YOU SAID:
I got it started but then it didn't start because someone else stopped it before it started
INTO JAPANESE
開始したのに、開始前に他の誰かが停止したため、開始しませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Started but did not start because someone else stopped it before it started
INTO JAPANESE
開始しましたが、開始前に他の誰かが停止したため、開始しませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Started but did not start because someone else stopped it before it started
That didn't even make that much sense in English.