Translator API - 404 - File or directory not found.The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
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Monday, September 10, 2012 9:49 PM
Hi to all,
I have a problem in using Translator API with huge text from arabic to english.
I don't have a problem with some words , but once I have text with around 1000 characters, I am getting this problem
From my code I have this query
{https://api.datamarket.azure.com/Bing/MicrosoftTranslator/Translate()?Text='<some text in arabic language'&To='en'&From='ar'}
[The total number of charaters in the url around 582 characters]
and getting problem in translating, translationQuery.Execute().ToList();
The error as below
Server Error in '/' Application. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <title>404 - File or directory not found.</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body{margin:0;font-size:.7em;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background:#EEEEEE;} fieldset{padding:0 15px 10px 15px;} h1{font-size:2.4em;margin:0;color:#FFF;} h2{font-size:1.7em;margin:0;color:#CC0000;} h3{font-size:1.2em;margin:10px 0 0 0;color:#000000;} #header{width:96%;margin:0 0 0 0;padding:6px 2% 6px 2%;font-family:"trebuchet MS", Verdana, sans-serif;color:#FFF; background-color:#555555;} #content{margin:0 0 0 2%;position:relative;} .content-container{background:#FFF;width:96%;margin-top:8px;padding:10px;position:relative;} --> </style> </head> <body> <div id="header"><h1>Server Error</h1></div> <div id="content"> <div class="content-container"><fieldset> <h2>404 - File or directory not found.</h2> <h3>The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.</h3> </fieldset></div> </div> </body> </html> Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.Services.Client.DataServiceClientException: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <title>404 - File or directory not found.</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body{margin:0;font-size:.7em;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background:#EEEEEE;} fieldset{padding:0 15px 10px 15px;} h1{font-size:2.4em;margin:0;color:#FFF;} h2{font-size:1.7em;margin:0;color:#CC0000;} h3{font-size:1.2em;margin:10px 0 0 0;color:#000000;} #header{width:96%;margin:0 0 0 0;padding:6px 2% 6px 2%;font-family:"trebuchet MS", Verdana, sans-serif;color:#FFF; background-color:#555555;} #content{margin:0 0 0 2%;position:relative;} .content-container{background:#FFF;width:96%;margin-top:8px;padding:10px;position:relative;} --> </style> </head> <body> <div id="header"><h1>Server Error</h1></div> <div id="content"> <div class="content-container"><fieldset> <h2>404 - File or directory not found.</h2> <h3>The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.</h3> </fieldset></div> </div> </body> </html>
Thanks
Khalil
- Edited by Khalil Alsaboori Monday, September 10, 2012 9:50 PM
- Moved by Chris WendtMicrosoft Employee, Owner Monday, September 17, 2012 5:35 AM developer question (From:Microsoft Translator User Forum (Including Bing Translator))
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Monday, September 17, 2012 5:41 AMOwner
Hi Khalil,
you will need to URLEncode the Arabic text before sending it as a URL parameter in the http protocol.
Please also have a look at our SOAP, REST and AJAX APIs to see if they are better suited for your purposes: http://api.microsofttranslator.com.
Chris Wendt
Microsoft Translator- Marked As Answer by Khalil Alsaboori Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:43 AM
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Monday, September 24, 2012 3:31 PMModerator
There's also a step-by-step C#/ASP.NET sample here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/translation/p/gettingstarted1.aspx
and
- Marked As Answer by Khalil Alsaboori Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:43 AM
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:44 AMThanks a lot Chris and Laurence for your help and useful information

