From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2007-11-21T00:37:38+09:00
Subject: Re: [Ann] Google translate ruby client api 0.1

On Nov 19, 2007 8:30 PM, sishen <yedingding@gmail.com> wrote:
> sorry, personally i haven't met the problem. It has never asked me to input
> the captcha to go through.
> I think maybe your  translation is too heavy and have automatically
> recognized by the server.

Yeah, it was pretty brutal alright, some java properties files with
~3000 entries.
For Rtranslate, it might be best to have some kind of custom exception in case
you found it.

> Also, if you still meet the problem with rtranslate, please give me a
> feedback and i'll try to fight with it. :)

Lol! I would probably stay away from trying to work around
Captcha/Kismet/whatever.

I need google too much for work for them to pile on sanctions....


>
> On Nov 19, 2007 9:42 PM, Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 15, 2007 11:48 PM, sishen <yedingding@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > http://sishen.lifegoo.com/?p=51
> > >
> > > Hi, guys. I wrote a ruby client api fro google translate service, then i
> > can
> > > get the answer directly from the terminal, instead of the browser.
> > > It's really convenient for me. Enjoy it, :)
> >
> > I have written similar tools using Watir, but one thing I noticed is that
> > google
> > translate doesn't like you using bots - it hit me with a capcha.
> >
> > Does this library handle this? Or is it just something that you are
> > supposed
> > to use responsibly.
> >
> > Admittedly I was being an ass about it, and trying to translate all of
> > my applications
> > resource files.
> >
> > As an aside, does anyone know of any online services that allow you
> > unlimited
> > (for pay) machine translation?
> >
> >
>