YOU SAID:
his statement didn't sound right to me because he lied.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は嘘をついていたので、彼の発言は私には正しく聞こえませんでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
His statement didn't sound right to me because he was lying.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は嘘をついていたので、彼の発言は私には正しく聞こえませんでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
His statement didn't sound right to me because he was lying.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.