[Python] Textblob-de missing deprecated module textblob.translate()

I want to run a sentiment analysis on German headlines and would like to use textblob-de for it. After installing as described here: https://textblob-de.readthedocs.io/en/latest/readme.html#installing-upgrading, I run into the error below when running a very simple script like so:

from textblob_de import TextBlobDE as TextBlob

text = "drama vor lampedusa : mehr als 1000 flüchtlinge im mittelmeer vor italien gerettet"

blob = TextBlob(text)

print(blob.sentiment)


The error states:

Exception has occurred: ModuleNotFoundError No module named 'textblob.translate'
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The weird thing is that I have just now installed the package and textblob.translate is actually deprecated as stated in the change logs: https://textblob.readthedocs.io/en/dev/changelog.html

Regardless, textblobde seems to be using it. Do you see a way around this or is this model no longer feasible for German text?

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