YOU SAID:
“I… uh, I…” Jeffery stuttered for several moments before he nodded.
INTO JAPANESE
「私は…ええと、私は…」ジェフリーはうなずく前にしばらくの間どもりました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Mm, yeah. I, um...
INTO JAPANESE
ええ 私は ええと...
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Mm, yeah. I, um...
That didn't even make that much sense in English.