YOU SAID:
welcome we were just about to begin
INTO JAPANESE
ようこそ、私たちはちょうど始まろうとしていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Welcome, we were just about to start
INTO JAPANESE
ようこそ、私たちはちょうど始めようとしていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Welcome, we were just about to start
That didn't even make that much sense in English.