Microsoft word problem - how to rectify text squashing into one side of the page?

I am trying to write a document which has a table of two columns which present phrases in two different languages, english on the left and the other language on the right. In some tables the text squashes towards the right, in some places there isn't even enough space for one word before it squashes down the page. i can't seem to figure out how to rectify this without retyping the whole document.