Thread: I would appreciate your help to proof read and correct this short letter.

Hello. I am in great need of help. A couple of months ago, I said some things to a coworker from Mexico that ended our friendship. I've felt absolutely terrible about it for weeks because she was such a dear friend and a genuine lady.

She speaks English, but my first verbal apology (within one week) was not accepted. Two months later, I feel it is once again time to tell her how sorry I am. I wrote her an apology letter and had it translated into Spanish. She cannot read English.

I have included my original English text as well as the Spanish translation of that text done by a close friend of mine. However, I am just not comfortable that I typed it in correctly or that my punctuation it correct. And I do not want to go back to my friend and ask, "Are you sure you got it right"?

This letter needs to be absolutely perfect because I want nothing more in life than to tell this woman how deeply sorry that I am. Whether she forgives me or not, I have no control over that. I just want my apology to say exactly what I want to say.

Please, if someone could proof read and make any needed corrections to the Spanish text, I would be so grateful for your time.

With deepest appreciation,

Steve

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I am very sorry for the things I so carelessly said to you last December. During those days, my mind was worn and fatigued from a severe lack of sleep over several days. My words did not accurately say what I wanted to say. At the time, I honestly thought that I was doing something noble, honorable and respectful, but the destruction that my words caused, and the loss of you as a friend ranks among the worst things I’ve ever done or have ever experienced.

The right thing for me to do would have been to say nothing. But it is too late. I live with the sorrow and embarrassment every day as I suffer the consequences of my actions. I will never have the opportunity to go back in time and correct my terrible mistake. If I could, this would have never happened.

I am so very sorry for the anger and the hurt that I caused a true lady. Just as I ask God every day for his forgiveness, I am also asking for your undeserved mercy and forgiveness. I cannot adequately put into words how deeply sorry that I am.



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Te pido disculpas por las cosas que te dije el Diciembre pasado, estoy de verdad arrepentido. Durante esos días mi mente estaba agotada y fatigada por la falta de sueňo y descanso de varios días. Mis palabras no dijeron exactamente lo que yo quería decir. En ese entonces yo honestamente pensé que estaba haciendo algo noble, honorable y respetuoso, pero la destrucción que mis palabras causaron y la perdida de una amiga como tu, esta entre las peores cosas que yo he hecho, o de que yo he pasado.

Lo mejor que yo hubiera podido hacer es no decir nada. Pero es muy tarde, yo tengo que vivir con la vergüenza y tristeza todos los días, mientras sufro las consecuencias de mis acciones. Nunca tendré la oportunidad de regresar el tiempo y corregir mi terrible equivocación. Si yo pudiera esto nunca hubiera pasado.

Te pido muchas disculpas y que me perdones por lastimarte y haber causado tanto daňo a una verdadera dama. Así como yo le pido perdón a Dios todos los días, también te pido a ti tu inmerecida misericordia y perdón, ya que no puedo adecuadamente poner en palabras lo tanto que lo siento.