YOU SAID:
Put out the lights before you catch cold.
INTO JAPANESE
風邪をひく前に明かりを消してください。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Turn off the lights before catching a cold.
INTO JAPANESE
風邪をひく前に照明を消してください。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Turn off the lights before catching a cold.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.