YOU SAID:
The flag should be flown at half staff today
INTO JAPANESE
今日は半数のスタッフで旗を掲揚する必要があります
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Today half the staff need to raise the flag
INTO JAPANESE
今日はスタッフの半数が旗を掲げる必要があります
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Half the staff must raise the flag today
INTO JAPANESE
今日はスタッフの半数が旗を掲げなければなりません
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Half of the staff must raise the flag today
INTO JAPANESE
今日はスタッフの半数が旗を掲げなければなりません
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Half of the staff must raise the flag today
That didn't even make that much sense in English.