Английский язык с М. Муркоком
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`Serwde, said Corum, pronouncing the name poorly. `I am Corum. And who was the other being?
Serwde spoke a name that was far more difficult to pronounce than his own. It seemed a complicated name.
`Who was he? I have never seen a being like him. I have never seen a being like yourself, for that matter. Where do you come from?
Serwde gestured about him.
`Me live here (живу здесь). In forest (в лесу). Forest called Laahr (лес называется Лаар). My master live here (мой хозяин живет здесь). We live here many, many, many days (мы живем здесь /уже/ много, много, много дней) — since before Vadhagh, you folk (до
`And where is your master now (а где твой хозяин теперь)? Corum asked again.
`He gone (он ушел). Not want be seen folk (не хочет быть увиденным людьми = не любит, чтобы его видели).
And now Corum dimly recalled a legend (и теперь Корум смутно вспомнил легенду). It was a legend of a creature that lived even further to the west than the people of Castle Erorn (то была легенда о создании, которое жило даже дальше к западу = западнее, чем люди замка Эрорн). It was called by the legend the Brown Man of Laahr (оно называлось по легенде Мохнатым Человеком из Лаара). And this was the legend come to life (это была легенда, /которая/ ожила = и это была не сказка). But he remembered no legend concerning the other being (но Корум не помнил никаких легенд о другом существе; concerning — касательно, относительно) whose name he could not pronounce (чье имя он не мог произнести).
master ['m:st] legend ['le nd] concerning [kn's: n]
`Me live here. In forest. Forest called Laahr. My master live here. We live here many, many, many days — since before Vadhagh, you folk.
`And where is your master now? Corum asked again.
`He gone. Not want be seen folk.
And now Corum dimly recalled a legend. It was a legend of a creature that lived even further to the west than the people of Castle Erorn. It was called by the legend the Brown Man of Laahr. And this was the legend come to life. But he remembered no legend concerning the other being whose name he could not pronounce.
`Master say place nearby will tend you good (хозяин говорит, /есть/ место недалеко, /где/ тебе будет хорошо; to tend — заботиться, ухаживать; присматривать), said the Brown Man.
`What sort of place, Serwde (что за место, Сервд)?
`Mabden place (мабденское место).
Corum smiled crookedly (Корум улыбнулся криво).
`No, Serwde. The Mabden will not be kind to me (мабдены не будут добры ко мне).
`This different Mabden (это другие мабдены).
`All Mabden are my enemies (все мабдены — мои враги). They hate me (они ненавидят). Corum looked at his stump (Корум посмотрел на свою культю). `And I hate them (а я ненавижу их).
`These old Mabden (это старые мабдены). Good Mabden (хорошие мабдены).
`Master say place nearby will tend you good, said the Brown Man.
`What sort of place, Serwde?
`Mabden place.
Corum smiled crookedly.
`No, Serwde. The Mabden will not be kind to me.
`This different Mabden.
`All Mabden are my enemies. They hate me. Corum looked at his stump. `And I hate them.
`These old Mabden. Good Mabden.
Corum got up and staggered (Корум поднялся и пошел, шатаясь). Pain began to nag in his head (боль
Slowly it began to dawn on him that he was a cripple (медленно = постепенно ему становилось ясно, что он калека; to dawn — начинаться; проясняться, осенять). He had been saved from the worst of what Glandyth had planned for him (его спасли от худшего из /того/, что Гландит задумал для него), but he was now less of a being than he had been (но теперь он был меньше человеком, чем был раньше = теперь он стал недочеловеком). His face was no longer pleasing for others to look at (его лицо больше не было приятным для других, чтобы смотреть на /него/ = привлекательное лицо было изуродовано). His body had become ugly (его тело стало безобразным; ugly — уродливый, мерзкий).
And the wretch that he had become (и развалина, которой он стал; wretch — несчастный, жалкий человек) was all that was left of the noble Vadhagh race (была всем, что осталось от благородного народа вадагов). He sat down again and he began to weep (он снова сел и начал плакать = заплакал).
ache [ek] naked ['nekd] dawn [d:n] pleasing ['pli:z] noble ['nubl]
Corum got up and staggered. Pain began to nag in his head, his left wrist began to ache. He was still completely naked and his body bore many bruises and small cuts, but it had been washed.
Slowly it began to dawn on him that he was a cripple. He had been saved from the worst of what Glandyth had planned for him, but he was now less of a being than he had been. His face was no longer pleasing for others to look at. His body had become ugly.
And the wretch that he had become was all that was left of the noble Vadhagh race. He sat down again and he began to weep.
Serwde grunted and shuffled about (Сервд ворчал /что-то/ и ковылял вокруг). He touched Corum's shoulder with one of his hand-like paws (он коснулся плеча Корума одной из своих лап, похожих на руки). He patted Corum's head, trying to comfort him (погладил Корума по голове, пытаясь утешить его; to pat — похлопывать, шлепать; гладить; to comfort — утешать, успокаивать).
Corum wiped his face with his good hand (Корум вытер лицо /от слез/ здоровой рукой; good — хороший, свежий; здоровый).
`Do not worry, Serwde (не беспокойся, Сервд). I must weep for if I did not I should almost certainly die (я должен плакать, потому что если я не буду, /то/ почти наверняка умру /от горя/). I weep for my kin (я оплакиваю своих родных). I am the last of my line (я последний /представитель/ своего народа); line — линия, строка; генеалогия, происхождение). There are no more Vadhagh but me (больше нет вадагов, кроме меня) …