Could you check and correct my English, please?
Traveling alone
When I resigned from my job, my husband said, “You can get free time!”
I understood why did he say. We didn’t have a child, I really was free. It was good chance I would try to do something.
Finally I decided to go traveling abroad alone almost 2weeks.
It’ll take a long time to talk about the details, so I talk easily. (It’s excuse. I can explain the details only Japanese.)
Anyway, I went traveling to Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden alone.
As you know, my English was even more bad than now. But I had to do everything (getting airplane and train tickets, looking for dormitory, etc...)by myself in English.
Well, there were a lot of things during the traveling. I’m glad I really got back safely to Japan and met him again.
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Traveling Alone
When I resigned from my job, my husband said, “You will now have so much free time!” I definitely understood why he had said those words: we did not have any children, so now, my time would be completely free, and it would be a good chance for me to do something. Eventually, I decided to travel abroad, alone, for almost two weeks. It would take me such a long time to write about all the details, so I will only do so now briefly. (Actually, that is an excuse. Due to my limited vocabulary, I could only be able to describe my trip in detail in Japanese!) Anyway, I visited Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden all by myself. As you can imagine, my ability in English then, was even worse than it is now, yet, I simply had to manage as well as I could as I traveled around (getting my airplane and train tickets, using local buses and taxis, looking for places to stay, ordering food, etc., etc.). Well, with great understatement, I will just say that many things—both good and bad—but mostly, good, of course, happened during my trip. Obviously, after such a whirlwind trip (five countries in 14 days!) I was more than ready to return home, and not only was I somewhat relieved when I arrived back in Japan safely, but also happy and excited to finally be with my husband again.*/**
Hi, Kanako-san. Good job! Whatever changes I made were to allow your sentences to sound more natural to my native ears, to clarify your thoughts, and for ease of reading. My sincerest apologies if I have misinterpreted. I hope that this helps you, Jonathan.
*As to spelling out numbers vs. using figures, this is a complex topic with many exceptions. I feel it is mainly a matter of preference, so I will only advise you to remain consistent throughout your text whatever style you choose to use. Personally, I spell out the numbers from one to ten, but then, use figures for the numbers that are higher.
**I, too, hope to resign from my job and travel the world, but alas, that will not be for quite a while! (*-^)
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Could you check and correct my English, please?
Traveling Alone
When I resigned from my job, my husband said, “You can get will have free time!”
I understood why did he say what he meant. We didn’t have a child, I really was free. It was a good chance {better: opportunity} I would to try to do something.
Finally, I decided to go traveling abroad alone {or: solo} for [1] almost 2 two [2] weeks.
It’ll take a long time to talk about the details, so I will talk easily {or: more generally}. [3] (It’s an excuse. I can explain the details only in Japanese.)
Anyway, I went traveling to Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden alone.
As you know, my English was even more bad worse than now. But I had to do everything (getting airplane and train tickets, looking for dormitory, etc...) by myself in English.
Well, there were a lot of things {that happened?} during the traveling trip(?). [4] I’m really glad I really got back safely to Japan and met saw him again.
- It's more natural to say " go traveling alone" or "go travel abroad", but not "traveling abroad". Also, we use the term "solo traveler", so "solo" works here also.
- Numbers up to ten are spelled out in English composition.
- "More generally" would indicate something opposite to "detailed".
- This reads incomplete. Did you mean: "there were a lot of things that happened during the trip" / "there were a lot of things that happened while traveling"?
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Could you check and correct my English, please?
Traveling alone
When I resigned from my job, my husband said, “You have more free time!”
I understood why did he say so. We didn’t have a child and I had all the time in the world. It was a good chance to try and do something new.
After giving it some thought, I finally decided to travel abroad on my own for almost 2 weeks.
It’ll take a long time to talk about the details, so I will be brief. (It’s an excuse. I can explain the details only in Japanese.)
Anyway, I went traveling to Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden alone.
As you could imagine, my English was even worse than it is now, but I still had to do everything (getting airplane and train tickets, looking for dormitory, etc...)by myself in English.
Well, there were a lot of things that happened during the travel. I’m glad I got back safely to Japan and also for seeing my husbad again.
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Could you check and correct my English, please? もちろん
Traveling alone
When I resigned from my job, my husband said, “You can finally get have free time!”
I understood why did he say said that. Since we didn’t have a child, I really was free. It was a good chance for me to I would try to do something.
Finally, I decided to go traveling abroad alone for almost 2weeks.
It’ll take a long time to talk about the details, so I will just talk easily briefly. (It’s an excuse. I can explain the details only in Japanese.)
Anyway, I went traveling traveled to Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden alone.
Well, there were a lot of things happened (is this what you mean?) during the traveling trip. I’m glad I really got back to Japan safely to Japan and met him again.
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Hi Kanako, I corrected a few of your sentences. The changes are in CAPITAL letters.
When I resigned from my job, my husband said, “You WILL HAVE free time!”
I understood why HE SAID THAT, SINCE we didn’t have a child, I really WILL BE free. It WILL BE A good chance FOR ME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
Finally, I decided THAT I WOULD travel abroad alone for almost two weeks.
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