Jerome K. Jerome «Three men in a boat» — Ch. XV (15/15)
english-frank.ruДжером К. Джером «Трое в лодке, не считая собаки» — Глава XV
As my advice was by far the easiest to follow, we ended by adopting it (поскольку моему совету было намного легче последовать, мы закончили тем, что приняли его = так и сделали), and contrived to embrace the gunwale and give her her head (и решили ухватиться за планширь и предоставить ей /лодке/ свободу действий; to contrive — придумывать, изобретать; замышлять; ухитриться; to embrace — обнимать/ся/; окружать; to give head — не вмешиваться; предоставлять свободу действий).
The boat travelled up stream for about a mile at a pace I have never sailed at since, and don't want to again (лодка прошла по течению примерно милю с /такой/ скоростью, с какой я никогда не плавал с тех пор, да и не хотел бы снова; to travel — путешествовать; перемещаться, покрывать расстояние). Then, at a bend, she heeled over till half her sail was under water (потом, на повороте, она накренилась так, что половина ее паруса ушла под воду). Then she righted herself by a miracle and flew for a long low bank of soft mud (затем она выпрямилась каким-то чудом и полетела к длинной низкой отмели из мягкого ила; to fly; bank — берег; отмель, нанос).
That mud-bank saved us (эта илистая отмель спасла нас; mud-bank — илистая банка). The boat ploughed its way into the middle of it and then stuck (лодка врезалась в нее до половины и застряла; to plough — пахать, бороздить; прокладывать путь; врезаться; to stick). Finding that we were once more able to move according to our ideas (обнаружив, что мы снова можем двигаться согласно нашим мыслям = по нашей воле), instead of being pitched and thrown about like peas in a bladder (и нас не бросает и не трясет, словно горошины в мешке; to pitch — падать; подвергаться килевой качке; бросать; to throw about — разбрасывать, трясти; bladder — камера, пузырь, полость), we crept forward, and cut down the sail (мы подползли и срезали парус; to creep).
As my advice was by far the easiest to follow, we ended by adopting it, and contrived to embrace the gunwale and give her her head.
The boat travelled up stream for about a mile at a pace I have never sailed at since, and don't want to again. Then, at a bend, she heeled over till half her sail was under water. Then she righted herself by a miracle and flew for a long low bank of soft mud.
That mud-bank saved us. The boat ploughed its way into the middle of it and then stuck. Finding that we were once more able to move according to our ideas, instead of being pitched and thrown about like peas in a bladder, we crept forward, and cut down the sail.
We had had enough sailing (мы довольно поплавали под парусом). We did not want to overdo the thing and get a surfeit of it (не хотели переборщить с этим и пресытиться им; surfeit — излишество, избыток; пресыщение). We had had a sail — a good all-round exciting, interesting sail (у нас был парус = мы совершили поездку под парусом — приятную, разностороннюю, захватывающую, интересную поездку) — and now we thought we would have a row, just for a change like (и теперь мы решили погрести, просто для разнообразия).
We took the sculls and tried to push the boat off the mud (мы взяли весла и попытались столкнуть лодку с ила = с отмели), and, in doing so, we broke one of the sculls (и при этом: «делая так» сломали одно из весел; to break). After that we proceeded with great caution, but they were a wretched old pair (затем мы продолжили с большой осторожностью, но они /весла/ были жалкой старой парой), and the second one cracked almost easier than the first, and left us helpless (и второе весло раскололось едва ли не легче, чем первое, и оставило нас беспомощными).
The mud stretched out for about a hundred yards in front of us, and behind us was the water (отмель тянулась примерно на сотню ярдов перед нами, а позади нас была вода). The only thing to be done was to sit and wait until someone came by (единственное, что оставалось делать — сидеть и ждать, пока кто-нибудь не проплывет мимо).
We had had enough sailing. We did not want to overdo the thing and get a surfeit of it. We had had a sail — a good all-round exciting, interesting sail — and now we thought we would have a row, just for a change like.
We took the sculls and tried to push the boat off the mud, and, in doing so, we broke one of the sculls. After that we proceeded with great caution, but they were a wretched old pair, and the second one cracked almost easier than the first, and left us helpless.
The mud stretched out for about a hundred yards in front of us, and behind us was the water. The only thing to be done was to sit and wait until someone came by.
It was not the sort of day to attract people out on the river (день не был таким, чтобы привлечь людей на реку), and it was three hours before a soul came in sight (и прошло три часа, прежде чем человек появился в поле зрения; soul — дух, душа; лицо, человек). It was an old fisherman who, with immense difficulty, at last rescued us (это был старый рыбак, который с огромным трудом наконец освободил нас; difficulty — трудность, препятствие, труд; to rescue — спасать, избавлять, выручать), and we were towed back in an ignominious fashion to the boat-yard (и мы были отбуксированы обратно позорным образом к лодочной мастерской).
What between tipping the man who had brought us home (что касается вознаграждения человеку, который доставил нас домой; to tip — наклонять/ся/; опрокидывать; давать «на чай»), and paying for the broken sculls (и платы за сломанные весла), and for having been out four hours and a half (и за прокат лодки в течение четырех с половиной часов), it cost us a pretty considerable number of weeks' pocket-money, that sail (это стоило нам изрядного количества недельных карманных денег = карманных денег на много недель вперед, это плавание). But we learned experience, and they say that is always cheap at any price (но мы приобрели опыт, а он, как говорят, всегда дешевый при любой цене = за него ничего не жалко).
It was not the sort of day to attract people out on the river, and it was three hours before a soul came in sight. It was an old fisherman who, with immense difficulty, at last rescued us, and we were towed back in an ignominious fashion to the boat-yard.
What between tipping the man who had brought us home, and paying for the broken sculls, and for having been out four hours and a half, it cost us a pretty considerable number of weeks' pocket-money, that sail. But we learned experience, and they say that is always cheap at any price.