Implement retry logic for translation requests to handle RequestError exceptions

controllers/utils.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import boto3
 import pandas as pd
 import requests
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from deep_translator import GoogleTranslator
+from deep_translator import GoogleTranslator, exceptions
 from langdetect import detect
 from lxml import etree
 from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
@@ -161,7 +161,14 @@ def translate(text):
     Returns:
         str: The translated text in English.
     """
-    return GoogleTranslator(source='auto', target='en').translate(text)
+    for i in range(3):
+        try:
+            return GoogleTranslator(source='auto', target='en').translate(text)
+        except exceptions.RequestError as e:
+            print(f"Request failed: {e}. Retrying {i + 1}/{3}...")
+            time.sleep(2)
+            return GoogleTranslator(source='auto', target='en').translate(text)
+    return ""
 
 
 def sentiment_computation(content):