Q:

"She tells me" versus "She is telling me"

I have just watched a movie and in particular moment in a movie (one person is standing outside the door, and there are three characters inside room: A, B and C. A is saying something in foreign language and B is translating it to the C) B is saying: "She tells me old man is standing outside the door". My question is: Shouldn't there be Present Continuous tense, like "She is telling me old man is standing outside the door"? Why there was Simple tense used in that sentence since that all happened in ona particular moment? 
Thank you in advance

A:

This could be the usage of slang. The correct form should go something like "She tells me an old man..." or "She is telling me an old man" but when using slang or shorthand speech sometimes people leave out words and it doesn't translate well or follow grammar rules.
Hope this helps :)

