YOU SAID:
alas, poor Yorick, I knew him Horatio
INTO JAPANESE
ああ、貧しい Yorick 彼を知ってホレイショ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Oh, poor Yorick knew him Horatio
INTO JAPANESE
ああ、貧しい Yorick 彼を知っていたホレイショ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Oh, poor Yorick knew him Horatio
That didn't even make that much sense in English.