How to translate: “对我来说，北方人的口音和语速 {makes it difficult for me to understand them}"? I can't figure out how to translate this


  对我来说，北方人的口音和语速makes it difficult for me to understand them.


What's the best way to say this without losing any of the above meaning and structure?
对我来说，北方人的口音和语速 makes it difficult for me to understand them.


This translation sounds more like English grammar. Chinese people will say


  对我来说，北方人有口音，语速很快，很难听明白。


Hope this could be of some help.