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

wire ['waIq], several ['sevqrql], pain [peIn]

He is hitting the wire leader with his spear, be thought. That was bound to come. He had to do that. It may make him jump though and I would rather he stayed circling now. The jumps were necessary for him to take air. But after that each one can widen the opening of the hook wound and he can throw the hook.

"Don't jump, fish," he said. "Don't jump."

The fish hit the wire several times more and each time he shook his head the old man gave up a little line.

I must hold his pain where it is, he thought. Mine does not matter. I can control mine. But his pain could drive him mad.

After a while the fish stopped beating at the wire (через некоторое время рыба перестала бить по проволоке; after a while — в конце концов; через некоторое время) and started circling slowly again (и снова начала медленно кружить). The old man was gaining line steadily now (старик равномерно забирал лесу; to gain — добывать; получать). But he felt faint again (но он снова почувствовал слабость). He lifted some sea water with his left hand (он зачерпнул: «поднял» немного морской воды левой рукой) and put it on his head (и вылил ее себе на голову). Then he put more on (затем он вылил еще) and rubbed the back of his neck (и потер загривок/затылок: «заднюю часть шеи»; to rub — тереть; back of the head, back/nape of the neck — затылок).

"I have no cramps (у меня нет судороги)," he said. "He'll be up soon (она скоро всплывет) and I can last (я выдержу; to last — продолжаться, тянуться, длиться; выдерживать). You have to last (ты должен выдержать). Don't even speak of it (даже не говори об этом)."

He kneeled against the bow (он опустился на колени /прижавшись коленями/ к носу лодки) and, for a moment, slipped the line over his back again (и на время перекинул лесу снова на спину). I'll rest now while he goes out on the circle (я сейчас передохну, пока она ходит кругами) and then stand up and work on him when he comes in (а затем встану и начну работать над ней = выбирать лесу, когда она подойдет поближе), he decided (решил он).

It was a great temptation to rest in the bow (передохнуть на носу лодки было большим искушением) and let the fish make one circle by himself (и позволить рыбе сделать один круг самой) without recovering any line (вовсе не выбирая лесы; to recover — возвращать, получать обратно). But when the strain showed the fish had turned to come toward the boat (но когда натяжение /лесы/ показало, что рыба повернула и возвращается к лодке), the old man rose to his feet (старик поднялся на ноги) and started the pivoting and the weaving pulling (и начал, вращая туловищем и взмахивая руками, тянуть: «начал вращательную и со взмахами тягу»; to weave — ткать; качаться, покачиваться) that brought in all the line he gained (чтобы выбрать как можно больше лесы: «которая приносила ему всю лесу, которую он добывал»).

gain [geIn], recover [rI'kAvq], weave [wJv]

After a while the fish stopped beating at the wire and started circling slowly again. The old man was gaining line steadily now. But he felt faint again. He lifted some sea water with his left hand and put it on his head. Then he put more on and rubbed the back of his neck.

"I have no cramps," he said. "He'll be up soon and I can last. You have to last. Don't even speak of it."

He kneeled against the bow and, for a moment, slipped the line over his back again. I'll rest now while he goes out on the circle and then stand up and work on him when he comes in, he decided.

It was a great temptation to rest in the bow and let the fish make one circle by himself without recovering any line. But when the strain showed the fish had turned to come toward the boat, the old man rose to his feet and started the pivoting and the weaving pulling that brought in all the line he gained.

I'm tireder than I have ever been (я устал так, как не уставал ни разу в жизни: «я более уставший, чем я когда-либо был»), he thought, and now the trade wind is rising (а ветер теперь усиливается; trade wind — пассат). But that will be good to take him in with (но будет хорошо взять его /ветер/ с собой /на обратном пути/ = этот ветер будет мне попутным на пути домой). I need that badly (мне это очень нужно).

"I'll rest on the next turn as he goes out (я передохну, когда она пойдет в следующий круг: «отдохну на следующем круге, когда она пойдет вовне»)," he said. "I feel much better (я чувствую себя гораздо лучше). Then in two or three turns more I will have him (тогда через два или три круга: «захода» рыба будет моей)."

His straw hat was far on the back of his head (его соломенная шляпа была далеко на затылке) and he sank down into the bow with the pull of the line as he felt the fish turn (он опустился на нос лодки от тяги лесы, когда он почувствовал, что рыба пошла на очередной круг; to sink — опускаться; to turn — поворачивать).

You work now, fish, he thought (теперь ты поработай, рыба, — подумал он). I'll take you at the turn (я возьмусь за тебя, когда ты повернешь).

The sea had risen considerably (море значительно поднялось = по морю прошла большая волна; considerably — значительно, много; to consider — рассматривать; принимать во внимание). But it was a fair-weather breeze (но это был ветер ясной погоды) and he had to have it to get home (и ему он был нужен, чтобы добраться до дому).

sink [sINk], considerably [kqn'sIdqrqblI], fair [feq]

I'm tireder than I have ever been, he thought, and now the trade wind is rising. But that will be good to take him in with. I need that badly.

"I'll rest on the next turn as he goes out," he said. "I feel much better. Then in two or three turns more I will have him."

His straw hat was far on the back of his head and he sank down into the bow with the pull of the line as he felt the fish turn.

