YOU SAID:
i have eaten many children
INTO JAPANESE
私はたくさんの子供を食べてきた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've eaten a lot of children.
INTO JAPANESE
私はたくさんの子供たちを食べました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate a lot of children.
INTO JAPANESE
私はたくさんの子供を食びました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I ate a lot of children.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.