Джон Рональд – Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит (страница 74)
“We counted ourselves (мы посчитались) and found that there was no hobbit (и обнаружили, что хоббита нет). There were only fourteen of us left (нас осталось только четырнадцать)!”
chain [tʃeɪn] dozen [ˈdʌz (ǝ) n] couple [ˈkʌp (ǝ) l] mislaid [mɪsˈleɪd]
“Where was I? O yes — I was
“Good!” growled Beorn. “It is some good being a wizard, then. ”
“ — and slipped inside the crack before it closed. I followed down into the main hall, which was crowded with goblins. The Great Goblin was there with thirty or forty armed guards. I thought to myself ‘even if they were not all chained together, what can a dozen do against so many?’ “
“A dozen! That’s the first time I’ve heard eight called a dozen. Or have you still got some more jacks that haven’t yet come out of their boxes?”
“Well, yes, there seem to be a couple more here now — Fili and Kili, I believe, ” said Gandalf, as these two now appeared and stood smiling and bowing.
“That’s enough!” said Beorn. “Sit down and be quiet! Now go on, Gandalf!” So Gandalf went on with the tale, until he came to the fight in the dark, the discovery of the lower gate, and their horror when they found that Mr.
Baggins had been mislaid.
“We counted ourselves and found that there was no hobbit. There were only fourteen of us left!”
“Fourteen (четырнадцать)! That’s the first time I’ve heard (это первый раз, когда я слышу) one from ten leave fourteen (что десять минус один равняется четырнадцати: «что один из десяти оставляет четырнадцать»). You mean nine (вы имеете в виду девять), or else you haven’t told me yet (или, вы еще не рассказали мне) all the names of your party (все имена вашей компании). ”
“Well, of course you haven’t seen Oin and Gloin yet (ну, конечно, вы еще не видели Ойна и Глойна). And, bless me (и, Боже мой: «благослови меня»)! here they are (вот они). I hope you will forgive them (я надеюсь, вы простите их) for bothering you (что беспокоят вас;
“O let ‘em all come (о, пусть все они заходят)! Hurry up (поторопитесь)! Come along, you two, and sit down (проходите, вы двое, и присаживайтесь)! But look here, Gandalf (но послушайте, Гэндальф), even now we have only got yourself (даже сейчас у нас есть вы) and ten dwarves (и десять гномов) and the hobbit that was lost (и хоббит, который был потерян). That only makes eleven (это получается одиннадцать) (plus one mislaid (плюс один затерявшийся)) and not fourteen (а не четырнадцать), unless wizards count differently to other people (если только волшебники не считают по другому, чем все люди). But now please get on with the tale (но сейчас, пожалуйста, продолжайте историю). ”
Beorn did not show it more than he could help (Беорн не показывал это, насколько мог;
bother [ˈbɔðǝ] interested [ˈɪntrɪstɪd] reappearance [ˌri: ǝˈpɪ (ǝ) rǝns]
“Fourteen! That’s the first time I’ve heard one from ten leave fourteen. You mean nine, or else you haven’t told me yet all the names of your party. ” “Well, of course you haven’t seen Oin and Gloin yet. And, bless me! here they are. I hope you will forgive them for bothering you. ”
“O let ‘em all come! Hurry up! Come along, you two, and sit down! But look here, Gandalf, even now we have only got yourself and ten dwarves and the hobbit that was lost. That only makes eleven (plus one mislaid) and not fourteen, unless wizards count differently to other people. But now please get on with the tale. ” Beorn did not show it more than he could help, but really he had begun to get very interested. You see, in the old days he had known the very part of the mountains that Gandalf was describing. He nodded and he growled, when he heard of the hobbit’s reappearance and of their scramble down the stone-slide and of the wolf-ring in the woods. When Gandalf came to their climbing into trees with the wolves all underneath, he got up and strode about and muttered:
“I wish I had been there (желал бы я быть там)! I would have given them more than fireworks (я бы задал им нечто большее, чем фейерверки)!”
“Well (ну), ” said Gandalf very glad to see (сказал Гэндальф, очень довольный, увидев) that his tale was making a good impression (что его история производила хорошее впечатление), “I did the best I could (я старался изо всех сил: «сделал лучшее, что мог»). There we were (вот там мы и были) with the wolves going mad underneath us (/при том что/ все эти волки сходили с ума внизу под нами) and the forest beginning to blaze in places (и лес уже начинал пылать в некоторых местах), when the goblins came down from the hills (когда гоблины спустились с холмов) and discovered us (и обнаружили нас). They yelled with delight (они завопили от восторга) and sang songs making fun of us (и запели песни, высмеивая нас;
“Good heavens (Боже мой)!” growled Beorn (прорычал Беорн). “Don’t pretend that goblins can’t count (не делайте вид, что гоблины не умеют считать). They can (они умеют). Twelve isn’t fifteen (двенадцать — это не пятнадцать) and they know it (и они знают это). ”
“And so do I (и я тоже). There were Bifur and Bofur as well (там еще так же были Бифур и Бофур). I haven’t ventured to introduce them before (я не рискнул представить их раньше), but here they are (но вот они). ”
firework [ˈfaɪǝwǝ: k] impression [ɪmˈpreʃ (ǝ) n] underneath [ʌndǝˈni: Ɵ]
“I wish I had been there! I would have given them more than fireworks!” “Well, ” said Gandalf very glad to see that his tale was making a good impression, “I did the best I could. There we were with the wolves going mad underneath us and the forest beginning to blaze in places, when the goblins came down from the hills and discovered us. They yelled with delight and sang songs making fun of us.
“Good heavens!” growled Beorn. “Don’t pretend that goblins can’t count. They can. Twelve isn’t fifteen and they know it. ”
“And so do I. There were Bifur and Bofur as well. I haven’t ventured to introduce them before, but here they are. ”
In came Bifur and Bofur (вошли Бифур и Бофур). “And me (и я)!” gasped Bombur pulling up behind (выдавил из себя Бомбур, догоняя /их — Бифура и Бофура/, появляясь следом;
“Well, now there are fifteen of you (итак, теперь вас пятнадцать); and since goblins can count (и так как гоблины умеют считать), I suppose that is all (я полагаю, что это все) that there were up the trees (которые сидели там вверху, в деревьях). Now perhaps we can finish this story (теперь, возможно, мы уже можем закончить эту историю) without any more interruptions (больше без помех;