YOU SAID:
somehow i got nominated as the king of sadness
INTO JAPANESE
どういうわけか私は悲しみの王に指名されました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Somehow I was named King of Sorrows
INTO JAPANESE
どういうわけか私は悲しみの王と名付けられました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Somehow I was named King of Sorrows
That didn't even make that much sense in English.