google-translate--search-tkk: Search failed: ",tkk:'"

[hongyi-zhao]

On Ubuntu 20.04, I try to use this package with the following configuration:

(use-package define-it
  :config
  (setq ; Output with buffer.
        ;define-it-output-choice 'view 
        ; Output with tooltip.
        define-it-output-choice 'pop   
        ; Auto detect language.
        google-translate-default-source-language "auto" 
        ; Set your target language.
        google-translate-default-target-language "cn"))

But when I issue the command M-x define-it-at-point RET, the errors are triggered like the following:

Any hints for solving this problem?

Regards,
HY

[jcs090218]

This is an upstream issue from google-translate, current workaround atykhonov/google-translate#52 (comment).

[hongyi-zhao]

Thank you for directing me to the upstream bug. Base on my tires, the above comment is invalid now, and the vaild one is this comment.

[jcs090218]

Thanks! Did not know it has changed! 👍

[hongyi-zhao]

However, a more general approach should rely on the real-time generated tokens to use the Google Translate API, for example, through the following tools:

https://github.com/kyai/google-translate-tk
https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-translate-tk

The above tools are implemented with golang and javascript respectively, which I'm not familiar with. So I can't immediately give a try on them. Another one which is implemented in python:

https://github.com/ssut/py-googletrans/blob/master/googletrans/gtoken.py

[jcs090218]

However, a more general approach should rely on real-time generated tokens to use the Google Translate API, for example, through the following tools:

The goal of this project is to use a third party package written in Elisp due to the complexity and portability. Of course, we can implement that to this project but this requires some work and yet I do not have plan in a near future.

On the other hand, I would accept PRs if you are motivate on this enhancement. 👍

[jcs090218]

I am going to close this issue due to the issue is from the upstream.

I have pinned this issue for people may have the same question.