text_original: Milliards of marks were demanded in reparations and had to be paid. Im  portant industrial areas were lopped off ; Alsace Lorraine, Upper Silesia, the Saar territory, Posen and West Prussia — the so called Polish corridor— Danzig and Eugen Malmedy.
text_transcription: MELIOTS OF MARKS WERE DEMANDED IN REPARATIONS AND HAD TO BE PAID IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL AREAS WERE LOPPED OFF ALSACE LOREN UPPER CILLASIA THE CZAR TERRITORY POSEN AND WEST PRUSSIA THE SO CALLED POLISH CORRIDOR DANZIG AND OEGAN MALMEDI
phonemes: mˈɪlɪˌɑːɹdz ʌv mˈɑːɹks wɜː dᵻmˈændᵻd ɪn ɹᵻpɐɹˈeɪʃənz ænd hædtə biː pˈeɪd. ˈɪm pˈɔːɹtənt ɪndˈʌstɹɪəl ˈɛɹiəz wɜː lˈɑːpt ˈɔf ; ˈælseɪs ləɹˈeɪn, ˌʌpɚ saɪlˈiːʒə, ðə sˈɑːɹ tˈɛɹɪtˌɔːɹi, pˈoʊzən ænd wˈɛst pɹˈʌʃə — ðə sˌoʊ kˈɔːld pˈoʊlɪʃ kˈɔɹɪdˌɔːɹ— dˈænzɪɡ ænd jˈuːdʒən mˈælmədi.