Jerome K. Jerome «Three men in a boat» — Ch. V (4/9)
@english_frankДжером К. Джером «Трое в лодке, не считая собаки» — Глава V
"Ah! they'll come in the afternoon, you'll find (они начнутся после обеда, вот увидите)," we said to each other (говорили мы друг другу). "Oh, won't those people get wet (ну и промокнут же те люди). What a lark (как забавно; lark — шутка, веселье, забава)!"
At one o'clock, the landlady would come in to ask (в час входила хозяйка, чтобы спросить) if we weren't going out, as it seemed such a lovely day (не собираемся ли мы гулять, ведь такой чудесный день; to go out — выходить; to seem — казаться, видеться, представляться).
"No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle (отвечали мы, хитро посмеиваясь: «с хитрым смехом»; knowing — знающий, понимающий; хитрый), "not we (/только/ не мы). We don't mean to get wet — no, no (мы не собираемся вымокнуть — нет-нет)."
And when the afternoon was nearly gone (а когда день почти прошел; afternoon — время после полудня; послеобеденное время), and still there was no sign of rain (и все еще не было ни следа дождя), we tried to cheer ourselves up with the idea that it would come down all at once (мы попытались развеселиться/ободрить себя мыслью, что он начнется внезапно; to come down — спускаться, падать /о снеге, дожде/), just as the people had started for home (как раз когда люди /уже/ отправятся домой), and were out of the reach of any shelter (и будут находиться далеко от всякого укрытия; out of the reach — вне пределов досягаемости), and that they would thus get more drenched than ever (и поэтому промокнут больше, чем когда-либо = до нитки; thus — так, таким образом; to drench — смачивать; промачивать насквозь). But not a drop ever fell, and it finished a grand day, and a lovely night after it (но ни капли так и не упало, и так закончился великолепный день, и чудесный вечер после него = за ним).
"Ah! they'll come in the afternoon, you'll find," we said to each other. "Oh, won't those people get wet. What a lark!"
At one o'clock, the landlady would come in to ask if we weren't going out, as it seemed such a lovely day.
"No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle, "not we. We don't mean to get wet — no, no."
And when the afternoon was nearly gone, and still there was no sign of rain, we tried to cheer ourselves up with the idea that it would come down all at once, just as the people had started for home, and were out of the reach of any shelter, and that they would thus get more drenched than ever. But not a drop ever fell, and it finished a grand day, and a lovely night after it.
The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm, fine to set-fair day; much heat (на следующее утро мы читали, что будет «теплый, хороший, ясный день, жара»; set-fair — ясный, установившийся /о погоде/);" and we would dress ourselves in flimsy things, and go out (и мы одевались в легкие вещи = легко и выходили; flimsy — тонкий /о ткани/; легкий, непрочный), and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard (через полчаса после того, как мы отправлялись /на прогулку/, начинался сильный дождь), and a bitterly cold wind would spring up (и резкий холодный ветер поднимался), and both would keep on steadily for the whole day (и оба продолжались непрерывно весь день), and we would come home with colds and rheumatism all over us, and go to bed (и мы приходили домой с простудой и ревматизмом во всем теле, и ложились спать; all over — всюду; всем телом).
The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether (погода — это вещь выше меня = моего понимания; altogether — совсем, совершенно). I never can understand it (никогда не могу ее понять). The barometer is useless (барометр бесполезен): it is as misleading as the newspaper forecast (он так же обманывает, как прогноз в газете; to mislead — вводить в заблуждение; to lead — вести, указывать путь).
The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm, fine to set-fair day; much heat;" and we would dress ourselves in flimsy things, and go out, and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard, and a bitterly cold wind would spring up, and both would keep on steadily for the whole day, and we would come home with colds and rheumatism all over us, and go to bed.
The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether. I never can understand it. The barometer is useless: it is as misleading as the newspaper forecast.
There was one hanging up in a hotel at Oxford at which I was staying last spring (барометр висел в одной гостинице в Оксфорде, в которой я остановился прошлой весной; to hang up — повесить, привешивать), and, when I got there, it was pointing to "set fair (и, когда я попал туда, он показывал «ясно»)." It was simply pouring with rain outside, and had been all day (снаружи прямо лило как из ведра, и это продолжалось весь день); and I couldn't quite make matters out (я совершенно не мог понять, в чем дело; to make out — понять, разобрать). I tapped the barometer, and it jumped up and pointed to "very dry (я постучал по барометру, и стрелка подпрыгнула и указала на «очень сухо»)." The Boots stopped as he was passing, and said he expected it meant to-morrow (коридорный, проходивший мимо, остановился и сказал, что полагает, барометр имеет в виду завтрашний день; to mean). I fancied that maybe it was thinking of the week before last, but Boots said, No, he thought not (я предположил, что, возможно, он вспоминает позапрошлую неделю: «неделю перед прошлой», но коридорный сказал «нет, не думаю»).
There was one hanging up in a hotel at Oxford at which I was staying last spring, and, when I got there, it was pointing to "set fair." It was simply pouring with rain outside, and had been all day; and I couldn't quite make matters out. I tapped the barometer, and it jumped up and pointed to "very dry." The Boots stopped as he was passing, and said he expected it meant to-morrow. I fancied that maybe it was thinking of the week before last, but Boots said, No, he thought not.