diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 4328bcb7..a00d4c6e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Contributors (chronological)
 - Roman Korolev `@roman-y-korolev <https://github.com/roman-y-korolev>`_
 - Ram Rachum `@cool-RR <https://github.com/cool-RR>`_
 - Romain Casati `@casatir <https://github.com/casatir>`_
+- Evgeny Kemerov `@sudoguy <https://github.com/sudoguy>`_
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f990401e..8c0512cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.17.1 (unreleased)
+-------------------
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+- Fix translation and language detection (:issue:`395`).
+  Thanks :user:`sudoguy` for the patch.
+
 0.17.0 (2021-02-17)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/textblob/translate.py b/textblob/translate.py
index 53b1f1ae..f01ce963 100644
--- a/textblob/translate.py
+++ b/textblob/translate.py
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ def translate(self, source, from_lang='auto', to_lang='en', host=None, type_=Non
         if PY2:
             source = source.encode('utf-8')
         data = {"q": source}
-        url = u'{url}&sl={from_lang}&tl={to_lang}&hl={to_lang}&tk={tk}'.format(
+        url = u'{url}&sl={from_lang}&tl={to_lang}&hl={to_lang}&tk={tk}&client={client}'.format(
             url=self.url,
             from_lang=from_lang,
             to_lang=to_lang,
             tk=_calculate_tk(source),
+            client="te",
         )
         response = self._request(url, host=host, type_=type_, data=data)
         result = json.loads(response)
@@ -67,7 +68,11 @@ def detect(self, source, host=None, type_=None):
         if len(source) < 3:
             raise TranslatorError('Must provide a string with at least 3 characters.')
         data = {"q": source}
-        url = u'{url}&sl=auto&tk={tk}'.format(url=self.url, tk=_calculate_tk(source))
+        url = u'{url}&sl=auto&tk={tk}&client={client}'.format(
+            url=self.url,
+            tk=_calculate_tk(source),
+            client="te",
+        )
         response = self._request(url, host=host, type_=type_, data=data)
         result, language = json.loads(response)
         return language