YOU SAID:
Her voice was like a thousand violins being played by a monkey.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女の声はまるで猿に弾かれているようだった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Her voice seemed to be playing by a monkey.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女の声は猿が鳴いているように見えた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Her voice looked like a monkey was singing.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女の声は猿が歌っているように見えた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Her voice looked like a monkey was singing.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.