Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
teach old brains new tricks
Russian translation:
обучить старые мозги новым трюкам
English term
Armenia
Words do come easy
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: English to Russian, French to Russian
teach old brains new tricks
Статья о том, что нейроны, возможно, разрушают связи между клетками мозга в гиппокампе и тем самым освобождают место для новых воспоминаний. Статья довольно популярная и слегка научная :)
Nov 15, 2009 14:20: Igor Boyko Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): erika rubinstein
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Proposed translations
Russian Federation
Editor-in-Chief service
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Ukrainian to Russian
обучить старые мозги новым трюкам / фокусам / приемам
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Note added at 6 мин (2009-11-13 17:50:21 GMT)
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Перепев классической поговорки «Старую собаку новым трюкам не научишь!»
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Note added at 20 мин (2009-11-13 18:04:44 GMT)
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Может, "премудростям"?
Belarus
Aus Liebe zur Sprache
Native in: Russian , Belarusian
Works in: German to Russian, German to Belarusian, Russian to Belarusian, and 3 more.
Варианты
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. Старых собак новым трюкам не научишь.
- Учить старые мозги (старых собак :) ) новым трюкам.
- Учить старые мозги (мозг) чему-то новому.
обучить старые мозги новым хитростям и приемам
обучить старые мозги новым хитростям и приемам
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-11-13 18:05:54 GMT)
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сочетает, сорри
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Note added at 35 mins (2009-11-13 18:19:35 GMT)
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"уловкам"... как вариант
в процессе освоения мозгом новой информации
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Zahar Fialkovsky
: Согласен, аналогичной русской пословицы, которая подошла бы по признаку "игры слов", не имеется. Поэтому необязательно переводить иноязычную пословицу, можно ограничиться научным стилем.
10 hrs
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Thanks, Zahar!
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