<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHuenda kuna tatizo na ASE. Kwa muda mrefu kulikuwa na ukimya, kuvunjwa tu na rustle ya karatasi na mara kwa mara neno la ufafanuzi kutoka Kijerumani.  <response>: There may be trouble with the A.S.E. For a long time there was a silence, broken only by the rustle of papers and an occasional word of explanation from the German. 