YOU SAID:
Uh oh, this didn't take that long to go south
INTO JAPANESE
ええと、これは南に行くのにそれほど時間はかかりませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Well, this didn't take so long to go south
INTO JAPANESE
まあ、南に行くのにこれほど時間はかかりませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Well, it didn't take me so long to go south
INTO JAPANESE
南に行くのにそれほど時間はかかりませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It took less time to go south
INTO JAPANESE
南に行くのにかかる時間が短縮された
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The time taken to go south has been reduced
INTO JAPANESE
南に行くのにかかる時間が短縮されました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The time taken to go south has been reduced
That didn't even make that much sense in English.