YOU SAID:
I met evil when I was only a child.
INTO JAPANESE
私はまだ子供の頃に悪に出会った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I encountered evil when I was still a child.
INTO JAPANESE
私はまだ子供の頃に悪に遭遇しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I encountered evil when I was still a child.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.