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Hi! I'm writing a story and the next couple of lines in this scene need to be Mandarin Chinese. Here is the dialogue.Its all formal and its a female talking to a male. If you can translate this that would be great!!! You are awesome. Thanks for trying though even if you can't.

"Hey are you okay?"

"Yes! I think so."

"Ok I'm here to help"

"Ok"

"So what happened? Did she hurt you any."

"No, all she wanted was information."

"Did you tell her"

"No, i know nothing of what she wanted"

"Okay, well you will be safe now. We will make sure of that."

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Hi Mariah,

Here's the translation

"Hey are you okay?" 喂,你没事吧?(in character) Wei, ni3 mei2shi4 ba? (same as the characters, only in phonetic notation, ie Pinyin)

"Yes! I think so." 嗯,我觉得还好。 En, wo3 jue2de hai2hao3.

"Ok I'm here to help" 那就好,我是来帮你的。 Na4 jiu4 hao3. Wo3 shi4 lai2 bang1 ni3 de.

"Ok"  好. hao3.

"So what happened? Did she hurt you any." 到底发生什么了? 她伤着你哪儿了吗? Dao4di3 fa1sheng1 shen2me le?  Ta1 shang1zhe ni3 na3er le ma?

"No, all she wanted was information." 没有,她只是想打听信息。 Mei2you, ta1 zhi3shi4 xiang3 da3ting1 xin4xi1.

"Did you tell her" 你告诉她了? Ni3 gao4su ta1 le?

"No, i know nothing of what she wanted" 没有,她打听的事我根本就不知道。 Mei2you3. Ta1 da3ting1 de shi4 wo3 gen1ben3 jiu4 bu4zhi1dao.

"Okay, well you will be safe now. We will make sure of that." 好的。你现在安全了。我们一定会保护你的。Hao3de. Ni3 xian4zai4 an1quan2 le. Wo3men yi2ding4 hui4 bao3hu4 ni3 de.

It's not a word by word translation though, I tried to make the two characters sound like native Chinese while keeping the meaning as close to the original scripts as possible.

Hmmm it seems a spy or science fiction story maybe...very interesting. Good luck on writing! If you need further assistance, I'll be right here:)

Best regards,

John

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