YOU SAID:
Bill ran from the giraffe toward the dolphin.
INTO JAPANESE
ビルはキリンからイルカに向かって走った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Bill ran from the giraffe to the dolphin.
INTO JAPANESE
ビルはキリンからイルカまで走りました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Bill ran from the giraffe to the dolphin.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.