YOU SAID:
Tick-tock, the clock said.
INTO JAPANESE
カチカチと時計が告げた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The clock announced, tick tock.
INTO JAPANESE
時計がチクタクと鳴った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The clock ticked.
INTO JAPANESE
時計が時を刻みました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The clock was ticking.
INTO JAPANESE
時計は時を刻んでいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The clock was ticking.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.