diff --git a/translate.py b/translate.py
index f1574ac..7038d20 100644
--- a/translate.py
+++ b/translate.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import requests
 import json
+import urllib.parse
 
 def translate_text(text, source_language="auto", target_language="en"):
     text = text.replace("|"," ")
-    url = "https://translate.googleapis.com/translate_a/single?client=gtx&sl=" + source_language + "&tl=" + target_language + "&dt=t&q=" + text
+    url = "https://translate.googleapis.com/translate_a/single?client=gtx&sl=" + source_language + "&tl=" + target_language + "&dt=t&q=" + urllib.parse.quote(text, safe='')
     response = requests.get(url)
     response_text = json.loads(response.text)
     translated_text = response_text[0][0][0]