Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
воспитывать детей в строгости
English translation:
use a firm hand with children
Russian term
"воспитывать детей в строгости
Aug 26, 2012 16:46: Alex Marshall changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Aug 28, 2012 17:12: Oleksiy Markunin Created KOG entry
Aug 29, 2012 19:21: Natalia Volkova changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (4): Oleksiy Markunin, MariyaN (X), kapura, Natalia Volkova
Non-PRO (3): Susan Welsh, Alexandra Schneeuhr, Alex Marshall
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Proposed translations
Canada
I'm the one to translate for you
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English
United States
Accurate Human Translation
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Polish to Russian, and 4 more.
kept their children in check
Cyprus
Translation–Localisation–Transcreation
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
to be strict parents
"The Smirnovs were strict parents allowing (their kids) movie-going once a month only, and no sweets at all."
bring up in strict discipline
Some parents grow their children in strict discipline while others leave them free to ... First, children need to be disciplined more strictly because they need to ...
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The Smirnovs were strict in bringing their children up:...
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were raising their children in strict discipline
mature the kids in severity
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Susan Welsh
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Thank you, Susan, for the comment. Let me remind you the scores about, it is 1:1 so far. :)
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United States
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: English (Variants: US, British) 
, Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, Swedish to English
The Smirnoffs believed in austere upbringing of their children, they gave their children Spartan
Luxembourg
Technical, Legal & Financial Translator
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their children had a strict/harsh upbringing
Russian Federation
Your FinMarkets Translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
rule children rigidly
He was relentless in worrying him about his soul's concerns, and about ruling his children rigidly. [Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)]
Джозеф неотступно донимал хозяина своими наставлениями насчет заботы о душе и советами держать детей в строгости. [Эмили Бронте. Грозовой перевал]
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