YOU SAID:
Scrooge and he had been partners for I don't know how many years.
INTO JAPANESE
スクルージと彼はパートナーでした。何年かはわかりません。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Scrooge and he were partners. I don't know how many years.
INTO JAPANESE
スクルージと彼はパートナーでした。何年かわかりません。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Scrooge and he were partners. I don't know how many years.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.