The Qur'ān is not recited "as you like". The fundamental rule is that you recite the Qur'ān without prolonging any letters (including Alif, Wāw and Yā') until you find a rule in Tajweed permitting you to do so.
The rules of Tajweed are supposed to be thaught by a person well-versed in the subject, but if no possibility for that is found then we have to do the best we can on the internet.
For the translation of the Holy Qur'ān which is Allāhs speech (and not created) I refer to :