Английский язык с М. Муркоком - Майкл Муркок

Corum called to Rhalina as he was prepared for battle (Корум окликнул Ралину, когда был готов к битве), but although he could see her through the doors dividing the chambers (но, хотя он мог видеть ее через /открытые/ двери, разделявшие комнаты), she did not look up from her papers (она не подняла глаз от своих бумаг). It was the last of the Margrave's manuscripts and it seemed to absorb her more than the others (это была последняя из рукописей маркграфа, и, казалась, /она/ поглотил ее больше, чем остальные).

inherited [ɪnˈherɪtɪd] ancestor [ˈænsəstə] necessary [ˈnesɪs (ə) rɪ]

Servants helped Corum don his gear and they gave him a huge iron broadsword that was so well balanced that he could hold it in his one good hand. His shield, which he had them strap to his handless arm, was the shell of a massive crab which had once lived, the servants told him, in a place far beyond even Lywm-an-Esh and known as the Land of the Distant Sea. This armour had belonged to the dead Margrave who had inherited it from his ancestors who had owned it long before it had been considered necessary to establish a Margravate at all.

Corum called to Rhalina as he was prepared for battle, but although he could see her through the doors dividing the chambers, she did not look up from her papers. It was the last of the Margrave's manuscripts and it seemed to absorb her more than the others.

Corum left to return to the battlements (Корум вышел, чтобы вернуться на стену).

Save for the fact that Glandyth's chariot was now on the approach to the causeway (кроме того /факта/, что колесница Гландита была теперь на подступе к дамбе = у самой дамбы; approach — приближение; подход, подступ), the ranks of the warriors had not shifted (ряды воинов не переместились). The little broken corpse of the Brown Man of Laahr still lay on the causeway (маленький изувеченный труп мохнатого человека из Лаара по-прежнему лежал на дамбе).

The drum had begun to beat again (барабан начал бить снова).

`Why do they not advance (почему они не атакуют; to advance — продвигаться вперед; наступать)? Beldan said, his voice sharp with tension (его голос был резким от напряжения).

`Perhaps for a twofold reason (возможно, /тому/ две причины; twofold — двойной, двойственный; двоякий), Corum replied (ответил Корум). `They are hoping to terrify us and banish the terror in themselves (они надеются запугать нас и прогнать страх в себе = свой страх; to banish — изгонять, прогонять).

corpse [kɔ:ps] advance [ədˈvɑ:ns] twofold [ˈtu:fəuld] terrify [ˈterɪfaɪ]

Corum left to return to the battlements.

Save for the fact that Glandyth's chariot was now on the approach to the causeway, the ranks of the warriors had not shifted. The little broken corpse of the Brown Man of Laahr still lay on the causeway.

The drum had begun to beat again.

`Why do they not advance? Beldan said, his voice sharp with tension.

`Perhaps for a twofold reason, Corum replied. `They are hoping to terrify us and banish the terror in themselves.

`They are terrified of us (/неужели/ они нас боятся)?

`The Pony Tribesmen probably are (племена на пони — возможно). After all, they have, as you told me yourself, lived in superstitious fear of the folk of Lywm-an-Esh for centuries (в конце концов, они, как ты сам говорил мне, жили веками в суеверном страхе перед народом Лиум-ан-Эш). They doubtless suspect we have supernatural means of defence (они, несомненно, полагают, что у нас есть сверхъестественные средства защиты).

Beldan could not restrain an ironic grin (Белдан не смог сдержать иронической усмешки).

`You begin to understand the Mabden at last, Prince Corum (ты начинаешь понимать мабденов наконец, принц Корум). Better than I, it seems (лучше /даже/, чем я, кажется).

Corum gestured towards Glandyth-a-Krae (Корум указал в сторону Гландита-а-Краэ; to gesture — жестикулировать; указывать направление /движения/).

superstitious [, s (j) u:pəˈstɪʃəs] defence [dɪˈfens] ironic [aɪˈrɔnɪk] gestured [ˈʤesʧəd]

`They are terrified of us?

`The Pony Tribesmen probably are. After all, they have, as you told me yourself, lived in superstitious fear of the folk of Lywm-an-Esh for centuries. They doubtless suspect we have supernatural means of defence.

Beldan could not restrain an ironic grin.

`You begin to understand the Mabden at last, Prince Corum. Better than I, it seems.

