YOU SAID:
Mao Zedong was late to the party because the gas in the car ran out.
INTO JAPANESE
毛沢東は車のガソリンがなくなったためパーティーに遅刻した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Mao was late for the party because his car ran out of gas.
INTO JAPANESE
マオは車のガス欠のためパーティーに遅刻した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Mao was late for the party because his car ran out of gas.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.