Jack London «Love of life» (20/27)
@english_frankДжек Лондон «Любовь к жизни»
He heard a snuffle behind him (он услышал за собой сопение) — a half-choking gasp or cough (полузадыхающееся тяжелое дыхание или кашель). Very slowly, because of his exceeding weakness and stiffness (очень медленно из-за своей безмерной слабости и окоченения), he rolled over on his other side (он перекатился на другой бок). He could see nothing near at hand (он не видел ничего поблизости; near at hand — поблизости, неподалеку, около, возле), but he waited patiently (но он терпеливо ждал). Again came the snuffle and cough (снова раздалось сопение и кашель), and outlined between two jagged rocks not a score of feet away he made out the gray head of a wolf (и, очерченную контуром между двух зубчатых скал не далее двух десятков футов от него, он различил серую голову волка; to outline — нарисовать контур; очертить; score — два десятка; to make out — разобрать; увидеть, различить). The sharp ears were not pricked so sharply (заостренные уши были насторожены не так резко; to prick up ears — навострить уши, насторожиться) as he had seen them on other wolves (как он видел у других волков); the eyes were bleared and bloodshot (глаза были затуманены и налиты кровью), the head seemed to droop limply and forlornly (голова, казалось, поникла безвольно и обескураженно; forlorn — несчастный, заброшенный; одинокий, покинутый; безнадежный /о попытке сделать что-либо/: forlorn hope — очень слабая надежда; безнадежное предприятие). The animal blinked continually in the sunshine (зверь постоянно щурился на солнце). It seemed sick (он казался больным). As he looked it snuffled and coughed again (когда он = человек посмотрел, он = зверь снова засопел и закашлял).
He heard a snuffle behind him — a half-choking gasp or cough. Very slowly, because of his exceeding weakness and stiffness, he rolled over on his other side. He could see nothing near at hand, but he waited patiently. Again came the snuffle and cough, and outlined between two jagged rocks not a score of feet away he made out the gray head of a wolf. The sharp ears were not pricked so sharply as he had seen them on other wolves; the eyes were bleared and bloodshot, the head seemed to droop limply and forlornly. The animal blinked continually in the sunshine. It seemed sick. As he looked it snuffled and coughed again.
This, at least, was real (это, по крайней мере, нечто реальное), he thought (подумал он), and turned on the other side so that he might see the reality of the world (и повернулся на другой бок так, чтобы он мог видеть реальность мира) which had been veiled from him before by the vision (которая была скрыта от него раньше видéнием). But the sea still shone in the distance (но море все еще сверкало вдали) and the ship was plainly discernible (и корабль был ясно различим; to discern — различать, распознавать). Was it reality, after all (была ли это действительность, в конце концов)? He closed his eyes for a long while and thought (он закрыл глаза на долгое время и задумался), and then it came to him (и тогда его осенило; to come to — приходить на ум). He had been making north by east (он двигался на север со смещением на один румб на восток = на северо-восток; north by east — направление по компасу на один румб от севера на восток, 11º15 по часовой стрелке от северного направления), away from the Dease Divide and into the Coppermine Valley (от водораздела Диз в долину Коппермайна). This wide and sluggish river was the Coppermine (эта широкая и медлительная река была Коппермайном). That shining sea was the Arctic Ocean (/а/ это сверкающее море было Северным Ледовитым океаном). That ship was a whaler (этот корабль был китобой), strayed east (отбившийся = зашедший на восток; strayed — заблудившийся, отбившийся), far east (далеко на восток), from the mouth of the Mackenzie (от устья Макензи), and it was lying at anchor in Coronation Gulf (и он стоял на якоре в заливе Коронации). He remembered the Hudson Bay Company chart (он вспомнил карту компании «Гудзонов Залив») he had seen long ago (которую он видел давно), and it was all clear and reasonable to him (и для него все стало ясно и обоснованно).
This, at least, was real, he thought, and turned on the other side so that he might see the reality of the world which had been veiled from him before by the vision. But the sea still shone in the distance and the ship was plainly discernible. Was it reality, after all? He closed his eyes for a long while and thought, and then it came to him. He had been making north by east, away from the Dease Divide and into the Coppermine Valley. This wide and sluggish river was the Coppermine. That shining sea was the Arctic Ocean. That ship was a whaler, strayed east, far east, from the mouth of the Mackenzie, and it was lying at anchor in Coronation Gulf. He remembered the Hudson Bay Company chart he had seen long ago, and it was all clear and reasonable to him.