nice position if the current character > matches > > one of the > > // split characters and we are not inside a tag. > > if (((!inTag(translateText.substring(chunkStart, > chunkEnd + > > 2))) && > > (splitChars.indexOf(splitChar)))) > > break; > > else > > chunkEnd++; > > } > > > > // If we split inside a tag try to find the start of the tag > > if (inTag(translateText.substring(chunkStart, chunkEnd + 1))) > > { > > tempChunk = translateText.substring(chunkStart, chunkEnd > + 1) > > chunkEnd = tempChunk.lastIndexOf('<') + chunkStart; > > } > > > > // Extract the chunk of text to be translated > > chunk = translateText.substring(chunkStart, chunkEnd); > > > > // Translate the text > > google.language.translate(chunk, fromLang, toLang, > > function(result) > > { > > if (!result.error) > > { > > // Add the translated text chunk > to the completed translation > > translatedText = translatedText + > result.translation; > > count ++; > > > > // We only want to set the translated > text if this is it's > > last translation chunk > > if (count >= totalCount) > > { > > tElement.innerHTML = > translatedText; > > > > // If this is the last > translation, call the end translations > > function > > if (lastElement) > > endTranslations(); > > } > > } > > else > > { > > if (lastElement) > > endTranslations(); > > > > return result.error.message; > > } > > }); > > > > chunkStart = chunkEnd; > > chunkEnd = chunkEnd + minChunkSize; > > } > > > > } > > > > function translateElements(elementIdArray, fromLang, toLang, > > minChunkSize, maxChunkSize, splitChars) > > { > > if (splitChars = "") > > splitChars = "(),!."; > > > > if (toLang != "") > > beginTranslations(); > > > > for (i = 0; i < elementIdArray.length; i++) > > { > > // Save the original text if this is the first time we > are > > translating it > > if (preTransValues[elementIdArray[i]] == undefined) > > preTransValues[elementIdArray[i]] = > > document.getElementById(elementIdArray[i]).innerHTML; > > > > if (toLang == "") > > > document.getElementById(elementIdArray[i]).innerHTML = > > preTransValues[elementIdArray[i]]; > > else > > > translateElement(document.getElementById(elementIdArray[i]), > > preTransValues[elementIdArray[i]], fromLang, toLang, minChunkSize, > > maxChunkSize, splitChars, i == elementIdArray.length - 1); > > } > > > > } > > > > function translatecontents(fromLang, toLang) > > { > > translateElements(["businessTypeString", "businessDiscountText", > > "businessDescription"], // An array of the IDs of the elements you > > want to translate > > fromLang, // The "from" language > e.g. en <an empty string > > will automatically detect the from language> > > toLang, // The "to" language e.g. > no > > 300, // The minimum length of > a block that will be > > translated > > 500, // The maximum length of > a block that will be > > translated (500 is the current Google max) > > ""); // The characters that > will be used to split > > words. Default = "(),!."} > > > > </script> > > > > On Jul 30, 11:51 pm, Fitzchev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > To expand the max chars vote herehttp:// > code.google.com/p/google-ajax-apis/issues/detail?id=18 > > > > > On Jul 30, 11:07 pm, Denis1900 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm connecting from C# by "GET" request to Google AJAX Language > > > > Service. I use JavaScript encodeURIComponent for converting input > > > > string, which is the value of q parameter. > > > > But iflengthof my text is bigger than 400 symbols, i get error 400 - > > > > Bad Request. What is themaximumlengthof the value of q paraneter? I > > > > need totranslatelarge amount of text, so it very slow to make a new > > > > query for each 400 symbols.. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. 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