Роберт Говард – Английский язык с Конаном-варваром (страница 9)

ration [ræʃn], staring [stɛərɪŋ], would [wʋd]

The soldiers sat about the fire, sharing the last of this night’s ration of wine from goatskin bags. Some laughed and boasted of the amorous feats they would do in the silken bagnios of Aghrapur upon their return. Others, weary from a long day’s hard ride, sat silently, staring at the fire and yawning. Soon they would settle down for the night, rolled in their heavy cloaks. With their heads pillowed on saddlebags, they would lie in a loose circle about the hissing fire, while two of their number stood guard with their powerful Hyrkanian bows strung and ready. They sensed nothing of the sinister force that hovered about the valley.

Standing with his back to the nearest of the giant redwoods (стоя /со/ /своей/его/ спиной к ближайшей из гигантских секвой), Conan wrapped his cloak more closely about him against the dank breeze from the heights (Конан запахнул свой плащ более плотно / поплотнее /вокруг него/ от промозглого ветра с вершин). Although his troopers were well-built men of good size, he towered half a head over the tallest of them (хотя его солдаты были хорошо сложенными мужчинами хорошего размера = крупными, он возвышался /на/ полголовы над самым высоким из них), while his enormous breadth of shoulder made them seem puny by comparison (в то время как его огромная ширина плеч/а/ выставляла их тщедушными: «делала их казаться тщедушными» — по сравнению /с ним/; to make — делать, заставлять). His square-cut black mane escaped from below the edges of his spired, turban-wound helmet (его ровно подстриженная черная грива выскальзывала из-под краев его остроконечного, обвернутого тюрбаном шлема), and the deep-set blue eyes in his dark, scarred face caught glints of red from the firelight (а глубоко посаженные глаза на его темном покрытом шрамами лице ловили вспышки красного от пламени костра; to scar — покрывать шрамами, to catch — ловить).

giant [ʤaɪənt], although [ɔ:lˈðəu], breadth [bredƟ]

Standing with his back to the nearest of the giant redwoods, Conan wrapped his cloak more closely about him against the dank breeze from the heights. Although his troopers were well-built men of good size, he towered half a head over the tallest of them, while his enormous breadth of shoulder made them seem puny by comparison. His square-cut black mane escaped from below the edges of his spired, turban-wound helmet, and the deep-set blue eyes in his dark, scarred face caught glints of red from the firelight.

Sunk in one of his fits of melancholy gloom, Conan silently cursed King Yildiz (погруженный в один из /его/ приступов меланхоличной депрессии, Конан безмолвно проклинал короля Илдиза), the well-meaning but weak Turanian monarch who had sent him on this ill-omened mission (исполненного благих намерений: хорошо-подразумевающего», но слабого туранского монарха, который послал его на/в это предвещающее беду задание/миссию; to send — посылать). Over a year had passed since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the king of Turan (более года прошло с тех пор, как он дал клятву: «взял клятву» — верности королю Турана; to take — брать, взять). Six months before, he had been lucky enough to earn this king’s favor (шесть месяцев назад он оказался достаточно удачлив, чтобы приобрести благосклонность короля); with the help of a fellow-mercenary, Juma the Kushite, he had rescued Yildiz’s daughter Zosara from the mad god-king of Meru (с помощью приятеля-наемника, Джумы-кушита, он спас дочь Илдиза Зосару от сумасшедшего бога-короля Меру). He had brought the princess, more or less intact, to her affianced bridegroom, Khan Kujala of the nomadic Kuigar horde (он привез принцессу, более-/или/-менее нетронутой ее /обрученному/ /с ней/ жениху, хану Куджале кочевой куйгарской орды = Куджале, хану орды кочевников-куйгаров).

princess [prɪnˈses], enough [ɪˈnʌf], horde [hɔ: d]

Sunk in one of his fits of melancholy gloom, Conan silently cursed King Yildiz, the well-meaning but weak Turanian monarch who had sent him on this ill-omened mission. Over a year had passed since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the king of Turan. Six months before, he had been lucky enough to earn this king’s favor; with the help of a fellow-mercenary, Juma the Kushite, he had rescued Yildiz’s daughter Zosara from the mad god-king of Meru. He had brought the princess, more or less intact, to her affianced bridegroom, Khan Kujala of the nomadic Kuigar horde.

