YOU SAID:
They work a lot better than they did fifteen years ago.
INTO JAPANESE
彼らは15年前よりもずっとよく働いています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They work much better than 15 years ago.
INTO JAPANESE
彼らは15年前よりもはるかにうまく機能します。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They work much better than 15 years ago.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.