YOU SAID:
hot dogs were once living dogs.
INTO JAPANESE
ホットドッグはかつては生きた犬でした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Hot dogs used to be live dogs.
INTO JAPANESE
ホットドッグはかつて生きた犬でした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
A hot dog was once a living dog.
INTO JAPANESE
ホットドッグはかつて生きた犬でした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
A hot dog was once a living dog.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.