Sounds a bit like me who used to translate anime fanfics as a 12-year-old and is now working as a professional translator… Experience is experience, I guess :D

I really miss Tom Scott

I too will be as happy and carefree as Kirby in the clouds someday

In addition, the German language does not really differentiate between turtles and tortoises: both are called “shield toads”, but if you want to be more specific, you can say “water shield toads” or “land shield toads”, respectively.