Jack London «Nam-Bok the Unveracious» (1/20)
english-frank.ruДжек Лондон «Нам-Бок — лжец»
"A BIDARKA, is it not so (байдарка, разве не так)? Look (смотрите)! a bidarka, and one man who drives clumsily with a paddle (байдарка и один человек, который неуклюже и усердно работает веслом; to drive — вести; ехать; усердно работать)!"
Old Bask-Wah-Wan rose to her knees (старая Баск-Уа-Уан встала на колени), trembling with weakness and eagerness (дрожа от слабости и нетерпения; eagerness — пыл, рвение, старание; eager — страстно желающий, жаждущий), and gazed out over the sea (и пристально вгляделась в море).
"Nam-Bok was ever clumsy at the paddle (Нам-Бок всегда был неуклюж/неловок с веслом)," she maundered reminiscently (пробормотала она, вспоминая; to maunder — бормотать, говорить невнятно и бессвязно; reminiscent — вспоминающий), shading the sun from her eyes and staring across the silverspilled water (прикрывая глаза от солнца и пристально глядя на усыпанную серебром воду; to shade — затемнять, заслонять от света; shade — тень; to spill — рассыпать). "Nam-Bok was ever clumsy (Нам-Бок всегда был неловок). I remember (я помню) ..."
"A BIDARKA, is it not so? Look! a bidarka, and one man who drives clumsily with a paddle!"
Old Bask-Wah-Wan rose to her knees, trembling with weakness and eagerness, and gazed out over the sea.
"Nam-Bok was ever clumsy at the paddle," she maundered reminiscently, shading the sun from her eyes and staring across the silverspilled water. "Nam-Bok was ever clumsy. I remember ..."
But the women and children laughed loudly (но женщины и дети громко засмеялись), and there was a gentle mockery in their laughter (и в их смехе была легкая насмешка; to mock — насмехаться), and her voice dwindled till her lips moved without sound (и ее голос стал утихать, пока ее губы не задвигались беззвучно; to dwindle — сокращаться, уменьшаться, убывать, истощаться).
Koogah lifted his grizzled head from his bone-carving and followed the path of her eyes (Куга поднял свою седую голову от вырезания на кости и проследил за движением ее глаз; path — дорожка; траектория движения). Except when wide yaws took it off its course (за исключением тех моментов, когда большие рыскания = броски в сторону отклоняли ее от курса), a bidarka was heading in for the beach (байдарка направлялась к берегу; to head — направляться, держать курс). Its occupant was paddling with more strength than dexterity (ее пассажир греб с большей силой, нежели сноровкой), and made his approach along the zigzag line of most resistance (и приближался по зигзагообразной линии наибольшего сопротивления). Koogah's head dropped to his work again (голова Куги снова опустилась к работе), and on the ivory tusk between his knees he scratched the dorsal fin of a fish the like of which never swam in the sea (и на бивне цвета слоновой кости между колен он нацарапал спинной плавник рыбы, подобные которой никогда не плавали в море; to swim — плавать).
But the women and children laughed loudly, and there was a gentle mockery in their laughter, and her voice dwindled till her lips moved without sound.
Koogah lifted his grizzled head from his bone-carving and followed the path of her eyes. Except when wide yaws took it off its course, a bidarka was heading in for the beach. Its occupant was paddling with more strength than dexterity, and made his approach along the zigzag line of most resistance. Koogah's head dropped to his work again, and on the ivory tusk between his knees he scratched the dorsal fin of a fish the like of which never swam in the sea.
"It is doubtless the man from the next village (это, несомненно, человек из соседнего поселка)," he said finally (сказал он наконец), "come to consult with me about the marking of things on bone (едет, чтобы посоветоваться со мной о том, как наносить изображения на кости; marking — закраска; маркировка; разметка; to mark — размечать; наносить). And the man is a clumsy man (и этот мужчина — неловкий человек). He will never know how (он никогда не поймет как)."
"It is Nam-Bok (это — Нам-Бок)," old Bask-Wah-Wan repeated (повторила старая Баск-Уа-Уан). "Should I not know my son (мне ли не знать моего сына)?" she demanded shrilly (резко спросила она; shrill — пронзительный, резкий; визгливый; высокий /о голосе, звуке/). "I say, and I say again, it is Nam-Bok (я говорю и повторю, это — Нам-Бок)."
"It is doubtless the man from the next village," he said finally, "come to consult with me about the marking of things on bone. And the man is a clumsy man. He will never know how."
"It is Nam-Bok," old Bask-Wah-Wan repeated. "Should I not know my son?" she demanded shrilly. "I say, and I say again, it is Nam-Bok."made his approach along the zigzag line of most resistance. Koogah's head dropped to his work again, and on the ivory tusk between his knees he scratched the dorsal fin of a fish the like of which never swam in the sea.