Corum gestured towards Glandyth-a-Krae.

`There is the Mabden who gave me my first lesson (вон мабден, который дал мне мой первый урок).

`He seems without fear, at least (он кажется без страха, по крайней мере = уж он точно не боится).

`He does not fear swords, but he fears himself (он не боится мечей, но он боится себя /самого/). Of all Mabden traits, I would say that that was the most destructive (из всех особенностей мабденов, я бы сказал, что эта — самая разрушительная/пагубная; trait — характерная черта, особенность).

Now Glandyth was raising a gauntleted hand (тут Гландит поднял руку в латной рукавице; gauntlet — рукавица; латная рукавица).

Again silence fell (снова тишина воцарилась: «упала»).

`Vadhagh! came the savage voice (прозвучал грубый голос). `Can you see who it is who has come to call on you in the castle of vermin (ты можешь видеть = видишь, кто пришел за тобой в замок паразитов; to call on — посещать, наведываться; обращаться; vermin — паразиты, вредители; сброд)?

Corum did not reply (не ответил). Hidden by a battlement, he watched as Glandyth scanned the ramparts, seeking him out (укрытый стеной, он наблюдал, как Гландит рассматривает крепостной вал, разыскивая его).

gauntleted [ˈɡɔ:ntlɪtɪd] savage [ˈsævɪʤ] vermin [ˈvə: mɪn]

`There is the Mabden who gave me my first lesson.

`He seems without fear, at least.

`He does not fear swords, but he fears himself. Of all Mabden traits, I would say that that was the most destructive.

Now Glandyth was raising a gauntleted hand.

Again silence fell.

`Vadhagh! came the savage voice. `Can you see who it is who has come to call on you in the castle of vermin?

Corum did not reply. Hidden by a battlement, he watched as Glandyth scanned the ramparts, seeking him out.

`Vadhagh! Are you there (ты там)?

Beldan looked questioningly at Corum who continued to remain silent (посмотрел вопросительно на Корума, который продолжал хранить молчание).

`Vadhagh! You see we have destroyed your demon familiar (видишь, мы убили твоего демона-хранителя; familiar — дух, хранитель /оберегающий человека/)! Now we are going to destroy you (теперь мы собираемся убить тебя) — and those most despicable of Mabden who have given you shelter (и тех /очень/ презренных мабденов, что дали тебе убежище). Vadhagh! Speak!

Corum murmured to Beldan (Корум прошептал Белдану).

`We must stretch this pause as far as it will go (мы должны растянуть эту паузу как можно дольше; as far as it will go — до предела; до отказа). Every second brings the tide back to cover our causeway (каждая секунда приносит прилив назад, чтобы покрыть нашу дамбу = с каждой секундой приближается прилив…).

familiar [fəˈmɪlɪə] despicable [ˈdespɪkəbl] cover [ˈkʌvə]

`Vadhagh! Are you there?

Beldan looked questioningly at Corum who continued to remain silent.

`Vadhagh! You see we have destroyed your demon familiar! Now we are going to destroy you — and those most despicable of Mabden who have given you shelter. Vadhagh! Speak!

Corum murmured to Beldan.

`We must stretch this pause as far as it will go. Every second brings the tide back to cover our causeway.

`They will strike soon (они атакуют скоро), Beldan said. `Well before the tide returns (задолго до того, как прилив вернется).

`Vadhagh! Oh, you are the most cowardly of a cowardly race (ты самый трусливый из трусливого народа)!

Corum now saw Glandyth begin to turn his head back towards his men (Корум теперь увидел, что Гландит начал поворачивать голову назад = повернулся к своим людям), as if to give the order to attack (как будто чтобы отдать приказ атаковать). He emerged from his cover and raised his voice (он вышел из своего укрытия и окликнул /Гландита/; to raise one`s voice — возвышать, поднимать голос).

His speech, even in cold anger, was liquid music compared with Glandyth's rasping tones (его речь, даже в холодном гневе, была мелодичной музыкой по сравнению со скрипучим голосом Гландита; liquid — жидкий, текучий; мелодичный, плавный; rasping — режущий, скрежещущий; tone — тон, звук; интонация).

`Here I am, Glandyth-a-Krae, most wretched and pitiable of Mabden (вот и я, Гландит-а-Краэ, самый жалкий и ничтожный из мабденов)!