YOU SAID:
last year's wishes are this year's apologies
INTO JAPANESE
昨年の願いは、今年の謝罪です
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Last year's wish is the year of the apology
INTO JAPANESE
昨年の願いは謝罪の年です
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Last year's wish is the year of the apology
That didn't even make that much sense in English.