YOU SAID:
Hey dude what is that thing over there?
INTO JAPANESE
おい、あそこにあるあれは何だ?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hey, what's that over there?
INTO JAPANESE
ねえ、そこにあるあれは何ですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hey, what's that over there?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.