YOU SAID:
he milked the cow in the middle of summer
INTO JAPANESE
彼は真夏に牛の乳を搾った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
he milked the cow in midsummer
INTO JAPANESE
彼は真夏に牛の乳を搾った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
he milked the cow in midsummer
That didn't even make that much sense in English.