diff --git a/ammico/test/test_text.py b/ammico/test/test_text.py
index 5ebb00d..129f1f1 100644
--- a/ammico/test/test_text.py
+++ b/ammico/test/test_text.py
@@ -154,6 +154,16 @@ def test_check_add_space_after_full_stop(accepted):
     assert test_obj.subdict["text"] == "www. icanhascheezburger. com"
 
 
+def test_truncate_text(accepted):
+    test_obj = tt.TextDetector({}, accept_privacy=accepted)
+    test_obj.subdict["text"] = "I like cats and dogs."
+    test_obj._truncate_text()
+    assert test_obj.subdict["text"] == "I like cats and dogs."
+    test_obj.subdict["text"] = 20000 * "m"
+    test_obj._truncate_text()
+    assert test_obj.subdict["text"] == 5000 * "m"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.gcv
 def test_analyse_image(set_testdict, set_environ, accepted):
     for item in set_testdict:
diff --git a/ammico/text.py b/ammico/text.py
index 0d020af..ca2516b 100644
--- a/ammico/text.py
+++ b/ammico/text.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class TextDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             raise ValueError(
                 "Privacy disclosure not accepted - skipping text detection."
             )
-        self.translator = Translator()
+        self.translator = Translator(raise_exception=True)
         if not isinstance(analyse_text, bool):
             raise ValueError("analyse_text needs to be set to true or false")
         self.analyse_text = analyse_text
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ class TextDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             )
             add_one += 1
 
+    def _truncate_text(self, max_length: int = 5000) -> str:
+        """Truncate the text if it is too long for googletrans."""
+        if self.subdict["text"] and len(self.subdict["text"]) > max_length:
+            print("Text is too long - truncating to {} characters.".format(max_length))
+            self.subdict["text"] = self.subdict["text"][:max_length]
+
     def analyse_image(self) -> dict:
         """Perform text extraction and analysis of the text.
 
@@ -274,6 +280,7 @@ class TextDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             # make sure all full stops are followed by whitespace
             # otherwise googletrans breaks
             self._check_add_space_after_full_stop()
+            self._truncate_text()
             self.translate_text()
             self.remove_linebreaks()
             if self.analyse_text:
@@ -329,13 +336,18 @@ class TextDetector(AnalysisMethod):
             raise ValueError(
                 "Privacy disclosure not accepted - skipping text translation."
             )
-        translated = self.translator.translate(self.subdict["text"])
-        self.subdict["text_language"] = translated.src
-        self.subdict["text_english"] = translated.text
+        try:
+            translated = self.translator.translate(self.subdict["text"])
+        except Exception:
+            print("Could not translate the text with error {}.".format(Exception))
+            translated = None
+            print("Skipping translation for this text.")
+        self.subdict["text_language"] = translated.src if translated else None
+        self.subdict["text_english"] = translated.text if translated else None
 
     def remove_linebreaks(self):
         """Remove linebreaks from original and translated text."""
-        if self.subdict["text"]:
+        if self.subdict["text"] and self.subdict["text_english"]:
             self.subdict["text"] = self.subdict["text"].replace("\n", " ")
             self.subdict["text_english"] = self.subdict["text_english"].replace(
                 "\n", " "
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cbd55be..c2b3bd6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "matplotlib",
     "numpy<=1.23.4",
     "pandas",
+    "peft<=0.13.0",
     "Pillow",
     "pooch",
     "protobuf",