YOU SAID:
there was a tear in her eye when she saw the blue ending of her book.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女が彼女の本の青い結末を見たとき、彼女の目に涙があった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was tears in her eyes when she saw the blue ending of her book.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女が彼女の本の青い結末を見たとき、彼女の目に涙がありました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There was tears in her eyes when she saw the blue ending of her book.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.