YOU SAID:
I survived because the fire inside of me burned brighter than the fire around me
INTO JAPANESE
私が生き残れたのは、私の中の火が周囲の火よりも明るく燃えたからです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fires around me.
INTO JAPANESE
私が生き残れたのは、私の中の火が周囲の火よりも明るく燃えていたからです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fires around me.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.