YOU SAID:
The table was sold to an old couple.
INTO JAPANESE
テーブルは老夫婦に売られました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The table was sold to an elderly couple.
INTO JAPANESE
テーブルは年配のカップルに売られました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The table was sold to an elderly couple.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.