[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm writing a story about a character who has experienced a significant change in wealth and I'd like to translate a key sentence into Italian: could you help me translate 'Tom used to be rich' into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'Tom used to be rich' in Italian is 'Tom era ricco.' This sentence effectively conveys that Tom was once wealthy but implies that his financial situation has changed."}]