Джон Рональд – Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит (страница 68)
After a good while (спустя достаточно долгое время) the eagles must have seen the point they were making for (орлы, должно быть, увидели то самое место, к которому они направлялись), even from their great height (даже с той: «их» огромной высоты), for they began to go down (так как они начали спускаться) circling round in great spirals (кружась по большой спирали). They did this for a long while (они делали это достаточно долго), and at last the hobbit opened his eyes again (и, наконец, хоббит снова открыл глаза). The earth was much nearer (земля была гораздо ближе), and below them were trees (и под ними были деревья) that looked like oaks and elms (которые были похожи на дубы и вязы), and wide grass lands (и широкие участки земли, поросшие травой), and a river running through it all (и речка, которая текла по всей этой территории). But cropping out of the ground (но, торча над землей;
Quickly now (теперь уже быстро) to the top of this rock (к вершине этой скалы) the eagles swooped (устремились орлы) one by one (одним за другим) and set down their passengers (и ссадили своих пассажиров).
frightened [ˈfraɪtnd] height [haɪt] loop [lu: p] passenger [ˈpæ| sɪndʒǝ, — s (ǝ) ndʒǝ]
“Don’t pinch!” said his eagle. “You need not be frightened like a rabbit, even if you look rather like one. It is a fair morning with little wind. What is finer than flying?”
Bilbo would have liked to say: “A warm bath and late breakfast on the lawn afterwards; ” but he thought it better to say nothing at all, and to let go his clutch just a tiny bit.
After a good while the eagles must have seen the point they were making for, even from their great height, for they began to go down circling round in great spirals. They did this for a long while, and at last the hobbit opened his eyes again. The earth was much nearer, and below them were trees that looked like oaks and elms, and wide grass lands, and a river running through it all. But cropping out of the ground, right in the path of the stream which looped itself about it, was a great rock, almost a hill of stone, like a last outpost of the distant mountains, or a huge piece cast miles into the plain by some giant among giants.
Quickly now to the top of this rock the eagles swooped one by one and set down their passengers.
“Farewell (прощайте)!” they cried (закричали они), “wherever you fare (куда бы вы ни путешествовали), till your eyries receive you at the journey’s end (пока не примет вас родное гнездо в конце путешествия)!” That is the polite thing to say among eagles (это вежливая форма среди орлов).
“May the wind under your wings (пусть ветер под вашими крыльями) bear you where the sun sails (отнесет вас туда, где плывет солнце) and the moon walks (и ступает луна), ” answered Gandalf (ответил Гэндальф), who knew the correct reply (который знал верный ответ). And so they parted (и таким образом они расстались). And though the lord of the eagles (и хотя повелитель орлов) became in after days the King of All Birds (стал в будущем Королем Всех Птиц;
fare [feǝ] chieftain [ˈtʃi: ftǝn] collar [ˈkɔlǝ] wholesome [ˈhǝʋls (ǝ) m]
“Farewell!” they cried, “wherever you fare, till your eyries receive you at the journey’s end!” That is the polite thing to say among eagles.
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks, ” answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply. And so they parted. And though the lord of the eagles became in after days the King of All Birds and wore a golden crown, and his fifteen chieftain’s golden collars (made of the gold that the dwarves gave them), Bilbo never saw them again — except high and far off in the battle of Five Armies. But as that comes in at the end of this tale we will say no more about it just now. There was a flat space on the top of the hill of stone and a well worn path with many steps leading down it to the river, across which a ford of huge flat stones led to the grass-land beyond the stream. There was a little cave (a wholesome one with a pebbly floor) at the foot of the steps and near the end of the stony ford. Here the party gathered and discussed what was to be done.
“I always meant (я всегда намеревался) to see you all safe (проводить вас всех благополучно) (if possible (если возможно)) over the mountains (за эти горы), ” said the wizard (сказал волшебник), “and now by good management (и теперь, благодаря хитрости;
The dwarves groaned (гномы тяжело вздохнули;
“I am not going to disappear this very instant (я не исчезну в это же мгновение), ” said he. “I can give you a day or two more (я могу уделить вам еще день или два). Probably I can help you out of your present plight (возможно, я могу выручить вас из вашего нынешнего /трудного/ положения), and I need a little help myself (и мне самому нужно немного помощи). We have no food (у нас нет еды), and no baggage (и никакого багажа), and no ponies to ride (и пони, на которых можно скакать/ехать); and you don’t know where you are (и вы же не знаете, где находитесь). Now I can tell you that (теперь я могу вам это сказать). You are still some miles north of the path (вы все еще в нескольких милях к северу от той тропы) which we should have been following (по которой мы бы следовали), if we had not left the mountain pass in a hurry (если бы мы не покинули горный перевал в спешке). Very few people live in these parts (очень мало людей живет в этих краях), unless they have come here (если они только не пришли сюда) since I was last down this way (с тех самых пор, когда я был здесь в последний раз), which is some years ago (а это было несколько лет назад). But there is somebody that I know of (но здесь есть кое-кто, кого я знаю), who lives not far away (который живет недалеко отсюда).
groan [ɡrǝʋn] plight [plaɪt] baggage [ˈbæɡɪdʒ]
“I always meant to see you all safe (if possible) over the mountains, ” said the wizard, “and now by good management