YOU SAID:
jimmy went swimming by the creek
INTO JAPANESE
ジミーは小川のそばで泳ぎに行きました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Jimmy went swimming by the stream
INTO JAPANESE
ジミーは小川のそばで泳ぎに行きました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Jimmy went swimming by the stream
That didn't even make that much sense in English.