Уильям Моэм - Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы

His friends, like himself, were no longer young (его друзья, как и он сам, больше не были молодыми), and there was a new generation which looked upon him as a tiresome old man (пришло: «и было» новое поколение, которое смотрело на него как на надоедливого старика). It seemed to him that the England of to-day had lost a good deal of what he had loved in the England of his youth (ему казалось, что нынешняя Англия потеряла большую часть того, что он любил в Англии своей юности). But Borneo remained the same (но Борнео оставался таким же). It was home to him now (сейчас оно было для него домом). He meant to remain in the service as long as was possible (он намеревался оставаться на службе как можно дольше), and the hope in his heart was that he would die before at last he was forced to retire (а в его сердце была надежда, что он умрет до того, когда наконец будет вынужден пойти в отставку). He had stated in his will that wherever he died he wished his body to be brought back to Sembulu (он написал: «заявил» в своем завещании, что где бы он ни умер, он желает, чтобы его прах перевезли: «тело было возвращено» в Сембулу), and buried among the people he loved within the sound of the softly flowing river (и похоронили среди людей, которых он любил, там, где слышен шум: «в пределах шума» мягко струящейся реки).

generation [dZenq`reISn], youth [ju: T], retire [rI`taIq]

His friends, like himself, were no longer young, and there was a new generation which looked upon him as a tiresome old man. It seemed to him that the England of to-day had lost a good deal of what he had loved in the England of his youth. But Borneo remained the same. It was home to him now. He meant to remain in the service as long as was possible, and the hope in his heart was that he would die before at last he was forced to retire. He had stated in his will that wherever he died he wished his body to be brought back to Sembulu, and buried among the people he loved within the sound of the softly flowing river

But these emotions he kept hidden from the eyes of men (но эти чувства он скрывал: «держал спрятанными» от человеческих глаз); and no one, seeing this spruce, stout, well-set-up man, with his clean-shaven strong face and his whitening hair (и никто, глядя на этого элегантного, крепкого мужчину со стройным телосложением, с чисто выбритым сильным лицом и седеющими волосами; stout — крепкий, плотный, прочный), would have dreamed that he cherished so profound a sentiment (не мог догадаться, что он лелеял = таит такие глубокие чувства: «глубокое чувство»; to cherish — заботливо относиться, ухаживать; питать/надежду, чувство и т. п./;лелеять/что-либо в мыслях/).

He knew how the work of the station should be done (он знал как следует вести: «делать» работу резиденции), and during the next few days he kept a suspicious eye on his assistant (и в следующие несколько дней он с недоверием наблюдал за своим помощником; to keep an eye on smth. — наблюдать зачем-либо). He saw very soon that he was painstaking and competent (очень скоро он увидел, что тот был старательным и компетентным). The only fault he had to find with him was that he was brusque with the natives (единственным недостатком, который он нашел в нем, было его грубое отношение к туземцам: «было то, что он был груб с туземцами»).

spruce [spru: s], profound [prq`faund], brusque [bru: sk]

But these emotions he kept hidden from the eyes of men; and no one, seeing this spruce, stout, well-set-up man, with his clean-shaven strong face and his whitening hair, would have dreamed that he cherished so profound a sentiment.

He knew how the work of the station should be done, and during the next few days he kept a suspicious eye on his assistant. He saw very soon that he was painstaking and competent. The only fault he had to find with him was that he was brusque with the natives.

"The Malays are shy and very sensitive (малайцы робкие и очень чувствительные)," he said to him (сказал он ему /Куперу/). "I think you will find that you will get much better results (я уверен: «думаю», вы обнаружите, что получите = достигнете намного лучших результатов) if you take care always to be polite, patient and kindly (если позаботитесь о том, чтобы всегда быть вежливым, терпеливым и добрым)."

Cooper gave a short, grating laugh (/в ответ/ Купер коротко, резко рассмеялся; to give a laugh — рассмеяться; grating — скрежещущий, резкий, режущий /о звуке/; скрипучий /о голосе/).

" I was born in Barbados and I was in Africa in the war (я родился на Барбадосе и воевал в Африке: «был в Африке на войне»). I don`t think there`s much about niggers that I don`t know (не думайте, что существует еще что-то: «многое», чего я не знаю о неграх)."

"I know nothing (я /о них/ не знаю ничего)," said Mr. Warburton acidly (сказал мистер Уорбертон с раздражением). "But we were not talking of them (но мы говорили не о них). We were talking of Malays (мы говорили о малайцах)."

"Aren`t they niggers (разве они не негры)?"

"You are very ignorant (вы очень невежественны)," replied Mr. Warburton (сказал мистер Уорбертон).

He said no more (он больше ничего не сказал).

result [rI`zAlt], patient [peISnt], laugh [lQ: f], acidly [`жsIdlI], ignorant [`Ignqrqnt]

"The Malays are shy and very sensitive," he said to him. "I think you will find that you will get much better results if you take care always to be polite, patient and kindly."

Cooper gave a short, grating laugh.

"I was born in Barbados and I was in Africa in the war. I don`t think there`s much about niggers that I don`t know."

"I know nothing," said Mr. Warburton acidly. "But we were not talking of them. We were talking of Malays."

"Aren`t they niggers?"

"You are very ignorant," replied Mr. Warburton.

He said no more.

