YOU SAID:
The cat ate the fish and the fish died,
INTO JAPANESE
猫は魚を食べ、魚は死んだ、
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cat ate the fish, and the fish died.
INTO JAPANESE
猫は魚を食べ、魚は死んだ。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The cat ate the fish, and the fish died.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.