The Canterville Ghost
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Right in front of him he saw (прямо перед собой он увидел), in the wan moonlight (при тусклом свете луны), an old man of terrible aspect (старика совершенно ужасного вида). His eyes were as red burning coals (его глаза были красными, как горящие угли); long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils (длинные седые волосы падали ему на плечи спутанными космами); his garments, which were of antique cut (его одеяние, которое было старинного покроя), were soiled and ragged (было грязным и разорванным), and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves (и с его запястьев и лодыжек свисали тяжелые оковы и ржавые наручники; to hang — висеть; gyves — кандалы, оковы, узы).
wan [won] coals [klz] gyves [daivz]
Right in front of him he saw, in the wan moonlight, an old man of terrible aspect. His eyes were as red burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils; his garments, which were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves.
"My dear sir (мой
purpose [`p:ps] efficacious ["efi`keis] require [ri`kwai]
"My dear sir," said Mr. Otis, "I really must insist on your oiling those chains, and have brought you for that purpose a small bottle of the Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator. It is said to be completely efficacious upon one application, and there are several testimonials to that effect on the wrapper from some of our most eminent native divines. I shall leave it here for you by the bedroom candles, and will be happy to supply you with more, should you require it." With these words the United States Minister laid the bottle down on a marble table, and, closing his door, retired to rest.
For a moment the Canterville ghost stood quite motionless in natural indignation (некоторое время Кентервильское привидение стояло не двигаясь в естественном возмущении); then, dashing the bottle violently upon the polished floor (затем, с силой швырнув бутылочку на натертый пол), he fled down the corridor, uttering hollow groans (оно выбежало в коридор, издавая глухие стоны; to flee — бежать, спасаться бегством), and emitting a ghastly green light (излучая отвратительный зеленый свет). Just, however, as he reached the top of the great oak staircase (однако, как только он достиг верха огромной лестницы из дубового дерева), a door was flung open (дверь распахнулась; to fling open — распахивать; to fling — бросать, швырять), two little white-robed figures appeared (появились две маленькие фигурки, одетое в белое; robe — широкая одежда) and a large pillow whizzed past his head (и большая подушка просвистела у него над головой)! There was evidently no time to be lost (было ясно, что нельзя было терять времени; to lose), so, hastily adopting the Fourth dimension of Space as a means of escape (поэтому, торопливо прибегнув к четвертому измерению пространства в качестве средства спасения), he vanished through the wainscoting (он исчез сквозь стенную панель), and the house became quite quiet (и в доме стало совершенно тихо; to become).
groan [grn] ghastly [`g:stli] staircase [`stkeis]
For a moment the Canterville ghost stood quite motionless in natural indignation; then, dashing the bottle violently upon the polished floor, he fled down the corridor, uttering hollow groans, and emitting a ghastly green light. Just, however, as he reached the top of the great oak staircase, a door was flung open, two little white-robed figures appeared, and a large pillow whizzed past his head! There was evidently no time to be lost, so, hastily adopting the Fourth dimension of Space as a means of escape, he vanished through the wainscoting, and the house became quite quiet.
On reaching a small secret chamber in the left wing (достигнув маленькой потайной комнаты в левом крыле), he leaned up against a moonbeam to recover his breath (он прислонился к лунному лучу, чтобы отдышаться), and began to try and realize his position (и начал пытаться осознать свое положение; to begin). Never, in a brilliant and uninterrupted career of three hundred years (никогда во время своей блестящей и непрерывной карьеры в течение трех столетий) had he been so grossly insulted (его так грубо не оскорбляли: «он не был столь грубо оскорблен»). He thought of the Dowager Duchess (он подумал о вдовствующей герцогине; to think), whom he had frightened into a fit as she stood before the glass in her lace and diamonds (которую он напугал до припадка, когда она стояла перед зеркалом /в своих/ кружевах и бриллиантах); of the four housemaids (о четырех горничных), who had gone into hysterics (которые впали в истерику) when he merely grinned at them through the curtains on one of the spare bedrooms (когда он всего лишь ухмыльнулся им из-за портьер в одной из спален для гостей; a spare room — комната для гостей: «запасное помещение»); of the rector of the parish (о приходском священнике), whose candle he had blown out (чью свечу он задул; to blow — дуть; to blow out — задуть) as he was coming late one night from the library (когда тот возвращался поздно ночью из библиотеки), and who had been under the care of Sir William Gull ever since (и который с тех пор находился под наблюдением сэра Уильяма
hysterics [his`teriks] curtains [k:tnz] diary [`dairi]
On reaching a small secret chamber in the left wing, he leaned up against a moonbeam to recover his breath, and began to try and realize his position. Never, in a brilliant and uninterrupted career of three hundred years, had he been so grossly insulted. He thought of the Dowager Duchess, whom he had frightened into a fit as she stood before the glass in her lace and diamonds; of the four housemaids, who had gone into hysterics when he merely grinned at them through the curtains on one of the spare bedrooms; of the rector of the parish, whose candle he had blown out as he was coming late one night from the library, and who had been under the care of Sir William Gull ever since, a perfect martyr to nervous disorders; and of old Madame de Tremouillac, who, having wakened up one morning early and seen a skeleton seated in an armchair by the fire reading her diary, had been confined to her bed for six weeks with an attack of brain fever, and, on her recovery, had become reconciled to the Church, and broken off her connection with that notorious sceptic, Monsieur de Voltaire.
