From c09b476a75c4bb3bd3f47a852566bb7b88d7ebbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gyund <gyund@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 01:03:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add delay between requests (#22)

Add delay between requests to avoid hitting Google Translate API limits
---
 src/translations.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/translations.py b/src/translations.py
index 5947780..97caf79 100755
--- 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,