diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js b/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
index 72b6cb3ca7..ae3df74941 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Zotero_RecognizePDF.Recognizer.prototype._queryGoogle = function() {
 	var me = this;
 	if(this._DOI) {
 		// use CrossRef to look for DOI
-		var translate = new Zotero.Translate("search");
+		var translate = new Zotero.Translate.Search();
 		translate.setTranslator("11645bd1-0420-45c1-badb-53fb41eeb753");
 		var item = {"itemType":"journalArticle", "DOI":this._DOI};
 		translate.setSearch(item);
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Zotero_RecognizePDF.Recognizer.prototype._queryGoogle = function() {
 			this._hiddenBrowser.docShell.allowImages = false;
 		}
 		
-		var translate = new Zotero.Translate("web");
+		var translate = new Zotero.Translate.Web();
 		var savedItem = false;
 		translate.setTranslator("57a00950-f0d1-4b41-b6ba-44ff0fc30289");
 		translate.setHandler("itemDone", function(translate, item) {
@@ -425,6 +425,13 @@ Zotero_RecognizePDF.Recognizer.prototype._queryGoogle = function() {
 		translate.setHandler("done", function(translate, success) {
 			if(!success || !savedItem) me._queryGoogle();
 		});
+		translate.setHandler("translators", function(translate, detected) { 
+				if(detected.length) {
+					translate.translate(me._libraryID, false);
+				} else {
+					me._queryGoogle();
+				}
+		});
 		
 		this._hiddenBrowser.addEventListener("pageshow", function() { me._scrape(translate) }, true);
 		
@@ -459,10 +466,11 @@ Zotero_RecognizePDF.Recognizer.prototype._scrape = function(/**Zotero.Translate*
 		this._callback(false, "recognizePDF.limit");
 		return;
 	}
-	
+
 	this._hiddenBrowser.removeEventListener("pageshow", this._scrape.caller, true);
 	translate.setDocument(this._hiddenBrowser.contentDocument);
-	translate.translate(this._libraryID, false);
+
+	translate.getTranslators(false, true);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
index 86403f6b63..85ff370346 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translate.js
@@ -892,15 +892,41 @@ Zotero.Translate.Base.prototype = {
 	 *
 	 * @param {Boolean} [getAllTranslators] Whether all applicable translators should be returned,
 	 *     rather than just the first available.
+	 * @param {Boolean} [checkSetTranslator] If true, the appropriate detect function is run on the
+	 *     set document/text/etc. using the translator set by setTranslator.
+	 *     getAllTranslators parameter is meaningless in this context.
 	 * @return {Zotero.Translator[]} An array of {@link Zotero.Translator} objects
 	 */
-	"getTranslators":function(getAllTranslators) {
+	"getTranslators":function(getAllTranslators, checkSetTranslator) {
 		// do not allow simultaneous instances of getTranslators
 		if(this._currentState === "detect") throw new Error("getTranslators: detection is already running");
 		this._currentState = "detect";
 		this._getAllTranslators = getAllTranslators;
-		this._getTranslatorsGetPotentialTranslators();
-		
+
+		if(checkSetTranslator) {
+			// setTranslator must be called beforehand if checkSetTranslator is set
+			if( !this.translator || !this.translator[0] ) {
+				throw new Error("getTranslators: translator must be set via setTranslator before calling" +
+													" getTranslators with the checkSetTranslator flag");
+			}
+			var translators = new Array();
+			var t;
+			for(var i=0, n=this.translator.length; i<n; i++) {
+				if(typeof(this.translator[i]) == 'string') {
+					t = Zotero.Translators.get(this.translator[i]);
+					if(!t) Zotero.debug("getTranslators: could not retrieve translator '" + this.translator[i] + "'");
+				} else {
+					t = this.translator[i];
+				}
+				/**TODO: check that the translator is of appropriate type?*/
+				if(t) translators.push(t);
+			}
+			if(!translators.length) throw new Error("getTranslators: no valid translators were set.");
+			this._getTranslatorsTranslatorsReceived(translators);
+		} else {
+			this._getTranslatorsGetPotentialTranslators();
+		}
+
 		// if detection returns immediately, return found translators
 		if(!this._currentState) return this._foundTranslators;
 	},