diff --git a/ammico/test/test_text.py b/ammico/test/test_text.py
index 129f1f1..da0d642 100644
--- a/ammico/test/test_text.py
+++ b/ammico/test/test_text.py
@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@ def test_truncate_text(accepted):
     test_obj.subdict["text"] = "I like cats and dogs."
     test_obj._truncate_text()
     assert test_obj.subdict["text"] == "I like cats and dogs."
+    assert "text_truncated" not in test_obj.subdict
     test_obj.subdict["text"] = 20000 * "m"
     test_obj._truncate_text()
-    assert test_obj.subdict["text"] == 5000 * "m"
+    assert test_obj.subdict["text_truncated"] == 5000 * "m"
+    assert test_obj.subdict["text"] == 20000 * "m"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.gcv
@@ -173,6 +175,14 @@ def test_analyse_image(set_testdict, set_environ, accepted):
             set_testdict[item], analyse_text=True, accept_privacy=accepted
         )
         test_obj.analyse_image()
+    testdict = {}
+    testdict["text"] = 20000 * "m"
+    test_obj = tt.TextDetector(
+        testdict, skip_extraction=True, analyse_text=True, accept_privacy=accepted
+    )
+    test_obj.analyse_image()
+    assert test_obj.subdict["text_truncated"] == 5000 * "m"
+    assert test_obj.subdict["text"] == 20000 * "m"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.gcv
diff --git a/ammico/text.py b/ammico/text.py
index ca2516b..c6c83fc 100644
--- a/ammico/text.py
+++ b/ammico/text.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ 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]
+            self.subdict["text_truncated"] = self.subdict["text"][:max_length]
 
     def analyse_image(self) -> dict:
         """Perform text extraction and analysis of the text.
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ def analyse_image(self) -> dict:
             self._truncate_text()
             self.translate_text()
             self.remove_linebreaks()
-            if self.analyse_text:
+            if self.analyse_text and self.subdict["text_english"]:
                 self._run_spacy()
                 self.clean_text()
                 self.text_summary()
@@ -336,8 +336,13 @@ def translate_text(self):
             raise ValueError(
                 "Privacy disclosure not accepted - skipping text translation."
             )
+        text_to_translate = (
+            self.subdict["text_truncated"]
+            if "text_truncated" in self.subdict
+            else self.subdict["text"]
+        )
         try:
-            translated = self.translator.translate(self.subdict["text"])
+            translated = self.translator.translate(text_to_translate)
         except Exception:
             print("Could not translate the text with error {}.".format(Exception))
             translated = None
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13e795d..d1ebdef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ammico"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 description = "AI Media and Misinformation Content Analysis Tool"
 readme = "README.md"
 maintainers = [