Add delay between requests (#22)

Add delay between requests to avoid hitting Google Translate API limits
ashishb · Jun 5, 2023 · c09b476 · c09b476
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diff --git a/src/translations.py b/src/translations.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import typing
+import time
 
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import googletrans
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ def _translate(
         if num_translated % 10 == 0:
             logging.info("Num translated: %d/%d", num_translated, len(src_strings))
 
+        # sleep to avoid hitting Google Translation API's rate limits
+        if num_translated > 1:
+            time.sleep(0.7)
+
     logging.info(
         "Translated %d strings to (%s, %s)",
         num_translated,