On the first Sunday after Cooper`s arrival he asked him to dinner (в первое воскресенье после приезда Купера он пригласил его на обед; to ask — спрашивать, попросить; приглашать). He did everything ceremoniously, and though they had met on the previous day in the office (он соблюдал этикет: «делал все церемонно», и несмотря на то, что они встречались накануне в канцелярии; ceremonious — протокольный, подчиненный правилам церемонии;office — офис, контора, канцелярия) and later, on the Fort verandah where they drank a gin and bitters together at six o`clock (и позже, на веранде форта, где они в шесть часов вместе пили джин и горькую настойку), he sent a polite note across to the bungalow by a boy (он послал боя с вежливой запиской через /дорогу/ в бунгало). Cooper, however unwillingly, came in evening dress and Mr. Warburton, though gratified that his wish was respected (Купер, хотя и неохотно, пришел в смокинге, и Уорбертон, хотя и довольный, что его желание было исполнено: «уважили»; evening dress — вечернее платье; фрак, смокинг), noticed with disdain that the young man`s clothes were badly cut and his shirt ill-fitting (с презрением отметил, что костюм молодого человека плохо скроен и рубашка была /выбрана/ неподходящая; to cut — резать; кроить /платье и т. п./; ill-fitting — неподходящий/об одежде/). But Mr. Warburton was in a good temper that evening (но мистер Уорбертон был в хорошем настроении в тот вечер).

previous [`pri: vjqs], verandah [vq`rxndq], gratified [`grxtIfaI]

On the first Sunday after Cooper`s arrival he asked him to dinner. He did everything ceremoniously, and though they had met on the previous day in the office and later, on the Fort verandah where they drank a gin and bitters together at six o`clock, he sent a polite note across to the bungalow by a boy. Cooper, however unwillingly, came in evening dress and Mr. Warburton, though gratified that his wish was respected, noticed with disdain that the young man`s clothes were badly cut and his shirt ill-fitting. But Mr. Warburton was in a good temper that evening.

"By the way (кстати)," he said to him, as he shook hands (сказал он ему = Куперу, обмениваясь рукопожатием), "I`ve talked to my head-boy about finding you someone and he recommends his nephew (я говорил с моим старшим боем о том, чтобы подыскать вам кого-нибудь, и он рекомендует своего племянника). I`ve seen him and he seems a bright and willing lad (я видел его, и он кажется толковым и старательным юношей; bright— яркий; блестящий; подающий надежды, обнадеживающий /о человеке/; willing — готовый /сделать что-либо/; охотно делающий что-либо; исполнительный, старательный, усердный). Would you like to see him (вы хотели бы увидеть его)?"

"I don`t mind (я не против)."

"He`s waiting now (он ждет здесь: «сейчас»)."

nephew [`nevju:]

"By the way," he said to him, as he shook hands, "I`ve talked to my head-boy about finding you someone and he recommends his nephew. I`ve seen him and he seems a bright and willing lad. Would you like to see him?"

"I don`t mind."

"He`s waiting now."

Mr. Warburton called his boy and told him to send for his nephew (мистер Уорбертон позвал своего боя и сказал = велел ему послать за племянником). In a moment a tall, slender youth of twenty appeared (через минуту появился высокий, стройный юноша двадцати лет). He had large dark eyes and a good profile (у него были большие темные глаза и хороший/приятный профиль). He was very neat in his sarong, a little white coat, and a fez, without a tassel, of plum-coloured velvet (он был = выглядел очень опрятно в своем саронге, маленькой = короткой белой куртке и феске без кисточки, из вельвета сливового цвета; fez— феска /головной убор в форме усеченного конуса с кисточкой, который носят мужчины в странах Восточного Средиземноморья/). He answered to the name of Abas (его звали Абасом: «он отвечал на имя Абас»). Mr. Warburton looked on him with approval (мистер Уорбертон посмотрел на него с одобрением), and his manner insensibly softened as he spoke to him in fluent and idiomatic Malay (и его манеры: «поведение» постепенно смягчались, когда он заговорил с ним = с юношей на беглом и идиоматическом = правильном, естественном малайском языке, свободно и правильно; insensibly — незаметно, постепенно, неразличимо). He was inclined to be sarcastic with white people (он был склонен быть язвительным с белыми людьми), but with the Malays he had a happy mixture of condescension and kindliness (но с малайцами в нем счастливо сочетались снисходительность и доброта: «он имел счастливую смесь снисходительности и доброты»). He stood in the place of the Sultan (он был тут султаном: «стоял на месте султана»). He knew perfectly how to preserve his own dignity (он четко знал, как сохранить собственное достоинство), and at the same time put a native at his ease (и в то же время позволить туземцам чувствовать себя свободно/непринужденно: «поставить/поместить туземца в непринужденное состояние»).

tassel [txsl], approval [q`pru: vl], insensibly [In`sensqblI], condescension [kOndI`senSn]

Mr. Warburton called his boy and told him to send for his nephew. In a moment a tall, slender youth of twenty appeared. He had large dark eyes and a good profile. He was very neat in his sarong, a little white coat, and a fez, without a tassel, of plum-coloured velvet. He answered to the name of Abas. Mr. Warburton looked on him with approval, and his manner insensibly softened as he spoke to him in fluent and idiomatic Malay. He was inclined to be sarcastic with white people, but with the Malays he had a happy mixture of condescension and kindliness. He stood in the place of the Sultan. He knew perfectly how to preserve his own dignity, and at the same time put a native at his ease.