How Romanization is achieved

[sushruth]

This is not an issue, I just had this question : How is the project able to romanize text? Which google tranclate call or API is being used?

Thanks.

[MrS0m30n3]

Basically i'm using the same Google service you use when accessing Google translate from your browser (translate.google.com).

The GoogleTranslator sends a GET request to the Google server mimicking the browser behaviour, then Google sends back a JSON structure which GoogleTranslator parses to extract all the requested information (including romanization).

For more details you can view the debug output from the CLI script or the API calls.

To view the actual request being sent run google-translate -m r -vv αβγ from the command line and find the line saying Request url.

You can also search for the line saying JSON data to view the actual JSON response.

[sushruth]

Oh okay. Thank you for explaining that. Turns out our IP can get banned if we access it enough number of times. :(

[MrS0m30n3]

Yes, Google bans your IP if you send too many requests in a sort period of time.

You can use multiple proxies to overcome this issue or use the official Google translate API if you use the translate functionality too often.

[sushruth]

I suppose. Thank you for the information.