YOU SAID:
I'm gonna go for a walk today, he said happily.
INTO JAPANESE
今日は散歩に行きます」と嬉しそうに言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I'm going for a walk today, ”he said happily.
INTO JAPANESE
今日は散歩に行きます」と喜んで言いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I'm going for a walk today, ”he said happily.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.