diff --git a/extensions/src/textClassification/services/translation.ts b/extensions/src/textClassification/services/translation.ts
index ee3718aa4..94a59d2e5 100644
--- a/extensions/src/textClassification/services/translation.ts
+++ b/extensions/src/textClassification/services/translation.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ export const getTranslationURL = (params: SearchParams) => {
 
 export const getTranslationToEnglish = async (words: string) => {
     if (cachedTranslations.has(words)) return cachedTranslations.get(words);
-    const endpoint = getTranslationURL({ language: "en", text: encodeURIComponent(words) });
+    const endpoint = getTranslationURL({ language: "en", text: words }); // words already encoded
     try {
-        const json: { result: string } = await (await fetchWithTimeout(endpoint, { timeoutMs: 30 })).json();
+        const json: { result: string } = await (await fetchWithTimeout(endpoint, { timeoutMs: 30000 })).json(); // 30ms was too short
         const translated = json.result;
         cachedTranslations.set(words, translated);
         return translated;
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ export const getTranslationToEnglish = async (words: string) => {
         console.warn(`error fetching translate result! ${error}`);
         return '';
     }
-}
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+}