YOU SAID:
My mother is not as clever as she believes my cat is a wizard.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は兄ほど賢くない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He is less clever than his elder brother.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は兄ほど賢くない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He is less clever than his elder brother.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.