I've defined a class that wraps the HMS ML Kit in-device translator. This class has two translator instances, with two different settings:
MLLocalTranslator translatorSend = new MLLocalTranslator();
MLLocalTranslator translatorReceive = new MLLocalTranslator();
MLTranslateSetting settingSend = new MLTranslateSetting();
MLTranslateSetting settingReceive = new MLTranslateSetting();
translatorSend
translates request from a language (for example it
) to English (en
). translatorReceive
translates the response of the request from en
to it
.
However, the prepare
method only downloads the model for en_it
translation and not the it_en
model (if exists).
HMSTranslator(String languageCode) {
settingSend.sourceLangCode = languageCode;
settingSend.targetLangCode = "en";
settingReceive.sourceLangCode = "en";
settingReceive.targetLangCode = languageCode;
}
Future<bool> prepare() async {
if(settingSend.sourceLangCode != settingSend.targetLangCode) {
bool isSendPrepared = await translatorSend.prepareModel(setting: settingSend)
bool isReceivePrepared = await translatorReceive.prepareModel(setting: settingReceive);
isPrepared = isSendPrepared && isReceivePrepared;
}
else {
isPrepared = false;
}
return isPrepared;
}
The problem comes when I translate a string with translatorSend
.
Future<String> translateString(String stringToTranslate) async {
if(settingSend.sourceLangCode != settingSend.targetLangCode) {
String result;
if (isPrepared) {
result = await translatorSend.asyncTranslate(sourceText: stringToTranslate);
}
else {
settingSend.sourceTextOnRemote = stringToTranslate;
result = await sendRemoteTranslator.asyncTranslate(setting: settingSend);
}
return result;
}
else {
return stringToTranslate;
}
}
This method should translate an it
String to an en
String. However, it seems to call the en_it
model and fails the translation:
I/flutter (28228): TRANSLATOR: it to en
I/flutter (28228): TRANSLATOR: PREPARED
I/MLLocalTranslator(28228): translate sourceLanguage: en targetLanguage: it
WHAT: vestiti usati -> vestiti usati - WHERE applicazione -> applicazione
The translation of the response, from en
to it
works.
I've tested other languages and that happens also with fr
.
Further testing showed that the process worked with es
:
WHAT: ropa usada -> Used clothing - WHERE aplicaciĆ³n -> application
Pls check whether you are using the new version of the Flutter plug-in.
Language packs can be used in two-way. For example, en
-it
can be used for en
to it
or it
to en
.
The following are for your reference:
Modify based on the plugin Demo in the official website
The same instance is used for bidirectional translation by invoking multiple times.
//Entry function
_translationMake() async {
try {
await _prepareModel_run("it","en","vestiti usati");
await _prepareModel_run("en","it","application");
} on Exception catch (e) {
print(e.toString());
}
}
_prepareModel_run(String srcLang, String dstLang, String content) async {
setting.sourceLangCode = srcLang;
setting.targetLangCode = dstLang;
try {
final bool res = await translator.prepareModel(setting: setting);
if (res) {
final String s = await _localTranslate_run(content);
if (s != null) {
print("_prepareModel_run " + content + " translate to "+s);
}
}else {
print("_prepareModel_run res false");
}
} on Exception catch (e) {
print(e.toString());
}
}
Future<String> _localTranslate_run(String Content) async {
try {
final String s =
await translator.syncTranslate(sourceText: Content);
if (s != null) {
_stopLocalTranslate();
setState(() => _translateResult = s);
return s;
} else {
print("no Translation");
setState(() => _translateResult = "no translation");
return "no translation";
}
} on Exception catch (e) {
print(e.toString());
}
}
And the log print results are as follows:
_prepareModel_run vestiti usati translate to Used clothes
_prepareModel_run application translate to applicazione