You work now, fish, he thought. I'll take you at the turn.

The sea had risen considerably. But it was a fair-weather breeze and he had to have it to get home.

"I'll just steer south and west (буду править на юг и запад; to steer — править, вести судно)," he said. "A man is never lost at sea (человек никогда не заблудится: «никогда не потерян» в море) and it is a long island (к тому же остров длинный)."

It was on the third turn that he saw the fish first (рыбу он увидел впервые на третьем круге).

He saw him first as a dark shadow (он увидел ее сначала как темную тень) that took so long to pass under the boat (которая так долго проходила под лодкой: «взяла так долго = столь долгое время, чтобы пройти…») that he could not believe its length (что он не мог поверить в ее размеры: «длину»).

"No," he said. "He can't be that big (она не может быть настолько большой)."

But he was that big (но она была настолько большой) and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away (и под конец круга она всплыла на поверхность всего в тридцати ярдах от лодки) and the man saw his tail out of water (и старик увидел ее хвост, /высунувшийся/ из воды). It was higher than a big scythe blade (он был больше: «выше» большого серпа) and a very pale lavender above the dark blue water (и был бледно-лиловым над темной голубой водой = и над темной водой казался бледно-лиловым). It raked back (он отклонился назад; to rake — отклоняться) and as the fish swam just below the surface (и когда рыба проплывала прямо у поверхности) the old man could see his huge bulk (старик увидел ее огромное тело) and the purple stripes that banded him (и фиолетовые полоски, которые опоясывали ее /тело/). His dorsal fin was down (ее спинные плавники были опущены) and his huge pectorals were spread wide (а огромные грудные плавники были широко раскинуты).

steer [stIq], island ['aIlqnd], pectoral ['pektqrql]

"I'll just steer south and west," he said. "A man is never lost at sea and it is a long island."

It was on the third turn that he saw the fish first.

He saw him first as a dark shadow that took so long to pass under the boat that he could not believe its length.

"No," he said. "He can't be that big."

But he was that big and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away and the man saw his tail out of water. It was higher than a big scythe blade and a very pale lavender above the dark blue water. It raked back and as the fish swam just below the surface the old man could see his huge bulk and the purple stripes that banded him. His dorsal fin was down and his huge pectorals were spread wide.

On this circle the old man could see the fish's eye (на этом круге старик увидел глаз рыбы) and the two gray sucking fish that swain around him (и двух серых рыб-прилипал, которые кружили вокруг нее; swain — деревенский парень; крестьянин, сельский житель; пастух, пастушок; обожатель, поклонник). Sometimes they attached themselves to him (иногда они прилеплялись к ней; to attach — прикреплять). Sometimes they darted off (иногда бросались прочь; to dart off — срываться с места; dart — стрела, легкое копье, дротик). Sometimes they would swim easily in his shadow (иногда они свободно плыли в ее тени). They were each over three feet long (каждая была длиною более трех футов) and when they swam fast they lashed their whole bodies like eels (и когда они плыли быстро, они извивались всем телом, как угри; eel — угорь).

The old man was sweating now (старик сейчас потел) but from something else besides the sun (но не только от солнца: «но от чего-то другого, помимо солнца»). On each calm placid turn the fish made (на каждом круге, который рыба делала спокойно и безмятежно; placid — безмятежный, мирный) he was gaining line (он забирал лесу) and he was sure that in two turns more (и был уверен, что еще через два круга) he would have a chance to get the harpoon in (он сможет всадить в нее гарпун).

But I must get him close (но я должен подпустить ее близко), close, close, he thought. I mustn't try for the head (нельзя пробовать попасть в голову). I must get the heart (я должен попасть в сердце).

"Be calm and strong (будь спокойным и сильным), old man," he said.

swain [sweIn], attach [q'txC], eel [Jl], placid ['plxsId]

On this circle the old man could see the fish's eye and the two gray sucking fish that swain around him. Sometimes they attached themselves to him. Sometimes they darted off. Sometimes they would swim easily in his shadow. They were each over three feet long and when they swam fast they lashed their whole bodies like eels.

The old man was sweating now but from something else besides the sun. On each calm placid turn the fish made he was gaining line and he was sure that in two turns more he would have a chance to get the harpoon in.

But I must get him close, close, close, he thought. I mustn't try for the head. I must get the heart.

"Be calm and strong, old man," he said.

On the next circle the fish's back was out (на следующем круге спина рыбы показалась над водой) but he was a little too far from the boat (но она была немного дальше от лодки /чем хотелось бы/). On the next circle he was still too far away (на следующем круге она все еще была слишком далеко) but he was higher out of water (но она сильнее возвышалась над водой) and the old man was sure that by gaining some more line he could have him alongside (и старик был уверен, что, забрав еще немного лесы, он сможет подтянуть ее к борту; alongside — неподалеку, поблизости; вдоль /чего-либо/; у борта).

He had rigged his harpoon long before (он подготовил гарпун задолго до этого; to rig — оснащать; rig — мор. оснастка) and its coil of light rope was in a round basket (и его /гарпуна/ моток тонкой веревки был в круглой корзине) and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow (и конец был привязан к кнехту на носу лодки).