ava.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $

[W-quan]

Please ensure you have given all the following requested information in your report.

Please select the affected platforms

• Android Studio
• IntelliJ IDEA

Please select the translator to use

• Google
• Google (API)
• Microsoft
• Baidu
• Youdao
• Ali

Version of Plugin and IDE

• Plugin Version: 3.0.0
• IDE Version: Android Studio Koala | 2024.1.1

Issue details

Translation failure: Failed to translate "CP Reward" from Auto to Indonesian with error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $

[KovshefulCoder]

Same error, maybe additional logs might be saved in some file

[hersheyc2pgroup]

The logs are written to \AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio[your version]\log\idea.log.
It seems that Google Translate restricts the IP due to unusual traffic. See the attached error when opening https://www.google.com/sorry/index# in my browser.

[W-quan]

2024-07-10 20:26:59,373 [99003844]   WARN - #com.airsaid.localization.task.TranslateTask - Failed to translate "if you delete this moment, the comments and likes will also disappear." from Auto to Ukrainian with error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $
com.airsaid.localization.translate.TranslationException: Failed to translate "if you delete this moment, the comments and likes will also disappear." from Auto to Ukrainian with error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $
	at com.airsaid.localization.translate.AbstractTranslator.doTranslate(AbstractTranslator.java:76)
	at com.airsaid.localization.translate.services.TranslatorService.doTranslate(TranslatorService.java:120)
	at com.airsaid.localization.task.TranslateTask.doTranslate(TranslateTask.java:205)
	at com.airsaid.localization.task.TranslateTask.doTranslate(TranslateTask.java:170)
	at com.airsaid.localization.task.TranslateTask.run(TranslateTask.java:126)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.startTask(CoreProgressManager.java:477)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.startTask(ProgressManagerImpl.java:133)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcessWithProgressAsynchronously$6(CoreProgressManager.java:528)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressRunner.lambda$submit$4(ProgressRunner.java:250)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$0(ProgressManager.java:100)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$1(CoreProgressManager.java:221)
	at com.intellij.platform.diagnostic.telemetry.helpers.TraceKt.use(trace.kt:46)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$2(CoreProgressManager.java:220)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$executeProcessUnderProgress$13(CoreProgressManager.java:660)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:735)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computeUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:691)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:659)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:79)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:202)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.runProcess(ProgressManager.java:100)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressRunner.lambda$submit$5(ProgressRunner.java:250)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressRunner$ProgressRunnable.run(ProgressRunner.java:500)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:702)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1$1.run(Executors.java:699)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:399)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$PrivilegedThreadFactory$1.run(Executors.java:699)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
Caused by: com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:397)
	at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:1227)
	at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:1137)
	at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:1047)
	at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:982)
	at com.airsaid.localization.translate.impl.google.GoogleTranslator.parsingResult(GoogleTranslator.java:93)
	at com.airsaid.localization.translate.AbstractTranslator.lambda$doTranslate$1(AbstractTranslator.java:71)
	at com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests.doProcess(HttpRequests.java:529)
	at com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests.process(HttpRequests.java:511)
	at com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests$RequestBuilderImpl.connect(HttpRequests.java:340)
	at com.airsaid.localization.translate.AbstractTranslator.doTranslate(AbstractTranslator.java:55)
	... 28 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.beginObject(JsonReader.java:393)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:386)
	... 38 more

[hersheyc2pgroup]

Using a paid Google API key solved this issue for me. See in the readme that the default translation engine is not stable. Readme FAQ #2