YOU SAID:

My mother always said i had a mind like a steel trap

INTO JAPANESE

母はいつも私は鋼鉄のtrapのような心を持っていると言った

BACK INTO ENGLISH

My mother always said that I have a heart like a steel trap

INTO JAPANESE

母はいつも私は鋼鉄のtrapのような心を持っていると言っていました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

My mother always said that I have a heart like a steel trap