When Conan returned to Yildiz’s glittering capital of Aghrapur, he had found the monarch generous enough in his gratitude (когда Конан вернулся в блистающую столицу Илдиза — Аграпур, он нашел монарха щедрым достаточно = достаточно щедрым в своей/его благодарности). Both he and Juma had been raised to captain (оба — он и Джума = как он, так и Джума были произведены в капитаны; had been raised to — пассив в предпрошедшем времени — был произведен в, повышен до). But, whereas Juma had obtained a coveted post in the Royal Guard, Conan had been rewarded with yet another arduous, perilous mission (но, в то время как Джума получил желаемую должность в королевской страже, Конан был вознагражден еще одной трудной, опасной миссией). Now, as he recalled these events, he sourly contemplated the fruits of success (теперь, когда он вспоминал эти события, он мрачно/угрюмо созерцал плоды успеха).

captain [ˈkæptɪn], guard [ɡɑ: d], mission [mɪʃn]

When Conan returned to Yildiz’s glittering capital of Aghrapur, he had found the monarch generous enough in his gratitude. Both he and Juma had been raised to captain. But, whereas Juma had obtained a coveted post in the Royal Guard, Conan had been rewarded with yet another arduous, perilous mission. Now, as he recalled these events, he sourly contemplated the fruits of success.

Yildiz had entrusted the Cimmerian giant with a letter to King Shu of Kusan, a minor kingdom in western Khitai (Илдиз доверил киммерийскому гиганту письмо к королю Шу /повелителю/ Кусана, небольшого королевства в западном Кхитае). At the head of forty veterans, Conan had accomplished the immense journey (во главе сорока ветеранов Конан совершил бесконечное путешествие). He had traversed hundreds of leagues of bleak Hyrkanian steppe and skirted the foothills of the towering Talakma Mountains (он преодолел сотни лиг суровой гирканской степи и обогнул подножия высоких Талакмийских гор). He had threaded his way through the windy deserts and swampy jungles bordering the mysterious realm of Khitai, the easternmost land of which the men of the West had heard (он прокладывал свой путь через ветреные = обдуваемые ветром пустыни и болотистые джунгли, граничащие /с/ таинственным королевством Кхитай, самой восточной землей, о которой люди Запада слышали = слышали люди Запада).

forty [fɔ: tɪ], swampy [swɔmpɪ], jungles [ʤʌŋɡlz]

Yildiz had entrusted the Cimmerian giant with a letter to King Shu of Kusan, a minor kingdom in western Khitai. At the head of forty veterans, Conan had accomplished the immense journey. He had traversed hundreds of leagues of bleak Hyrkanian steppe and skirted the foothills of the towering Talakma Mountains. He had threaded his way through the windy deserts and swampy jungles bordering the mysterious realm of Khitai, the easternmost land of which the men of the West had heard.

Arrived in Kusan at last (прибыв наконец в Кусан; at last — наконец), Conan had found the venerable and philosophical King Shu a splendid host (Конан нашел почтенного и философского = здравомыслящего короля Шу отличным хозяином). While Conan and his warriors were plied with exotic food and drink and furnished with willing concubines, the king and his advisers decided to accept King Yildiz’s offer of a treaty of friendship and trade (пока Конана и его воинов угощали: «были угощаемы» экзотической пищей и напитками и снабжали исполнительными наложницами, король и его советники решили принять предложение короля Илдиза договора о дружбе и торговле). So the wise old king had handed Conan a gorgeous scroll of gilded silk (поэтому мудрый старый король вручил Конану прекрасный свиток из позолоченного шелка). Thereon were inscribed, in the writhing ideographs of Khitai and the gracefully slanted characters of Hyrkania, the formal replies and felicitations of the Khitan king (на нем были написаны витиеватыми идеограммами Кхитая и грациозно наклонными буквами Гиркании официальные ответы и поздравления Кхитайского короля; thereon — на нем).

king [kɪŋ], scroll [skrəul], character [ˈkærɪktə]

Arrived in Kusan at last, Conan had found the venerable and philosophical King Shu a splendid host. While Conan and his warriors were plied with exotic food and drink and furnished with willing concubines, the king and his advisers decided to accept King Yildiz’s offer of a treaty of friendship and trade. So the wise old king had handed Conan a gorgeous scroll of gilded silk. Thereon were inscribed, in the writhing ideographs of Khitai and the gracefully slanted characters of Hyrkania, the formal replies and felicitations of the Khitan king.

Besides a silken purse full of Khitan gold, King Shu had also furnished Conan with a high noble of his court (кроме шелкового кошеля, полного кхитайского золота, король Шу также снабдил Конана высокопоставленным аристократом его двора), to guide them as far as the western borders of Khitai (чтобы провести их /аж/ до: «так далеко, как» — западных границ Кхитая). But Conan had not liked this guide, this Duke Feng (но Конану не понравился этот проводник, этот князь Фэн).