YOU SAID:
Excuse me ma'am, is this seat taken?
INTO JAPANESE
すみません、奥様、この席は空いていますか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Excuse me, ma'am, is this seat available?
INTO JAPANESE
すみません、奥様、この席は空いていますか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Excuse me, ma'am, is this seat available?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.