YOU SAID:
"Orville, the birds may be dead."
INTO JAPANESE
「オルヴィル、鳥は死んでいるかもしれない」
BACK INTO ENGLISH
"Orville, birds may be dead"
INTO JAPANESE
「オルヴィル、鳥は死んでいるかもしれない」
BACK INTO ENGLISH
"Orville, birds may be dead"
That didn't even make that much sense in English.