YOU SAID:
The cat sat on the chair.
INTO JAPANESE
椅子の上に猫が座っていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Cat was sitting on the Chair.
INTO JAPANESE
猫は椅子の上に座っていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cat was sitting on the Chair.
INTO JAPANESE
猫は椅子の上に座っていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cat was sitting on the Chair.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.