YOU SAID:
how are you doing my good ol mate
INTO JAPANESE
元気ですか、相棒
BACK INTO ENGLISH
how are you buddy
INTO JAPANESE
調子はどうですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
How is it going?
INTO JAPANESE
調子はどうですか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
How is it going?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.