Jerome K. Jerome «Three men in a boat» — Ch. XI (4/11)
@english_frankДжером К. Джером «Трое в лодке, не считая собаки» — Глава XI
Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever (конечно, это = такое поведение делало полицейских только еще подозрительнее /по отношению/ к нему; force — сила; the force — полиция), and they would come and rout him out and ask him what he was doing there (и они подходили, вылавливали его = задерживали его и спрашивали, что он тут делает; to rout out — искать, разыскивать; вытаскивать); and when he answered, "Nothing," he had merely come out for a stroll (а когда он отвечал, что ничего, что просто вышел прогуляться; stroll — прогулка) (it was then four o'clock in the morning) (было четыре часа утра), they looked as though they did not believe him (они выглядели так, словно не верят ему = явно не поверили ему), and two plain-clothes constables came home with him to see if he really did live where he had said he did (а двое констеблей в штатском отправились с ним домой, чтобы выяснить, действительно ли он живет там, где сказал). They saw him go in with his key (они увидели, что он входит со своим ключом = что у него есть ключ), and then they took up a position opposite and watched the house (и затем заняли позицию напротив и /стали/ наблюдать за домом).
Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever, and they would come and rout him out and ask him what he was doing there; and when he answered, "Nothing," he had merely come out for a stroll (it was then four o'clock in the morning), they looked as though they did not believe him, and two plain-clothes constables came home with him to see if he really did live where he had said he did. They saw him go in with his key, and then they took up a position opposite and watched the house.
He thought he would light the fire when he got inside (он решил зажечь камин, когда попал в дом), and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time (и приготовить себе завтрак, просто чтобы убить время; to pass away — исчезать, проходить; умирать); but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it (но, казалось, он не может взять в руки ничего, начиная от ведерка с углями и заканчивая чайной ложкой, чтобы не уронить или не опрокинуть это; to handle — брать руками, держать в руках; обращаться с; scuttle — металлическое ведерко или ящик для угля), and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear (и /при этом/ он производил такой шум, что смертельно боялся) that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" (что он разбудит миссис Г., она подумает, что это воры, откроет окно и крикнет: «Полиция!»; burglar — вор-взломщик, ночной грабитель) and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him (и эти два сыщика ворвутся в дом, наденут на него наручники; handcuff: hand — рука /кисть/; cuff — манжета; браслет), and march him off to the police-court (и отведут его в полицейский суд; police-court — полицейский суд /рассматривал дела о мелких преступлениях, существовал до 1949 г./).
He thought he would light the fire when he got inside, and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time; but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it, and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him, and march him off to the police-court.
He was in a morbidly nervous state by this time (Джордж был в болезненно-нервном состоянии к этому времени), and he pictured the trial, and his trying to explain the circumstances to the jury (и он представлял суд, и как он пытается объяснить обстоятельства /дела/ присяжным), and nobody believing him, and his being sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude (и что никто не верит ему, и его приговаривают к двадцати годам каторжных работ; penal — уголовный, карательный; штрафной; servitude — рабство, неволя; каторга), and his mother dying of a broken heart (и его мать умирает от разбитого сердца; to break — ломаться, разбиваться). So he gave up trying to get breakfast (поэтому он бросил пытаться приготовить завтрак), and wrapped himself up in his overcoat and sat in the easy-chair (и завернулся в свое пальто, и просидел в мягком кресле) till Mrs. G. came down at half-past seven (пока миссис Г. не спустилась в полвосьмого).
He said he had never got up too early since that morning (он сказал, что никогда не вставал слишком рано после того утра): it had been such a warning to him (это было таким предупреждением ему = послужило ему хорошим уроком).
He was in a morbidly nervous state by this time, and he pictured the trial, and his trying to explain the circumstances to the jury, and nobody believing him, and his being sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude, and his mother dying of a broken heart. So he gave up trying to get breakfast, and wrapped himself up in his overcoat and sat in the easy-chair till Mrs. G. came down at half-past seven.
He said he had never got up too early since that morning: it had been such a warning to him.
We had been sitting huddled up in our rugs while George had been telling me this true story (мы сидели, завернувшись в пледы, пока Джордж рассказывал мне эту правдивую историю; to huddle — сваливать в кучу; прижиматься, съеживаться; набрасывать одежду), and on his finishing it I set to work to wake up Harris with a scull (и когда он закончил ее, я принялся будить Гарриса веслом; to set to — браться за, приступать). The third prod did it (третий толчок разбудил его): and he turned over on the other side (и он повернулся на другой бок), and said he would be down in a minute (и сказал, что спустится сию минуту), and that he would have his lace-up boots (и что хотел бы получить свои штиблеты: «ботинки на шнурках»). We soon let him know where he was, however, by the aid of the hitcher (однако мы скоро дали ему знать = понять, где он находится, с помощью багра), and he sat up suddenly, sending Montmorency (и он сел прямо внезапно, отбрасывая Монморенси), who had been sleeping the sleep of the just right on the middle of his chest, sprawling across the boat (который спал сном праведника прямо на его груди, через всю лодку; to sprawl — растянуться, развалиться; раскидывать; to send one sprawling — сбивать кого-либо с ног).
We had been sitting huddled up in our rugs while George had been telling me this true story, and on his finishing it I set to work to wake up Harris with a scull. The third prod did it: and he turned over on the other side, and said he would be down in a minute, and that he would have his lace-up boots. We soon let him know where he was, however, by the aid of the hitcher, and he sat up suddenly, sending Montmorency, who had been sleeping the sleep of the just right on the middle of his chest, sprawling across the boat.