diff --git a/internal/translate/apertiumtranslate/translator.go b/internal/translate/apertiumtranslate/translator.go
index f094bed..4046fb3 100644
--- a/internal/translate/apertiumtranslate/translator.go
+++ b/internal/translate/apertiumtranslate/translator.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (t *ApertiumTranslate) Translate(message string) (translation, definition,
 
 	switch res.StatusCode {
 	case 200:
-		translation += fmt.Sprintf("%v",
+		translation = fmt.Sprintf("%v",
 			data["responseData"].(map[string]interface{})["translatedText"])
 	default:
 		return "", "", "", errors.New(
diff --git a/internal/translate/argostranslate/translator.go b/internal/translate/argostranslate/translator.go
index 9d5cad6..3a00fc1 100644
--- a/internal/translate/argostranslate/translator.go
+++ b/internal/translate/argostranslate/translator.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (t *ArgosTranslate) Translate(message string) (translation, definition, par
 		return "", "", "", errors.New("Translation not found")
 	}
 
-	translation += fmt.Sprintf("%v", data["translatedText"])
+	translation = fmt.Sprintf("%v", data["translatedText"])
 
 	return translation, definition, partOfSpeech, nil
 }