Илья Франк - Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море

When once, through my treachery, it had been necessary to him to make a choice (подумать только, что благодаря моему коварству ей было необходимо сделать выбор; when once — стоит лишь ), the old man thought.

promptly ['prOmptlI], whatever [wOt'evq], treachery ['treCqrI]

That was the saddest thing I ever saw with them, the old man thought. The boy was sad too and we begged her pardon and butchered her promptly.

"I wish the boy was here," he said aloud and settled himself against the rounded planks of the bow and felt the strength of the great fish through the line he held across his shoulders moving steadily toward whatever he had chosen.

When once, through my treachery, it had been necessary to him to make a choice, the old man thought.

His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water (ее выбор состоял в том, чтобы остаться в глубокой темной воде) far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries (далеко за пределами всех западней, ловушек и коварств; snare — западня, капкан ). My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people (мой выбор был в том, чтобы пойти туда и найти ее вдали от всех людей = куда не проникал ни один человек; beyond — далеко, вдали; на расстоянии; за, по ту сторону, за пределами ). Beyond all people in the world (вдали от всех людей в мире). Now we are joined together and have been since noon (сейчас мы соединены вместе и соединены /уже/ с полудня). And no one to help either one of us (и никто не поможет ни одному из нас).

Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman (возможно, мне не стоило становиться рыбаком), he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for (но это было призвание, для которого я родился). I must surely remember to eat the tuna after it gets light (я, несомненно, должен не забыть съесть тунца после того, как станет светло = рассветет).

Some time before daylight something took one of the baits that were behind him (некоторое время перед рассветом что-то заглотило одну из наживок, которые были позади него). He heard the stick break and the line begin to rush out over the gunwale of the skiff (он услышал, как сломалась палка = удилище и леса устремилась через планшир [2] Планшир — деревянный брус или стальная продольная полка по обводу корпуса судна для придания жесткости и прочности и для укрепления такелажа . лодки; gunwale — планшир ). In the darkness he loosened his sheath knife (в темноте он отцепил свой нож; to loosen — развязывать, отпускать; sheath — ножны; sheath knife — нож с неубирающимся лезвием, который обычно носится в ножнах или футляре ) and taking all the strain of the fish on his left shoulder (и, взяв = перенеся всю нагрузку рыбы на свое левое плечо) he leaned back and cut the line against the wood of the gunwale (он наклонился назад и перерезал лесу о дерево планшира = на планшире). Then he cut the other line closest to him (затем он перерезал другую лесу, которая была ближе всех к нему) and in the dark made the loose ends of the reserve coils fast (и в темноте соединил свободные концы запасных мотков; fast — крепкий, прикрепленный ). He worked skillfully with the one hand (он умело работал одной рукой; skillful — опытный, искусный; мастерский; skill — навык ) and put his foot on the coils to hold them as he drew his knots tight (и поставил свою ногу на мотки, чтобы удержать их, пока он затягивал крепко узлы). Now he had six reserve coils of line (теперь у него было шесть запасных мотков лесы). There were two from each bait he had severed (два от каждой наживки, которые он перерезал; sever — отделять, отрезать ) and the two from the bait the fish had taken (и два от наживки, которую заглотила рыба) and they were all connected (и все они были соединены).

snare [sneq], sheath [SJT], sever ['sevq]

His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries. My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people. Beyond all people in the world. Now we are joined together and have been since noon. And no one to help either one of us.

Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for. I must surely remember to eat the tuna after it gets light.

Some time before daylight something took one of the baits that were behind him. He heard the stick break and the line begin to rush out over the gunwale of the skiff. In the darkness he loosened his sheath knife and taking all the strain of the fish on his left shoulder he leaned back and cut the line against the wood of the gunwale. Then he cut the other line closest to him and in the dark made the loose ends of the reserve coils fast. He worked skillfully with the one hand and put his foot on the coils to hold them as he drew his knots tight. Now he had six reserve coils of line. There were two from each bait he had severed and the two from the bait the fish had taken and they were all connected.

