I have this Automator AppleScript to translate texts. It works, but only with one word. If I select two words or more to translate, it changes the hash (#) in the URL to %23, like this
https://www.deepl.com/translator%23pt/en/
and I get a 404 Not Found.
on run {input, parameters} open location "https://www.deepl.com/translator#pt/en/" & input end run
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Answer
I’d use ‘Listing 32-7 AppleScriptObjC: Handler that URL encodes text’ from Encoding and Decoding Text.
Example AppleScript code:
use framework "Foundation" use scripting additions on run {input, parameters} open location "https://www.deepl.com/translator#pt/en/" & encodeText(input as string) end run on encodeText(theText) set theString to stringWithString_(theText) of NSString of current application set theEncoding to NSUTF8StringEncoding of current application set theAdjustedString to stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding_(theEncoding) of theString return (theAdjustedString as string) end encodeText