Jerome Jerome - Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки

"Good-sized trout, that (большая форель, а)," said George, turning round to him (сказал Джордж, поворачиваясь к нему).

"Ah! you may well say that, sir (совершенно верно: «вы вполне можете сказать так», сэр)," replied the man; and then, after a pull at his beer, he added (ответил человек, а потом, после глотка пива/отхлебнув пива, добавил; to pull at — дергать, тянуть; затягиваться /сигаретой/, тянуть /из бутылки/), "Maybe you wasn't here, sir, when that fish was caught (может, вас здесь не было, сэр, когда эту рыбу поймали)?"

"No," we told him. We were strangers in the neighbourhood (мы здесь чужие).

We could not take our eyes off the fish after that. It really was a remarkably fine fish. We were still looking at it, when the local carrier, who had just stopped at the inn, came to the door of the room with a pot of beer in his hand, and he also looked at the fish.

"Good-sized trout, that," said George, turning round to him.

"Ah! you may well say that, sir," replied the man; and then, after a pull at his beer, he added, "Maybe you wasn't here, sir, when that fish was caught?"

"No," we told him. We were strangers in the neighbourhood.

"Ah!" said the carrier, "then, of course, how should you (тогда, конечно, откуда вам /знать/)? It was nearly five years ago that I caught that trout (почти пять лет назад я поймал эту форель)."

"Oh! was it you who caught it, then (значит, это вы ее поймали)?" said I.

"Yes, sir," replied the genial old fellow (ответил добродушный старик). "I caught him just below the lock — leastways, what was the lock then (я поймал его немного ниже шлюза — по крайней мере, у того, что было шлюзом тогда) — one Friday afternoon; and the remarkable thing about it is that I caught him with a fly (в пятницу после обеда; и удивительно — я поймал ее на муху). I'd gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout (я отправился ловить щук, ей-богу, и не думал о форели), and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback (а когда увидел эту громадину на конце лески, то, черт побери, она меня так поразила; to take aback — захватить врасплох; поразить, ошеломить). Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound (она весила двадцать шесть фунтов). Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

genial [ˈʤi:nɪǝl] pound [paund]

"Ah!" said the carrier, "then, of course, how should you? It was nearly five years ago that I caught that trout."

"Oh! was it you who caught it, then?" said I.

"Yes, sir," replied the genial old fellow. "I caught him just below the lock — leastways, what was the lock then — one Friday afternoon; and the remarkable thing about it is that I caught him with a fly. I'd gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback. Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound. Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

Five minutes afterwards, a third man came in (пять минут спустя третий человек вошел), and described how he had caught it early one morning, with bleak (и описал, как он поймал ее однажды рано утром на уклейку); and then he left, and a stolid, solemn-looking, middle-aged individual came in, and sat down over by the window (потом он ушел, вошел невозмутимый, серьезного вида человек средних лет и сел у окна).

None of us spoke for a while (ни один из нас не говорил ничего некоторое время); but, at length, George turned to the new-comer, and said (но наконец Джордж обратился к новоприбывшему и сказал):

"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the liberty that we (прошу прощения, надеюсь, вы простите бесцеремонность, которую мы; liberty — свобода; бесцеремонность, вольность; дерзость) — perfect strangers in the neighbourhood (совсем чужие люди в этих краях) — are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged (позволяем себе, но вот мой приятель и я сам были бы очень благодарны) if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there (если бы вы рассказали нам, как поймали вон ту форель)."

"Why, who told you I caught that trout (а кто вам сказал, что я поймал эту форель)!" was the surprised query (был удивленный вопрос).

We said that nobody had told us so (мы сказали, что никто нам этого не говорил), but somehow or other we felt instinctively that it was he who had done it (но мы каким-то образом инстинктивно чувствуем, что именно он это сделал).

solemn [ˈsɔlǝm] query [ˈkwɪǝrɪ] instinctively [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvlɪ]

Five minutes afterwards, a third man came in, and described how he had caught it early one morning, with bleak; and then he left, and a stolid, solemn-looking, middle-aged individual came in, and sat down over by the window.

None of us spoke for a while; but, at length, George turned to the new-comer, and said:

"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the liberty that we — perfect strangers in the neighbourhood — are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there."

"Why, who told you I caught that trout!" was the surprised query.

We said that nobody had told us so, but somehow or other we felt instinctively that it was he who had done it.

"Well, it's a most remarkable thing — most remarkable (удивительная вещь — совершенно удивительная)," answered the stolid stranger, laughing (ответил невозмутимый незнакомец, смеясь); "because, as a matter of fact, you are quite right (потому что на самом деле вы совершенно правы). I did catch it (я действительно поймал ее). But fancy your guessing it like that (но подумать /только/ — как это вы так угадали). Dear me, it's really a most remarkable thing (ей-богу — в высшей степени удивительная вещь; dear me — Боже мой! вот те на!)."

