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Context. Characters A and B have just gotten defeated by younger character C.
And it has been about a year or so since they last met.

> A: 若い子の相手は、そろそろキツいわー
>
> B: 年だかんねえ、あたしたちも。

My problem in general with A and B is that they seem to tent to really
colloquial language, especially A.

But anyway, first of, the problematic bit is そろそろキツいわー. I think キツい is きつい
which was for some reason written using katakana. わー is likely some sort of
untranslatable exclamation. My problem is そろそろ + きつい since it isn't excatly
logical to say slowly formidable. So as of now I'm translating it as:

> This young girl is steadily becoming formidable…

but I'm not 100% certain.

For the B's dialogue, 年だかんねえ is problematic. After some digging I was able to
figure out that 年だかんねえ= 年だからねえ. So I'm thinking that she MIGHT be saying that
their defeat and growth of C is because it's been a year. あたしたち is probably
there to add that it's been a year for them too (since they were retired for
that time). ねえ is just there to make it rhetorical. SO for now the translation
is:

> It’s been a year for us too.

So basically the question is am I right? Where am I wrong? And is there any
special meaning behind using katakana instead of hiragana for キツ.
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translation colloquial-language onomatopoeia interpretation
Translation check そろそろキツい and だかんねえ
> A: 若{わか}い子{こ}の相手{あいて}は、そろそろキツいわー
>
> B: 年{とし}だかんねえ、あたしたちも。

Where to start? I'll be honest. You're having a harder time than you seem to
think with these lines.

「そろそろ」, in this context, means " _ **gradually**_ ".

「キツい」 here means _**" tough", "difficult", "hard"**_, etc. The reason for the
katakana use is that it is used for the colloquial/slangy meaning of 「きつ い」,
which orignally means "tight". The use of katakana for that purpose is
extremely common.

> わー is likely some sort of untranslatable exclamation.

Precisely.

More importantly, the subject of the first sentence is 「相手」 and not 「若い子」. The
subject is " _ **facing young kids**_ " and not "young kids".

On to the second line..

「年{とし}」 here means " _ **old**_ " and not "year". Trust me, you will encounter
this usage over and over.

「だか **ん** ねえ」 is the Kanto colloquialism for 「だか **ら** ねえ」 as you guessed. The
more colloquial native speakers get, the more ん's and small っ's they use.

Thus, my own TL would be:

> "It's gradually getting tough to face young(er) kids."
>
> "'Cause we're getting old, eh?"
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