added in some comments

backend/skills/translations.py

@@ -3,12 +3,21 @@ from skills.config import deepl_api_key
 from skills.config import google_api_key
 
 
+"""
+Reading material for this:
+
+https://www.deepl.com/en/docs-api
+https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/overview
+"""
+
 class Translations:
 	def __init__(self):
 		self.trigger_phrase = "translate"
+
+		# These vars would be good canidates for a future monitoring dashboard
 		self.total_chars_translated = 0
 		self.deepl_chars_translated = 0
-		self.googl_chars_translated = 0 #only increment if successful translation (according to api, it only counts towards the quota if you )
+		self.googl_chars_translated = 0 #only increment if api charged for the characters (read docs to figure this out)
 		self.free_monthly_char_limit_googl = 500000
 		self.free_monthly_char_limit_deepl = 500000
 		self.supported_deepl_langs = ["list of supported languages"]
@@ -24,6 +33,8 @@ class Translations:
 
 	def translate_deepl(self, text, language):
 
+		self.deepl_chars_translated += len(text)
+
 		headers = {
 			'Authorization': 'DeepL-Auth-Key ' + deepl_api_key,
 			'Content-Type': 'application/json',
@@ -36,8 +47,13 @@ class Translations:
 
 		response = requests.post('https://api-free.deepl.com/v2/translate', headers=headers, json=json_data)
 
+		return response
+
 	def translate_google(self, text, language):
-		pass #TODO: add in google translate api, probably using python client library for google api
+		self.google_chars_translated += len(text)
+
+
+		return "" #TODO: add in google translate api, probably using python client library for google api
 
 
 	def translate(self, text):