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Translate: BadRequest: "Too many text segments"

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Code example:

from google.cloud import translate

def translate_phrases(text, target_lang='es'):
    global translate_client
    translation = translate_client.translate(
        text,
        target_language=target_lang)
    translated_texts = []
    for obj in translation:
        translated_texts.append(obj['translatedText'])
    return translated_texts

Error obtained: BadRequest: 400 POST https://translation.googleapis.com/language/translate/v2: Too many text segments

Input: Python list of strings totaling up 819 characters.

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:7 (4 by maintainers)

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crwilcoxcommented, Dec 6, 2019

I did some investigating and you can send up to 128 segments. There are also limitations on the number of overall characters, but that is well documented on failure.

Request payload size exceeds the limit: 204800 bytes.

I have requested that the error for too many segments informs you of how many segments are allowed.

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OpenSpacesAndPlacescommented, Apr 30, 2019

I am seeing the same problem in C# too.

The problem IMO is that the limits seem arbitrary and it makes for junky and/or inefficient end code.