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TAO Translator (formerly, The Advanced Online Translator)
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Google and Microsoft services don't work #49

Closed carmenfdezb closed 9 years ago

carmenfdezb commented 9 years ago

it doesn't work recently, it shows next message: sevice unavailable (Google) and illegal value (Microsoft)

leppa commented 9 years ago

Hello and thank you for reporting this.

I just tried Google Translate on my BlackBerry 10 and it seems to work without problems. "Service unavailable" sounds like an issue on the Google server, so I have few questions:

  1. What version of TAO Translator do you have?
  2. What operating system or phone model do you have?
  3. How often does it happen? Does it happen only with some specific text or language combination?
  4. Can you post full error message that you get (or screenshot of it)?

As for Microsoft Translator: it seems that my account has run out of its monthly limit. I have a free account and it has a limit of only 2 million chars per month. This limit is for all users of TAO Translator together. Unfortunately, raising this limit is too expensive. Especially considering that I don't earn any money from TAO Translator. You'll have to wait until 25th of November - the limit will be reset on that day.

carmenfdezb commented 9 years ago
  1. Version 1.2.0
  2. SailfishOS in Jolla phone
  3. I always use TAO translation to translate text in Spanish (in most case, copy text and paste to translate). It often happens.
  4. Here you are a screenshot:

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As for Microsoft Translator, I always use Google Trasnlation, but I started to use it because Google Translation wasn't work.

Thank you for your attention.

leppa commented 9 years ago

Thanks a lot. Apparently, that's a known issue: Google now tries to block translators that use Google Translate in a free way. Official API is paid, but there is a workaround to use Google Translate for free. Google didn't seem to care previously, but now they started to take measures. I'll see what I can do here.

As for Microsoft Translator, I always use Google Trasnlation, but I started to use it because Google Translation wasn't work.

Now I see why I might have run out of quota. After Google Translate stopped working more people started using MS Translator.

carmenfdezb commented 9 years ago

Ok, thank you for your answer.