Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море - [56]

He could not see by the slant of the line that the fish was circling (он не мог определить: «увидеть» по наклону, под которым леса уходила в воду, что рыба кружила). It was too early for that (было слишком рано для этого). He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line (он только почувствовал, как давление лесы слегка ослабло: «почувствал легкое ослабление…»; to slacken — ослаблять /натяжение/, провисать /о веревке/; faint — слабый, ослабевший; вялый) and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand (и он начал тянуть лесу мягко правой рукой). It tightened, as always (она натянулась, как всегда), but just when he reached the point where it would break (но когда он достиг точки, где она разорвется), line began to come in (леса пошла свободно). He slipped his shoulders and head from under the line (он высвободил свои плечи и голову из-под лесы; to slip — скользить; двигаться легко, мягко) and began to pull in line steadily and gently (и начал тянуть лесу ровно и спокойно). He used both of his hands in a swinging motion (он использовал обе руки, взмахивая ими поочередно; to swing — размахивать) and tried to do the pulling as much as he could with his body and his legs (и старался тянуть так сильно, как только мог, всем телом и ногами). His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling (его старые ноги и плечи вращались вместе с раскачивающими движениями рук; pivot — штырь, болт, штифт; to pivot — вертеться, поворачиваться /вокруг своей оси/).

"It is a very big circle (это очень большой круг)," he said. "But he is circling (но она кружит)." Then the line would not come in any more (затем леса больше не шла) and he held it until he saw the drops jumping from it in the sun (и он натягивал ее до тех пор, пока не увидел, как капли стали отскакивать от нее на солнце). Then it started out (затем леса стала уходить) and the old man knelt down (и старик встал на колени; to kneel /down/ — преклонять колени, становиться на колени) and let it go grudgingly back into the dark water (и нехотя отпускал ее в темную воду; grudgingly — неохотно, нехотя; grudge — недовольство; злоба; зависть; to grudge — испытывать неприязнь; завидовать; выражать неудовольствие; жалеть, жадничать).

slacken ['slxk(q)n], pivot ['pIvqt], grudgingly ['grAGINlI]

The sun was rising for the third time since he had put to sea when the fish started to circle.

He could not see by the slant of the line that the fish was circling. It was too early for that. He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand. It tightened, as always, but just when he reached the point where it would break, line began to come in. He slipped his shoulders and head from under the line and began to pull in line steadily and gently. He used both of his hands in a swinging motion and tried to do the pulling as much as he could with his body and his legs. His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling.

"It is a very big circle," he said. "But he is circling." Then the line would not come in any more and he held it until he saw the drops jumping from it in the sun. Then it started out and the old man knelt down and let it go grudgingly back into the dark water.

"He is making the far part of his circle now (она делает дальнюю часть своего круга)," he said. I must hold all I can (я должен держать изо всех сил), he thought. The strain will shorten his circle each time (натяжение будет укорачивать круг каждый раз). Perhaps in an hour I will see him (возможно, через час я увижу ее). Now I must convince him (сейчас я должен убедить ее) and then I must kill him (а затем я должен убить ее).

But the fish kept on circling slowly (но рыба продолжала медленно кружить) and the old man was wet with sweat (и старик был мокр от пота) and tired deep into his bones two hours later (и устал глубоко до самых костей двумя часами позже). But the circles were much shorter now (но круги были теперь гораздо короче) and from the way the line slanted he could tell the fish had risen steadily while he swam (и по тому, под каким углом леса уходила в воду, он знал, что рыба постепенно поднимается, по мере того как плывет).

For an hour the old man had been seeing black spots before his eyes (целый час у старика перед глазами мелькали черные пятна) and the sweat salted his eyes (и пот «солонил» глаза = соленый пот жег глаза) and salted the cut over his eye and on his forehead (и порез над глазом и на лбу). He was not afraid of the black spots (он не боялся черных пятен). They were normal at the tension that he was pulling on the line (они были нормальны = неудивительны при том напряжении, с которым он тянул лесу). Twice, though, he had felt faint and dizzy (однако дважды он чувствовал слабость и головокружение; faint — слабый, вялый; dizzy — чувствующий головокружение) and that had worried him (и это его обеспокоило).

spot [spOt], salt [sLlt], forehead ['fOrId]

"He is making the far part of his circle now," he said. I must hold all I can, he thought. The strain will shorten his circle each time. Perhaps in an hour I will see him. Now I must convince him and then I must kill him.