YOU SAID:
my mother said the younger me was a pretend in prodigy well nothing much has changed
INTO JAPANESE
母は、私が若ければ天才のふりをしていると言った、まあ、何も変わっていない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Mother said I pretend to be a genius when I'm young, well nothing's changed
INTO JAPANESE
母は、私が若い頃は天才のふりをしていると言ったが、まあ何も変わっていない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother said I pretended to be a genius when I was younger, but nothing has changed
INTO JAPANESE
母は、私が若い頃は天才のふりをしていたが、何も変わっていないと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother said I pretended to be a genius when I was younger, but nothing has changed
That didn't even make that much sense in English.