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

An airplane passed overhead on its course to Miami (самолет пролетел над головой своим курсом на Майами) and he watched its shadow scaring up the schools of flying fish (и он наблюдал, как тень от него вспугивает = поднимает косяки летучих рыб; to scare — отпугивать, распугивать ).

traitor ['treItq], course [kLs], Miami [maI'xmI]

For a long time after that everyone had called him The Champion and there had been a return match in the spring. But not much money was bet and he had won it quite easily since he had broken the confidence of the negro from Cienfuegos in the first match. After that he had a few matches and then no more. He decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and he decided that it was bad for his right hand for fishing. He had tried a few practice matches with his left hand. But his left hand had always been a traitor and would not do what he called on it to do and he did not trust it.

The sun will bake it out well now, he thought. It should not cramp on me again unless it gets too cold in the night. I wonder what this night will bring.

An airplane passed overhead on its course to Miami and he watched its shadow scaring up the schools of flying fish.

"With so much flying fish there should be dolphin (раз здесь столько летучей рыбы, то должна быть и дорадо)," he said, and leaned back on the line to see if it was possible to gain any on his fish (и прислонился назад на лесу = уперся спиной о лесу, чтобы проверить, возможно ли подтянуть ее ближе: «получить/выиграть немного лесы от его рыбы»). But he could not (но он не мог) and it stayed at the hardness and water-drop shivering that preceded breaking (и она /леса/ оставалась на той упругости и дрожании капелек воды, которая предшествует разрыву). The boat moved ahead slowly (лодка двигалась вперед медленно) and he watched the airplane until he could no longer see it (и он смотрел на самолет, пока не смог его больше видеть = пока тот не скрылся).

It must be very strange in an airplane (в самолете, должно быть, очень странно), he thought. I wonder what the sea looks like from that height (интересно, как выглядит море с такой высоты)? They should be able to see the fish well if they do not fly too high (они могли бы хорошо видеть рыбу, если бы не летели слишком высоко). I would like to fly very slowly at two hundred fathoms high (я хотел бы медленно лететь на высоте в двести саженей) and see the fish from above (и видеть рыбу сверху). In the turtle boats I was in the cross-trees of the mast-head (в «черепашьих» лодках = когда я плавал за черепахами я взбирался на верхушку мачты) and even at that height I saw much (и даже с такой высоты я многое видел). The dolphin look greener from there (дорадо выглядит зеленее оттуда) and you can see their stripes and their purple spots (и ты можешь видеть их полоски и фиолетовые пятна) and you can see all of the school as they swim (и видишь всю плывущую стаю). Why is it that all the fast-moving fish of the dark current (почему так /получается/, что вся быстрая рыба темного течения = плавающая на темной глубине) have purple backs and usually purple stripes or spots (имеет фиолетовые спины и обычно фиолетовые полоски или пятна)? The dolphin looks green of course because he is really golden (дорадо, конечно, кажется зеленой, потому что она на самом деле золотистая). But when he comes to feed, truly hungry (но когда он кормится, действительно голодный), purple stripes show on his sides as on a marlin (фиолетовые полоски проступают по его бокам, как у марлиня). Can it be anger (может это быть из-за злости), or the greater speed he makes that brings them out (или бóльшая скорость, которую он развивает, заставляет их появиться)?

precede [prI'sJd], airplane ['eqpleIn], anger ['xNgq]

"With so much flying fish there should be dolphin," he said, and leaned back on the line to see if it was possible to gain any on his fish. But he could not and it stayed at the hardness and water-drop shivering that preceded breaking. The boat moved ahead slowly and he watched the airplane until he could no longer see it.

It must be very strange in an airplane, he thought. I wonder what the sea looks like from that height? They should be able to see the fish well if they do not fly too high. I would like to fly very slowly at two hundred fathoms high and see the fish from above. In the turtle boats I was in the cross-trees of the mast-head and even at that height I saw much. The dolphin look greener from there and you can see their stripes and their purple spots and you can see all of the school as they swim. Why is it that all the fast-moving fish of the dark current have purple backs and usually purple stripes or spots? The dolphin looks green of course because he is really golden. But when he comes to feed, truly hungry, purple stripes show on his sides as on a marlin. Can it be anger, or the greater speed he makes that brings them out?

