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I'm trying to practice simple translation from English to Japanese.

I'm around N4 level so I started with something I thought was doable for me:

> Today I woke up at 9:00 am. After I got up, I walked Nacho outside so he
> could poo.

And this was the translation I did:

> 今日は９時午前に私が起きた。その後、外でナチョと散歩したからうんちする事ができる。

I thought I did it right, but when I checked on Google Translate, this is what
came up:

> I woke up at 9am today. After that, I took a walk with Nacho outside so **I
> can poop.**

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What did I do wrong there?

I know Google Translate isn’t super reliable. So I want to check here if I
really did miss something in my translation.

Can anyone shed some light? Thanks. :)
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grammar translation english-to-japanese
What was wrong with my translation?
Let's look at your translation.

> 今日は９時午前に私が起きた。その後、外でナチョと散歩したからうんちする事ができる。

I find nothing wrong with the first sentence. It may not be the most natural
way of saying "I woke up 9 AM." but it does the job. The second sentence,
however, needs some fixing. I see your attempt at translating "so" but as
user3856370 mentioned, this translates to a different grammar
[pattern](https://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n3-grammar-%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-you-ni/) which is not taught until
around N3 level but is very useful.

If I were to translate the second sentence, I would write it something like
this.

> その後、ナチョがうんこできるように、外に連れて行った。

Not the best translation, but I think it gets the message across.
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