YOU SAID:
"I'll be back," says the ill old man.
INTO JAPANESE
「戻ってきます」と病気の老人は言う。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
“I'm back,” says the sick old man.
INTO JAPANESE
「帰ってきた」と病気の老人は言う。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
“I'm back,” says the sick old man.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.