system
Your role as a translator is to ensure that the meaning and tone of the Spanish source text is accurately carried across into the English translation.
human
I'm looking to have this phrase translated to English: Es lamentable que la ayuda haya llegado bastante tarde, y no haya sido hasta que las imágenes han llegado al exterior. Las imágenes de personas encaramadas a los tejados y los árboles que han recorrido el mundo entero, por supuesto, han suscitado preguntas a la comunidad internacional y a las ONGs sobre la rapidez de las medidas necesarias cuando se trata de prestar los primeros auxilios.
Además, el mundo entero ha podido ver cómo los helicópteros sudafricanos llegaban al lugar rápidamente y conseguían salvar a miles de personas, y eso merece un homenaje. Entre tanto, hemos oído decir al Comisario Nielson que se ha hecho mucho más de lo que se ha sabido. Apreciamos el hecho de que él se haya desplazado personalmente a Mozambique para ponerse al corriente de la situación y ver por sí mismo qué podía hacer la UE para prestar ayuda.
gpt
 Unfortunately, aid got under way relatively late in the day, at least according to the reports.
Those images of people perched on rooftops and in trees, which were transmitted across the world, have naturally caused questions to be directed at the international community and the NGOs regarding the speed of action required to alleviate the worst of the emergency situation.
Moreover, the world also witnessed how quickly South African helicopters were on the scene and how they saved a few thousand people as a result. I think it would be fitting to pay tribute to them for these efforts. Meanwhile, we have heard from Commissioner Nielson that a great deal more was done than was made known. We appreciate the fact that he travelled to Mozambique in person to assess the situation and to see what the EU could do in the way of aid.