Russian term
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
меня нельзя так пугать
Мальчишки подшутили над старичком.
Мой вариант:
I’m too old, you know, to be frightened like that.
Но этот вариант меня не устраивает, поскольку такое предложение можно понять и так: "Я слижком стар, чтоб пугаться" (т.е я вообще не пугаюсь).
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Proposed translations
Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
don't (you) ever frighten me like that!(again)
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Robert Donahue (X)
: Said with a shake of the finger. ;-)
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...and with his gun taken out of his pocket ;-)
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tanyazst
: только без крови убиенных младенцев :))
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классический этический вопрос: "кто более матери истории ценен" -- мудрый старец или озорные мальчуганы? ;-)
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uFO
6 hrs
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gtreyger (X)
7 hrs
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Dorene Cornwell
: Don't scare me like that. I'm too old!
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You should not frighten an old man like me
Andrew, I don't see anything wrong with your translation
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w77 (X)
58 mins
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Thanks!
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Translations that read like originals
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, French to English
You shouldn't scare me so.
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
you shouldn't put the wind up me like that
"I'm a really old man, you shouldn't put the wind up me like that!"
As the asker said: I’m too old, you know, to be frightened like that.
China
Business Service For Foreigners in China
Native in: Chinese , English
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, Chinese to Russian, and 27 more.
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