After it is light (когда станет светло), he thought, I will work back to the forty-fathom bait and cut it away too (я дотянусь до лесы в сорок саженей и тоже ее перережу) and link up the reserve coils (и соединю с запасными мотками). I will have lost two hundred fathoms of good Catalan carbel (я потеряю двести саженей хорошей каталанской веревки) and the hooks and leaders (да крючки с грузилами). That can be replaced (это может быть замещено = можно будет купить снова). But who replaces this fish if I hook some fish and it cuts him off (но что может заменить эту рыбу, если я зацеплю другую, и она сорвет эту)? I don't know what that fish was that took the bait just now (не знаю, что за рыба заглотила наживку только что). It could have been a marlin (это могла бы быть марлинь) or a broadbill (или меч-рыба) or a shark (или акула). I never felt him (я ее не чувствовал). I had to get rid of him too fast (я должен был избавиться от нее поскорее).

Aloud he said, "I wish I had the boy."

But you haven't got the boy (но с тобой нет мальчика), he thought. You have only yourself (у тебя есть только ты) and you had better work back to the last line now (и тебе лучше сейчас заняться последней лесой), in the dark or not in the dark (в темноте или не в темноте), and cut it away and hook up the two reserve coils (и отрезать ее, и соединить с двумя запасными мотками; to hook up — подсоединять; подключать /например, свет, телефон/ ).

broadbill ['brLdbIl], aloud [q'laud], reserve [rI'zWv]

After it is light, he thought, I will work back to the forty-fathom bait and cut it away too and link up the reserve coils. I will have lost two hundred fathoms of good Catalan cardel and the hooks and leaders. That can be replaced. But who replaces this fish if I hook some fish and it cuts him off? I don't know what that fish was that took the bait just now. It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark. I never felt him. I had to get rid of him too fast.

Aloud he said, "I wish I had the boy."

But you haven't got the boy, he thought. You have only yourself and you had better work back to the last line now, in the dark or not in the dark, and cut it away and hook up the two reserve coils.

So he did it (так он и сделал). It was difficult in the dark (это было сложно в темноте) and once the fish made a surge that pulled him down on his face (и один раз рыба дернула: «поднялась» так, что он упал лицом вниз: «так, что столкнула его вниз на лицо»; surge — подъем; to surge — подниматься, вздыматься ) and made a cut below his eye (и порезался: «сделал порез» ниже глаза). The blood ran down his cheek a little way (кровь проделала небольшой путь по его щеке). But it coagulated and dried before it reached his chin (но она свернулась и высохла прежде, чем достигла подбородка; to coagulate — свертываться, сгущаться ) and he worked his way back to the bow and rested against the wood (и он пробрался на нос и отдохнул, прислонившись к дереву). He adjusted the sack (он поправил мешок; to adjust — приводить в порядок ) and carefully worked the line so that it came across a new part of his shoulders (и осторожно поправил лесу так, чтобы она лежала на другой: «новой» части его плеч) and, holding it anchored with his shoulders (и, держа ее надежно закрепленной на своих плечах; to anchor — закреплять, прикреплять; anchor — якорь ), he carefully felt the pull of the fish (он осторожно проверил: «нащупал» тягу рыбы) and then felt with his hand the progress of the skiff through the water (а затем пощупал = проверил своей рукой движение лодки в воде).

I wonder what he made that lurch for (интересно, зачем она дернулась; lurch — пошатывание, шатание; крен /судна/ ), he thought. The wire must have slipped on the great hill of his back (проволока, должно быть, соскользнула с большого холма ее спины). Certainly his back cannot feel as badly as mine does (конечно, ее спина не может чувствовать себя также плохо, как моя). But he cannot pull this skiff forever (но она не может тянуть эту лодку вечно), no matter how great he is (неважно, насколько эта рыба большая = какой бы большой ни была эта рыба). Now everything is cleared away that might make trouble (теперь все, что может доставить неприятности = помешать, убрано) and I have a big reserve of line (и у меня есть большой запас лесы); all that a man can ask (все, чего только человек может желать).