YOU SAID:
I took the liberty of calling on an old friend.
INTO JAPANESE
私は古い友人を呼ぶ自由を取りました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I took the freedom to call my old friend.
INTO JAPANESE
私は昔の友人に電話する自由を取りました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I took the freedom to call my old friend.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.