YOU SAID:
I apologize for being late
INTO JAPANESE
遅刻して申し訳ありません
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I am sorry to be late
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遅れてすみません
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Hi. Sorry.
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遅れてすみません
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Hi. Sorry.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.