Fix GUI so that its properly caching during estimtaes

gui/translation_tab.py

@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ class TranslationWorker(QThread):
             # Load environment variables
             load_dotenv()
             
+            # Clear the translation cache at the start of the run
+            from util.translation import clear_cache
+            clear_cache()
+            
             # Check for required environment variables
             required_envs = ["api", "key", "organization", "model", "language", "timeout", "fileThreads", "threads", "width", "listWidth"]
             env_missing = False

modules/main.py

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ tqdm.write(
 
 
 def main():
+    # Clear the translation cache at the start of the run
+    from util.translation import clear_cache
+    clear_cache()
+    
     estimate = ""
     speaker_parse = False  # Deferred until after engine select
     while estimate == "":

util/translation.py

@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ def clear_cache():
     global _cache
     with CACHE_LOCK:
         _cache = {}
+        # Also clear the cache file on disk
+        try:
+            if CACHE_FILE.exists():
+                CACHE_FILE.unlink()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
 
 def load_cache():
     """Load the translation cache from disk"""
@@ -156,8 +162,16 @@ def load_cache():
         if _cache is not None:  # Double-check after acquiring lock
             return _cache
         
-        # Start with empty cache each run
+        # Try to load existing cache from disk
         _cache = {}
+        try:
+            if CACHE_FILE.exists():
+                with open(CACHE_FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    _cache = json.load(f)
+        except Exception:
+            # If cache file is corrupted or unreadable, start fresh
+            _cache = {}
+        
         return _cache
 
 def save_cache():
@@ -1061,9 +1075,8 @@ def translateAI(text, history, fullPromptFlag, config, filename=None, pbar=None,
     if tList and isinstance(tList[0], list):
         tList = [t for sublist in tList for t in sublist]
     
-    # Save cache after processing
-    if not config.estimateMode:
-        save_cache()
+    # Save cache after processing (for both estimate and translation modes)
+    save_cache()
 
     # Return result
     if formatType == "json":