Translation of Dauer

I did not have a chance to speak to Nancy yet. I wanted to know how to proceed with the order of the CPU for the communication lab. The CPU will enable Voca Dixtionary to be ultra fast and reliable.
In my next message to you I want to write everything in German. Than I will rewrite it in English and we can compare the output. This way you see the text in your mother tongue and in a foreign language.
We spent the entire day doing nothing, just waiting for the night train which would take us into the northern mountain area of Vietnam, close to the Chinese border. The train left at around ten.