YOU SAID:
the pottery has been and will always be awful
INTO JAPANESE
陶器はずっとひどいものであった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the pottery was much worse
INTO JAPANESE
陶器ははるかに悪かった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
pottery was much worse
INTO JAPANESE
陶器ははるかに悪かった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
pottery was much worse
That didn't even make that much sense in English.