And then he went on, and told us how it had taken him half an hour to land it, and how it had broken his rod (и затем он продолжил и рассказал нам, как у него ушло полчаса, чтобы вытащить ее, и как она сломала его удилище). He said he had weighed it carefully when he reached home (он сказал, что тщательно взвесил ее, когда добрался до дома), and it had turned the scale at thirty-four pounds (и весы показали тридцать четыре фунта; to turn the scale — склонить чашу весов; решить исход дела).

He went in his turn, and when he was gone, the landlord came in to us (он /тоже/, в свою очередь, удалился, и когда ушел, к нам вошел хозяин трактира). We told him the various histories we had heard about his trout (мы рассказали ему различные истории, которые услышали о его форели), and he was immensely amused, and we all laughed very heartily (это его чрезвычайно позабавило, и мы все посмеялись от души).

guessing [ˈɡesɪŋ] history [ˈhɪst(ǝ)rɪ]

"Well, it's a most remarkable thing — most remarkable," answered the stolid stranger, laughing; "because, as a matter of fact, you are quite right. I did catch it. But fancy your guessing it like that. Dear me, it's really a most remarkable thing."

And then he went on, and told us how it had taken him half an hour to land it, and how it had broken his rod. He said he had weighed it carefully when he reached home, and it had turned the scale at thirty-four pounds.

He went in his turn, and when he was gone, the landlord came in to us. We told him the various histories we had heard about his trout, and he was immensely amused, and we all laughed very heartily.

"Fancy Jim Bates and Joe Muggles and Mr. Jones and old Billy Maunders all telling you that they had caught it (подумать только — Джим Бейтс, и Джо Магглс, и мистер Джонс, и Билли Маундерс — все говорят вам, что это они ее поймали). Ha! ha! ha! Well, that is good (вот здорово)," said the honest old fellow, laughing heartily (сказал честный старик, весело смеясь). "Yes, they are the sort to give it me, to put up in my parlour (да, такие они люди, чтобы отдать ее мне, чтобы повесить ее в моем зале), if they had caught it, they are (если они /сами/ ее поймали)! ha! ha! ha!"

And then he told us the real history of the fish (тут он рассказал нам настоящую историю этой рыбы). It seemed that he had caught it himself, years ago, when he was quite a lad (оказалось, что он сам ее поймал много лет назад, когда был совсем еще мальчишкой); not by any art or skill, but by that unaccountable luck that appears to always wait upon a boy (и не /благодаря/ мастерству или умению, а благодаря той необъяснимой удаче, что, кажется, всегда поджидает мальчишку) when he plays the wag from school, and goes out fishing on a sunny afternoon (когда он сбегает из школы и отправляется порыбачить в солнечный день; to play the wag — увиливать от занятий, прогуливать уроки; wag — движение, взмах /рукой и т.п./; кивок; виляние /хвостом/), with a bit of string tied on to the end of a tree (с веревкой, привязанной к палке; tree — дерево; столб, стойка; палка, трость).

He said that bringing home that trout had saved him from a whacking (он сказал, что, принеся домой эту форель, избежал порки; to whack — сильный, звучный удар), and that even his school-master had said it was worth the rule-of-three and practice put together (и что даже его школьный учитель сказал, она /форель/ стоит тройного правила и упражнений, вместе взятых).

honest [ˈɔnɪst] unaccountable [,ʌnǝˈkauntǝbl]

"Fancy Jim Bates and Joe Muggles and Mr. Jones and old Billy Maunders all telling you that they had caught it. Ha! ha! ha! Well, that is good," said the honest old fellow, laughing heartily. "Yes, they are the sort to give it me, to put up in my parlour, if they had caught it, they are! ha! ha! ha!"

And then he told us the real history of the fish. It seemed that he had caught it himself, years ago, when he was quite a lad; not by any art or skill, but by that unaccountable luck that appears to always wait upon a boy when he plays the wag from school, and goes out fishing on a sunny afternoon, with a bit of string tied on to the end of a tree.

He said that bringing home that trout had saved him from a whacking, and that even his school-master had said it was worth the rule-of-three and practice put together.

He was called out of the room at this point (на этом месте /рассказа/ его позвали, и он вышел из комнаты), and George and I again turned our gaze upon the fish (и мы с Джорджем снова обратили взор на рыбу).

It really was a most astonishing trout (это действительно была самая = весьма удивительная форель). The more we looked at it, the more we marvelled at it (чем больше мы смотрели на нее, тем больше восхищались ей).

It excited George so much that he climbed up on the back of a chair to get a better view of it (она настолько взволновала Джорджа, что он влез на спинку стула, чтобы получше рассмотреть ее).

And then the chair slipped, and George clutched wildly at the trout-case to save himself (и тут стул выскользнул, и Джордж схватился крепко за ящик с форелью, чтобы спастись = не упасть), and down it came with a crash, George and the chair on top of it (и он упал с грохотом, а на него сверху Джордж со стулом).