YOU SAID:
自分とさほど年の変わらぬ少年
INTO JAPANESE
自分とさほど年の変わらぬ少年
BACK INTO ENGLISH
a boy who is not very old as himself
INTO JAPANESE
自分ほど年をとらない少年
BACK INTO ENGLISH
a boy who is not as old as himself
INTO JAPANESE
自分ほど年をとらない少年
BACK INTO ENGLISH
a boy who is not as old as himself
That didn't even make that much sense in English.