Translation for "символы были" to english

Символы были

• characters were
• the characters were

Translation examples

characters were

"Символы были напечатаны не давнее 3-х дней".
"The characters were printed recently, not older than 3 days".

Это далось довольно сложно – символы были стилизованы.
It had been somewhat difficult because the characters were stylized.