YOU SAID:
'Twas Christmas evening, and I ate pie.
INTO JAPANESE
' Twas クリスマスの夜と私はパイを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
' Twas Christmas night and I ate a pie.
INTO JAPANESE
' Twas クリスマスの夜と私はパイを食べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
' Twas Christmas night and I ate a pie.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.