YOU SAID:
The cow said my garden looks like cheese
INTO JAPANESE
牛は私の庭はチーズのようだと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cow said my garden was like cheese
INTO JAPANESE
牛は私の庭はチーズのようだと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cow said my garden was like cheese
That didn't even make that much sense in English.