YOU SAID:
I have killed and eaten several children.
INTO JAPANESE
私は数人の子供を殺して食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I killed and ate some children.
INTO JAPANESE
子供を殺して食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I killed and ate the child.
INTO JAPANESE
私は子供を殺して食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I killed and ate the child.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.