What do the Japanese and Polish say?

I'm not sure if the Japanese is natural, but it can mean something like "Town was a burnt area as far as the eye could see".

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The Japanese sounds quite natural. I think it describes the state of a city during or shortly after the war.

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町まち は 見渡すみわたす 限りかぎり の 焼け野原やけのはら で あっ た 。
The Japanese translation is correct.

But,”であった”is, at least conversationally, hardly ever used today.
It sounds like an old man or a crazy right wing activist who is trying to dignify himself by using an old style of speech.

In fictions, especially in action or fantasy, "であった"is still in use to give a line a bit of punch though.

Oh, one more, it is probably still considered contemporary Japanese or close to it. Everyone would understand.

Is that really a correct link? The Japanese implies that the city burnt. Of course, after burning, it lays in ruins, but I'm not sure either of the two sentences would be a natural way to translate the other one.

Would "lay in ashes" work?