Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказов (ASCII-IPA)
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“Now, what is your own impression as to the young lady’s — your wife’s character?”
The nobleman swung his glasses a little faster and stared down into the fire.
“You see, Mr. Holmes (видите ли, мистер Холмс),” said he, “my wife was twenty before her father became a rich man (моей жене было двадцать /лет/, прежде чем ее отец стал богачом). During that time she ran free in a mining camp (в то время она свободно бегала по прииску; mining camp — рудник, шахта; рудничный поселок; camp — лагерь) and wandered through woods or mountains (и бродила по лесам и горам), so that her education has come from Nature rather than from the schoolmaster (так что ее воспитанием занималась скорее природа: «происходило
mountain ['mauntIn], nature ['neItS@], dishonorable [dIs'On(@)r@bl]
“You see, Mr. Holmes,” said he, “my wife was twenty before her father became a rich man. During that time she ran free in a mining camp and wandered through woods or mountains, so that her education has come from Nature rather than from the schoolmaster. She is what we call in England a tomboy, with a strong nature, wild and free, unfettered by any sort of traditions. She is impetuous — volcanic, I was about to say. She is swift in making up her mind and fearless in carrying out her resolutions. On the other hand, I would not have given her the name which I have the honor to bear” — he gave a little stately cough — ”had not I thought her to be at bottom a noble woman. I believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice and that anything dishonorable would be repugnant to her.”
“Have you her photograph (у вас есть ее фотография)?”
“I brought this with me (эту я принес с собой).” He opened a locket (он открыл медальон) and showed us the full face of a very lovely woman (и показал нам лицо очень красивой женщины; full face — анфас). It was not a photograph but an ivory miniature (это была не фотография, а миниатюра на слоновой кости), and the artist had brought out the full effect of the lustrous black hair (и художник /сумел/ полностью передать прелесть блестящих черных волос; to bring out — выявлять, обнаруживать; показывать; effect — эффект, /воз/действие; впечатление), the large dark eyes (больших темных глаз), and the exquisite mouth (и тонкого, изящно очерченного рта). Holmes gazed long and earnestly at it (Холмс долго и внимательно смотрел на нее). Then he closed the locket and handed it back to Lord St. Simon (затем закрыл медальон и вернул его лорду Сент-Саймону).
“The young lady came to London, then (потом молодая леди приехала в Лондон), and you renewed your acquaintance (и вы возобновили знакомство)?”
“Yes, her father brought her over for this last London season (да, ее отец привез ее на этот последний сезон). I met her several times, became engaged to her (я встречал ее несколько раз, обручился с ней), and have now married her (и теперь женился на ней).”
miniature ['mInI(@)tS@], lustrous ['lVstr@s], acquaintance [@'kweInt@ns]
“Have you her photograph?”
“I brought this with me.” He opened a locket and showed us the full face of a very lovely woman. It was not a photograph but an ivory miniature, and the artist had brought out the full effect of the lustrous black hair, the large dark eyes, and the exquisite mouth. Holmes gazed long and earnestly at it. Then he closed the locket and handed it back to Lord St. Simon.
“The young lady came to London, then, and you renewed your acquaintance?”
“Yes, her father brought her over for this last London season. I met her several times, became engaged to her, and have now married her.”
“She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry (полагаю, за ней дали значительное приданое: «она принесла…»)?”
“A fair dowry (порядочное приданое). Not more than is usual in my family (не больше, чем принято в нашей семье; usual — обыкновенный, обычный; that is not usual here — здесь это не принято).”
“And this, of course, remains to you (и оно, конечно, останется в вашем распоряжении), since the marriage is a fait accompli (поскольку брак — совершившийся факт /франц./)?”
“I really have made no inquiries on the subject (на самом деле я не наводил справок на этот счет).”
“Very naturally not (естественно). Did you see Miss Doran on the day before the wedding (вы видели мисс Доран накануне свадьбы)?”
“Yes.”
“Was she in good spirits (она была в хорошем настроении)?”
“Never better (как нельзя лучше). She kept talking of what we should do in our future lives (продолжала говорить о том, что мы будем делать в наших будущих жизнях = все строила планы нашей будущей совместной жизни).”
“Indeed (вот как)! That is very interesting (это очень любопытно). And on the morning of the wedding (а утром в /день/ свадьбы)?”
dowry ['dau(@)rI], fait accompli [,feIt@'kOmplI], future ['fju:tS@]
“She brought, I understand, a considerable dowry?”
“A fair dowry. Not more than is usual in my family.”
“And this, of course, remains to you, since the marriage is a fait accompli?”
“I really have made no inquiries on the subject.”
“Very naturally not. Did you see Miss Doran on the day before the wedding?”
“Yes.”
“Was she in good spirits?”
“Never better. She kept talking of what we should do in our future lives.”
“Indeed! That is very interesting. And on the morning of the wedding?”
“She was as bright as possible (она была очень весела: «как /только/ возможно»; bright — яркий; веселый; живой, полный бодрости) — at least until after the ceremony (по крайней мере, до того, как кончилась церемония).”
“And did you observe any change in her then (потом вы заметили в ней какую-то перемену)?”
“Well, to tell the truth, I saw then the first signs that I had ever seen (по правде говоря, тогда я увидел первые признаки того) that her temper was just a little sharp (что ее нрав несколько резок; sharp — острый; крутой, резкий; суровый). The incident however, was too trivial to relate (впрочем, этот случай слишком незначителен, чтобы о нем говорить; to relate — рассказывать) and can have no possible bearing upon the case (и не может иметь ни малейшего отношения к этому делу).”