[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to write a story and one of the characters, Tom, arrives a bit late to a meeting in Italy, so I was wondering, how would I translate the sentence 'Tom was a bit late' into Italian to make the scene more authentic?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'Tom was a bit late' into Italian is 'Tom era un po' in ritardo.' This should help you create a more authentic scene in your story."}]