diff --git a/src/lib/ChatScreens/Chat.svelte b/src/lib/ChatScreens/Chat.svelte
index 06ae4b5c..2246153f 100644
--- a/src/lib/ChatScreens/Chat.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/ChatScreens/Chat.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     import { ArrowLeft, ArrowRight, EditIcon, LanguagesIcon, RefreshCcwIcon, TrashIcon, CopyIcon } from "lucide-svelte";
     import { ParseMarkdown, type simpleCharacterArgument } from "../../ts/parser";
     import AutoresizeArea from "../UI/GUI/TextAreaResizable.svelte";
-    import { alertConfirm } from "../../ts/alert";
+    import { alertConfirm, alertError } from "../../ts/alert";
     import { language } from "../../lang";
     import { DataBase, type groupChat } from "../../ts/storage/database";
     import { CurrentChat, selectedCharID } from "../../ts/stores";
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@
     export let onReroll = () => {}
     export let unReroll = () => {}
     export let character:simpleCharacterArgument|string|null = null
-    let translating = (!!$DataBase.autoTranslate)
+    let translating = false
+    try {
+        translating = get(DataBase).autoTranslate                
+    } catch (error) {}
     let editMode = false
     let statusMessage:string = ''
     export let altGreeting = false
 
     let msgDisplay = ''
-    let translated = false
+    let translated = get(DataBase).autoTranslate
     async function rm(){
         const rm = $DataBase.askRemoval ? await alertConfirm(language.removeChat) : true
         if(rm){
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@
         $CurrentChat.message = msg
     }
 
-    async function displaya(message:string){
+    function displaya(message:string){
         msgDisplay = risuChatParser(message, {chara: name, chatID: idx, rmVar: true})
     }
 
@@ -71,14 +74,19 @@
     let lastCharArg:string|simpleCharacterArgument = null
     let lastChatId = -10
 
-    const markParsing = async (data: string, charArg?: string | simpleCharacterArgument, mode?: "normal" | "back", chatID?: number, translateText?:boolean) => {
-        if((!isEqual(lastCharArg, charArg)) || (chatID !== lastChatId)){
+    const markParsing = async (data: string, charArg?: string | simpleCharacterArgument, mode?: "normal" | "back", chatID?: number, translateText?:boolean, tries?:number) => {
+        try {
+            if((!isEqual(lastCharArg, charArg)) || (chatID !== lastChatId)){
             lastParsed = ''
             lastCharArg = charArg
             lastChatId = chatID
-            translating = (!!$DataBase.autoTranslate)
-            translateText = translating
-            translated = false
+            translateText = false
+            try {
+                translated = get(DataBase).autoTranslate
+                if(translated){
+                    translateText = true
+                }
+            } catch (error) {}
         }
         if(translateText){
             const marked = await ParseMarkdown(data, charArg, mode, chatID)
@@ -94,6 +102,14 @@
             lastParsed = marked
             lastCharArg = charArg
             return marked
+        }   
+        } catch (error) {
+            //retry
+            if(tries > 2){
+                alertError(`Error while parsing chat message: ${error}`)
+                return data
+            }
+            return await markParsing(data, charArg, mode, chatID, translateText, (tries ?? 0) + 1)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ts/translator/translator.ts b/src/ts/translator/translator.ts
index bd0a328c..04212e87 100644
--- a/src/ts/translator/translator.ts
+++ b/src/ts/translator/translator.ts
@@ -162,29 +162,57 @@ async function jaTrans(text:string) {
 
 export async function translateHTML(html: string, reverse:boolean): Promise<string> {
     const dom = new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html');
+    console.log(html)
+
+    let promises: Promise<void>[] = [];
+
+    async function translateNodeText(node:Node) {
+        if(node.textContent.trim().length !== 0){
+            node.textContent = await translate(node.textContent || '', reverse);
+        }
+    }
 
     // Recursive function to translate all text nodes
-    async function translateNode(node: Node): Promise<void> {
+    async function translateNode(node: Node, parent?: Node): Promise<void> {
         if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
             // Translate the text content of the node
-            if(node.textContent){
-                node.textContent = await translate(node.textContent || '', reverse);
+            if(node.textContent && parent){
+                const parentName = parent.nodeName.toLowerCase();
+                if(parentName === 'script' || parentName === 'style'){
+                    return
+                }
+                if(promises.length > 10){
+                    await Promise.all(promises)
+                    promises = []
+                }
+                promises.push(translateNodeText(node))
             }
         } else if(node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
             // Translate child nodes
+            //skip if it's a script or style tag
+            if(node.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'script' || node.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'style'){
+                return
+            }
+
             for (const child of Array.from(node.childNodes)) {
-                await translateNode(child);
+                await translateNode(child, node);
             }
         }
     }
+    
 
     // Start translation from the body element
     await translateNode(dom.body);
 
+    await Promise.all(promises)
     // Serialize the DOM back to HTML
     const serializer = new XMLSerializer();
-    const translatedHTML = serializer.serializeToString(dom.body);
+    let translatedHTML = serializer.serializeToString(dom);
+    // Remove the outer <body> tags
+    translatedHTML = translatedHTML.replace(/^<body[^>]*>|<\/body>$/g, '');
 
+    // console.log(html)
+    // console.log(translatedHTML)
     // Return the translated HTML, excluding the outer <body> tags if needed
     return translatedHTML
 }
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