YOU SAID:
He passed away before he could finish his novel
INTO JAPANESE
彼は小説を書き終える前に亡くなりました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He died before he finished writing the novel
INTO JAPANESE
彼は小説を書き終える前に亡くなりました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He died before he finished writing the novel
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
