I am not a legal expert, so if you have any doubts about what I'm about to say, please consult someone who is. I would say that yes, the restriction against automated queries does indeed apply. However, running multiple queries at once should be no problem as long as they were initiated by a process that you actually called, rather than a cron job or something like that.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com http://jgeerdes.wordpress.com [email protected] 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! And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, at http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com ! On Nov 22, 2009, at 11:44 PM, Maceo wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Submitted about 5 tonight. > > Another related question, is me using a Python script to submit these > comment strings to Translate considered a "submitting automated search > queries"? I know I'm not violating the string length limit as each > submission is usually less that 15 characters. But, of course, when > parsing a source file, there could be several hundred small strings. > > Do the TOS rules against automated search queries also apply to the > Translate API? > > I don't want to run afoul of the rules. > > On Nov 22, 11:41 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: >> The best way to do this is by visitinghttp://translate.google.com, >> submit the string that you want to translate, and then hit the >> "Contribute a better translation" link which will appear with the >> translation. >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Effective website design & development >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp >> ://jgeerdes.blogspot.comhttp://jgeerdes.wordpress.com >> [email protected] >> >> 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! >> >> And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, >> athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com >> ! >> >> On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:37 PM, Maceo wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >> >>> I write software at the US office of a Japanese company and I am >>> currently using the Translate API via a Python script to translate >>> comments in source code. >> >>> When the translate engine encounters "technical" terms that, in >>> context, it doesn't know how to translate, it returns the phonetic >>> string. >> >>> The question I have is, is there a way to submit the phonetic string >>> returned along with the "correct" English translation back to >>> Translate? I mean, I usually have to ask the Japanese guys I work >>> with >>> what the word is anyway, may as well contribute to the common good. >> >>> The API has made my life so much easier being able to "bulk >>> translate" >>> a source file without trashing the syntax of the source code, I >>> would >>> like to contribute something back to the project. These technical >>> terms could really help the overall robustness of the Japanese- >>>> English database. >> >>> Always feel kinda guilty using free quality software and not >>> making a >>> donation or contribution. >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl= >>> . > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl= > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=.
