YOU SAID:
it was the best of times the worst of crimes
INTO JAPANESE
それは最高の時代であり最悪の犯罪だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was the best of times and the worst of crimes
INTO JAPANESE
それは最高の時代であり、最悪の犯罪だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It was the best of times and the worst of crimes
That didn't even make that much sense in English.