YOU SAID:
The ships hung in the air in the same way that bricks don't.
INTO JAPANESE
船はレンガと同じように宙に浮いた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The ship floated in the air like a brick.
INTO JAPANESE
船はレンガのように空中に浮かんでいた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The ship was floating in the air like a brick.
INTO JAPANESE
船はレンガのように空中に浮かんでいた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The ship was floating in the air like a brick.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.