Yes, I attempted to write that myself. (Although I use the Google Translate page for handwriting input.  The Windows Pen Tablet input panel is too fast for my writing!  As soon as I write the left side component, it takes it as a character and moves on to the next character.  I wish I could slow it down!  I love the Google Translate handwriting recognition, although it permits sloppy stroking.  To learn correct stroke order I use Wenlin.)

My question was, indeed, "What electrical wire gage is used in China?"  I don't care about the answer.  In fact, I already know the answer. Please don't refer me to an electrical forum!  My point was to try to write an intelligible sentence.

I am an industrial engineer, and much of what I work with is made in China, and our suppliers are Chinese.  I am trying to read and write, not speak and listen.  Around here, the dialect is what I call "Chicagoese." It does not sound like Mandarin.  Also I don't have an IME for tones (except Wenlin) so I don't use pinyin much.  So I just want to read and write.  I want to be able to read instructions, specifications, and business documents.

Thank you for telling me that my sentence was nonsense -- that's why I'm here!

@Nick Donaldson 

Maybe he tried making sentences in Chinese on his own, rather than using Google translate. 

您好, 玲玲

I use Huion H420, with three programmable buttons.  Model 420 has no buttons, I never use them anyway.  Look on eBay for a picture.

It works with your mouse.  They both control the same pointer on the screen.  To move the pointer, hold the pen about 1cm above the pad.  Touching the pad is like the left mouse button.  Tap to click, touch & drag to write.  If you have been hand writing with a mouse, you don't know what you're missing!

The driver program has a setup screen.  You can reverse left and right if you want the USB cord on the other side.  It is pressure sensitive for drawing.  I had some trouble with the settings in theGimp but eventually got it working in Windows 7 & 10.

The pen has two programmable buttons, which are a little hard to use.  I set mine for "Enter" and "Backspace."  But when using the Google pad, I prefer the Enter and Backspace buttons on the screen.

Although a button can be "Right Click,"  it is almost impossible to use!  To right click, you must not touch the pad (that would be a Left Click), but you also must not move the pointer <em>yidian</em> while pressing the button.  Good luck with that after a few cups of coffee!

There are wireless models, but I was told to avoid them because they can be sluggish and jerky.  Also, there are battery-less models, but my AAA battery has lasted over a year (same as a mouse or better).

It feels good in the hand, but takes a moment to pick up and hold just right (think of a Westerner using chopsticks).  So you don't want to put it down and pick it up a lot.  So I use mine all the time instead of the mouse (takes practice).

Highly recommended, and only $25.  Write back if any setup issues!

敬上,

罗斯

I could feed any amount of real Chinese into Google, and it would almost never come out in good English, although it might be intelligible.  So, when something comes out in good English, that's a pretty good sign it's bad Chinese!  Having only Wenlin, which is a dictionary, not a translator, I didn't know where to start forming sentences.  I am definitely going to follow up your suggestion, starting with jukuu, and see where that leads.

Just for grins, I used to play a game to learn characters.  I would write characters on the Google handwriting pad, so that the "translation" formed limericks in English.  I got pretty good at rhyme & meter.  Of course, I never imagined that I was writing Chinese!  But this could lead to bad habits!

I never felt I was learning actual Chinese until I started learning whole words.  This is when I discovered the value of pinyin.  I could hardly ever remember the pronunciation of individual characters.  But with whole words, it suddenly becomes natural.  Now I find the opposite, often remembering the sound but not the graphs.  With Wenlin, you can enter pinyin words and get what you expect, which is hardy possible using characters alone. 

I only wish I could find a program that would combine the character recognition of Google with the pinyin of Wenlin.  There seems to be a lot of good apps for smart phones, including speech recognition, but I'm terrible writing with a finger.  Using a Huion tablet on Google I can get 5-6 characters at a time into the handwriting box, on my phone only one at a time.