YOU SAID:
Houston, were in a pickle
INTO JAPANESE
ヒューストン、漬け物にあった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Houston was in pickles
INTO JAPANESE
ヒューストンは漬物だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Houston was pickles
INTO JAPANESE
ヒューストンはピクルスでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Houston was pickles
That didn't even make that much sense in English.