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+local dutch_wikipedia_text = "Wikipedia is een meertalige encyclopedie, waarvan de inhoud vrij beschikbaar is. Iedereen kan hier kennis toevoegen!"
+
+describe("Translator module", function()
+    setup(function()
+        require("commonrequire")
+        Translator = require("ui/translator")
+    end)
+    it("should return server", function()
+        assert.is.same("http://translate.google.cn", Translator:getTransServer())
+        G_reader_settings:saveSetting("trans_server", "http://translate.google.nl")
+        G_reader_settings:flush()
+        assert.is.same("http://translate.google.nl", Translator:getTransServer())
+        G_reader_settings:delSetting("trans_server")
+        G_reader_settings:flush()
+    end)
+    it("should return translation #notest #nocov", function()
+        local translation_result = Translator:loadPage("en", "nl", dutch_wikipedia_text)
+        assert.is.truthy(translation_result)
+        -- while some minor variation in the translation is possible it should
+        -- be between about 100 and 130 characters
+        assert.is_true(#translation_result > 50 and #translation_result < 200)
+    end)
+    it("should autodetect language #notest #nocov", function()
+        local detect_result = Translator:detect(dutch_wikipedia_text)
+        assert.is.same("nl", detect_result)
+    end)
+end)