diff --git a/assistant.go b/assistant.go
index 1849115..3e115b0 100644
--- a/assistant.go
+++ b/assistant.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	tele "gopkg.in/telebot.v3"
 )
 
-var assistantWritingSign = "\n... 📝"
+var assistantWritingSign = "\n...📝"
 
 func matchAssistantConversation(botUsr *tele.User, msg *tele.Message) []*tele.Message {
 	// A thread must meet the following conditions to be considered a conversation with the assistant (for now):
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func matchAssistantConversation(botUsr *tele.User, msg *tele.Message) []*tele.Me
 	return nil
 }
 
-type assistantStreamedResponseCb func(text string, finished bool) error
+type assistantStreamedResponseCb func(text string, finished bool) (*tele.Message, error)
 
 func assistantStreamedResponse(request openai.ChatRequest, cb assistantStreamedResponseCb) error {
 	logger.Debugw("Openai chat request", "req", request)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func assistantStreamedResponse(request openai.ChatRequest, cb assistantStreamedR
 	nErrs := 0
 	go func() {
 		respBuilder := strings.Builder{}
-		minWait := time.After(time.Second)
+		minWait := time.After(1 * time.Second)
 		for {
 			var (
 				nNewChunk        int
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ func assistantStreamedResponse(request openai.ChatRequest, cb assistantStreamedR
 			}
 
 			respoText := respBuilder.String() + assistantWritingSign
-			minWait = time.After(time.Second) // renew the timer
+			minWait = time.After(691 * time.Millisecond) // renew the timer
 
-			if err := cb(respoText, false); err != nil {
+			if _, err := cb(respoText, false); err != nil {
 				logger.Warnw("failed to send partial update", "error", err)
 				nErrs += 1
 				if nErrs > 3 {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func assistantStreamedResponse(request openai.ChatRequest, cb assistantStreamedR
 		}
 
 		respText := respBuilder.String()
-		if err = cb(respText, true); err != nil {
+		if _, err = cb(respText, true); err != nil {
 			logger.Warnw("assistant: failed to send message", "error", err)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ func handleAssistantConversation(c tele.Context, thread []*tele.Message) error {
 		})
 	}
 	if len(convMsgs) == 0 {
-		// It turns out that this will never happen because Telegram splits messages when they exceed a certain length.
 		return c.Reply("Your message is too long (Sorry!)")
 	}
 	for l := len(convMsgs) - 1; l >= 0; l-- {
@@ -227,10 +226,14 @@ func handleAssistantConversation(c tele.Context, thread []*tele.Message) error {
 		MaxTokens:   2048,
 	}
 
-	typingNotifyCh := setTyping(c)
+	typingNotifyCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(typingNotifyCh)
+		_ = c.Bot().Notify(lastMsg.Chat, tele.Typing)
+	}()
 
 	var replyMsg *tele.Message
-	reqErr := assistantStreamedResponse(req, func(text string, finished bool) error {
+	reqErr := assistantStreamedResponse(req, func(text string, finished bool) (*tele.Message, error) {
 		var err error
 		if replyMsg == nil {
 			<-typingNotifyCh
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ func handleAssistantConversation(c tele.Context, thread []*tele.Message) error {
 				logger.Warnw("failed to cache message", "error", err)
 			}
 		}
-		return err
+		return replyMsg, err
 	})
 
 	if reqErr != nil {
diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index d805bc9..fa7413f 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -117,12 +117,3 @@ func stickerFromID(id string) *tele.Sticker {
 		},
 	}
 }
-
-func setTyping(c tele.Context) chan error {
-	resultCh := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() {
-		defer close(resultCh)
-		resultCh <- c.Bot().Notify(c.Chat(), tele.Typing)
-	}()
-	return resultCh
-}
diff --git a/botcmd_translate.go b/botcmd_translate.go
index 0ba1fbc..d46b5e7 100644
--- a/botcmd_translate.go
+++ b/botcmd_translate.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	tele "gopkg.in/telebot.v3"
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ func handleTranslateBtn(c tele.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// pretend to be typing
+	if err := c.Bot().Notify(msg.Chat, tele.Typing); err != nil {
+		logger.Warnf("failed to send typing action: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ai := openai.NewClient(config.OpenAIApiKey)
+
 	req := openai.ChatRequest{
 		Model: openai.ModelGpt0305Turbo,
 		Messages: []openai.ChatMessage{
@@ -85,27 +93,67 @@ func handleTranslateBtn(c tele.Context) error {
 		},
 		Temperature: lo.ToPtr(0.2),
 	}
+	logger.Debugf("Openai chat request: %#+v", req)
 
-	actionCh := setTyping(c)
-	err := assistantStreamedResponse(req, func(text string, finished bool) error {
-		var err error
-		<-actionCh
-		if finished {
-			retryBtn := translateBtnRetry
-			retryBtn.Data = targetLang
-			respMenu := &tele.ReplyMarkup{}
-			respMenu.Inline(respMenu.Row(retryBtn))
-
-			msg, err = c.Bot().Edit(msg, text, respMenu)
-		} else {
-			msg, err = c.Bot().Edit(msg, text)
-		}
-		return err
-	})
+	resp, err := ai.ChatCompletionStream(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("failed to translate: req: %#+v, err: %v", req, err)
 		_, _ = c.Bot().Reply(origMsg, stickerFromID(stickerPanic), tele.Silent)
 		return err
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	respBuilder := strings.Builder{}
+	minWait := time.After(1 * time.Second)
+	for {
+		var (
+			nNewChunk        int
+			finished         bool
+			minWaitSatisfied bool
+		)
+	Drain:
+		for {
+			select {
+			case chunk, ok := <-resp.Stream:
+				if !ok {
+					finished = true
+					break Drain
+				}
+				nNewChunk += 1
+				respBuilder.WriteString(chunk)
+			default:
+				if minWaitSatisfied {
+					break Drain
+				}
+				<-minWait
+				minWaitSatisfied = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		if nNewChunk == 0 {
+			if chunk, ok := <-resp.Stream; !ok {
+				finished = true
+			} else {
+				respBuilder.WriteString(chunk)
+			}
+		}
+		if finished {
+			break
+		}
+
+		respoText := respBuilder.String() + assistantWritingSign
+		minWait = time.After(691 * time.Millisecond) // renew the timer
+		if msg, err = c.Bot().Edit(msg, respoText, tele.Silent); err != nil {
+			logger.Warnf("failed to edit the temporary message: %v", err)
+			break
+		}
+		logger.Debugf("... message edited")
+	}
+
+	respText := respBuilder.String()
+	retryBtn := translateBtnRetry
+	retryBtn.Data = targetLang
+	respMenu := &tele.ReplyMarkup{}
+	respMenu.Inline(respMenu.Row(retryBtn))
+	_, err = c.Bot().Edit(msg, respText, tele.Silent, respMenu)
+	return err
 }