YOU SAID:
lydia is right next to me
INTO JAPANESE
リディアは私のすぐ隣にあります
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Lydia is right next to me
INTO JAPANESE
リディアは私のそばにいる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Lydia is near me
INTO JAPANESE
リディアは私の近くにいる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Lydia is near me
That didn't even make that much sense in English.