Translate given text by user in Python

Question

I'm using python. There's an entry that with the code entry.get() I'm going to translate the sentence that the user types.

from googletrans import Translator
from tkinter import *
translator = Translator()
root = Tk()
translator = Translator()
root.resizable(0, 0)
root.geometry('300x200')
l1 = Label(root, text='Text (In any language you want)')
l1.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=10, pady=10)
e1 = Entry(root)
e1.place(x=10, y=30, width=280, height=20)
the_text = e1.get()
translation = translator.translate(the_text, dest='en')
print(translation.text)
mainloop()

And it doesn't work because of:

    raise TypeError(f'the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, '
TypeError: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not NoneType

So the error is for the line translation = translator.translate(the_text, dest='en')

I have to tell you that I even tried translation=translator.translate("hermana", dest='en') as translation = translator.translate(the_text, dest='en') and it worked. So the problem IS about this that it can not translate the result of the entry...

How can I fix this???

The first issue that I can see is that you are calling `e1.get()` just after you create your `Entry`. The user hasn't had enough time to input any text in the entry. Add a button that actually calls `e1.get()` and `translator.translate(...)` — TheLizzard, Sep 02 '21 at 12:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '21 at 12:02

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Googletrans module has stopped working for some reason.

See this: Why "Googletrans.Translator" suddenly stopped working?

answered Sep 02 '21 at 12:02

IJ_123

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The looks like an issue that occurred 3 years ago. Hasn't the library been updated in the last 3 years or fix this bug? – TheLizzard Sep 02 '21 at 12:07
I think, no. It's still a problem. – IJ_123 Sep 03 '21 at 03:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '21 at 11:41

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From the error I see that the_text is NoneType.
This actually means that the_text = e1.get() doesn't work, returns nothing

answered Sep 02 '21 at 11:41

Prophet

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`e1.get()` is guaranteed to be a `str`ing or raise an exception if the `Entry` widget has been destroyed. – TheLizzard Sep 02 '21 at 12:05

Translate given text by user in Python

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