YOU SAID:
she Could talk a raccoon out of a tree
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は木からタヌキを話すことができた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She was able to speak raccoon from the tree
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は木からタヌキを話すことができました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She was able to speak raccoon from the tree
That didn't even make that much sense in English.