He remembered the terrible night (он вспомнил ту ужасную ночь) when the wicked Lord Canterville was found choking in his dressing-room (когда нечестивый лорд Кентервиль был найден задыхающимся в своей комнате), with the knave of diamonds half-way down his throat (с бубновым валетом, застрявшим в его горле; half-way — на полпути), and confessed, just before he died (и который сознался перед самой своей смертью), that he had cheated Charles James Fox out of lb50,000 at Crockford's by means of that very card (что он надул Чарльза Джеймса Фокса на пятьдесят тысяч фунтов в Крокфорде {Crockford — известный игорный дом в Лондоне} с помощью этой самой карты), and swore that the ghost had made him swallow it (и поклялся, что привидение заставило его проглотить ее; to swear). All his great achievements came back to him again (все его великие достижения припомнились ему снова; to come back — вернуться: «прийти назад»), from the butler who had shot himself in the pantry (от дворецкого, который застрелился в кладовой; to shoot — стрелять) because he had seen a green hand tapping at the window-pane (потому что он увидел зеленую руку, постучавшую через оконное стекло) to the beautiful Lady Stutfield (до красавицы леди Статфильд), who was always obliged to wear a black velvet band round her throat (которой постоянно приходилось носить черную бархотку на шее) to hide the mark of five fingers burnt upon her white skin (чтобы скрыть следы пяти пальцев, оставленные на ее белой коже; to burn — гореть; жечь, обжигать), and who drowned herself at last in the carp-pond at the end of the King's Walk (и которая в конце концов утопилась в пруду с карпами в конце Королевской аллеи).
throat [rt] achiеvement [`ti:vmnt] drowned [drand]
He remembered the terrible night when the wicked Lord Canterville was found choking in his dressing-room, with the knave of diamonds half-way down his throat, and confessed, just before he died, that he had cheated Charles James Fox out of lb50,000 at Crockford's by means of that very card, and swore that the ghost had made him swallow it. All his great achievements came back to him again, from the butler who had shot himself in the pantry because he had seen a green hand tapping at the window-pane, to the beautiful Lady Stutfield, who was always obliged to wear a black velvet band round her throat to hide the mark of five fingers burnt upon her white skin, and who drowned herself at last in the carp-pond at the end of the King's Walk.
With the enthusiastic egotism of the true artist (c эгоистическим энтузиазмом подлинного художника), he went over his most celebrated performances (он вспомнил свои наиболее знаменитые выступления; to go over smth. — рассматривать), and smiled bitterly to himself (и горько улыбнулся сам себе) as he recalled to mind his last appearance as "Red Reuben, or the Strangled Babe" (когда он вспомнил свое последнее появление в качестве «Рыжего Рубена или Задушенного Младенца»)," his d'ebut as "Guant Gibeon, the Blood-sucker of Bexley Moor (свой дебют /франц./ в «Тощем Гибеоне, Кровопийце из Бексли Мур»)," and the furore he had excited one lovely June evening (и тот фурор, /который/ он произвел в один прекрасный июньский вечер ) by merely playing ninepins with his own bones upon the lawn-tennis ground (всего лишь играя в кегли своими собственными костями на лужайке для тенниса). And after all this (и после всего этого) some wretched modern Americans were to come (должны были появиться какие-то жуткие современные американцы) and offer him the Rising Sun Lubricator (и предложить ему машинное масло «Встающее солнце»), and throw pillows at his head (и бросать подушки ему в голову; to throw)! It was quite unbearable (это было совершенно невыносимо). Besides, no ghost in history had ever been treated in this manner (кроме того, ни с одним привидением за всю историю не обращались таким образом). Accordingly, he determined to have vengeance (соответственно, он решил отомстить), and remained till daylight in an attitude of deep thought (и до восхода солнца находился в состоянии глубокого раздумья).