Just before it was dark (как раз перед тем как стемнело), as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed (когда они проходили мимо большого острова саргассовых водорослей) that heaved and swung in the light sea (которые вздымались и раскачивались в легких волнах; to heave — вздыматься; подниматься и опускаться; to swing — качаться, колебаться ) as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket (как будто океан занимался любовью с чем-то под желтым покрывалом), his small line was taken by a dolphin (его маленькая леска поймала дорадо: «была взята дорадо»). He saw it first when it jumped in the air (он впервые увидел его, когда тот выпрыгнул в воздух), true gold in the last of the sun (истинно золотой в лучах заходящего солнца: «последнего солнца») and bending and flapping wildly in the air (изгибаясь и хлопая /плавниками/ дико = яростно в воздухе). It jumped again and again in the acrobatics of its fear (он выпрыгивал снова и снова в акробатике своего страха) and he worked his way back to the stern (и он /старик/ перебрался обратно на корму) and crouching and holding the big line with his right hand and arm (и, присев и держа большую лесу правой рукой и локтем), he pulled the dolphin in with his left hand (он вытащил дорадо левой рукой), stepping on the gained line each time with his bare left foot (каждый раз наступая на вытянутую лесу своей голой стопой левой ноги). When the fish was at the stern (когда рыба была у кормы), plunging and cutting from side to side in desperation (бьющаяся и бросающаяся из стороны в сторону в отчаянии; plunge — нырять; бросаться ), the old man leaned over the stern (старик перегнулся через корму) and lifted the burnished gold fish with its purple spots over the stern (и поднял блестящую золотую рыбу с фиолетовыми пятнами на лодку: «через корму»; to burnish — чистить, полировать ). Its jaws were working convulsively in quick bites against the hook (ее челюсти судорожно кусали крючок) and it pounded the bottom of the skiff with its long flat body (и она билась на дне лодки своим длинным плоским телом), its tail and its head (хвостом и головой) until he clubbed it across the shining golden head (пока он не ударил дубиной по ее сияющей золотой голове) until it shivered and was still (пока она не вздрогнула и не замерла).

heave [hJv], crouch [krauC], plunge [plAnG]

Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air. It jumped again and again in the acrobatics of its fear and he worked his way back to the stern and crouching and holding the big line with his right hand and arm, he pulled the dolphin in with his left hand, stepping on the gained line each time with his bare left foot. When the fish was at the stern, plunging and cutting from side to side in desperation, the old man leaned over the stern and lifted the burnished gold fish with its purple spots over the stern. Its jaws were working convulsively in quick bites against the hook and it pounded the bottom of the skiff with its long flat body, its tail and its head until he clubbed it across the shining golden head until it shivered and was still.

The old man unhooked the fish (старик снял рыбу с крючка), re-baited the line with another sardine (снова наживил леску другой сардиной) and tossed it over (и бросил ее за борт). Then he worked his way slowly back to the bow (затем он медленно перебрался назад на нос). He washed his left hand and wiped it on his trousers (он помыл свою левую руку и вытер ее о брюки). Then he shifted the heavy line from his right hand to his left (затем он переместил тяжелую лесу с правой руки на левую) and washed his right hand in the sea (и вымыл правую руку в море) while he watched the sun go into the ocean (наблюдая, как солнце садится за океан) and the slant of the big cord (и за наклоном большой лесы).

"He hasn't changed at all (она не изменилась совсем = ничего не изменилось)," he said. But watching the movement of the water against his hand (но, наблюдая за движением воды около его руки) he noted that it was perceptibly slower (он заметил, что оно стало ощутимо медленнее; perceptibly — заметно, ощутимо ).