Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море - [68]
The shark closed fast astern and when he hit the fish the old man saw his mouth open and his strange eyes and the clicking chop of the teeth as he drove forward in the meat just above the tail. The shark's head was out of water and his back was coming out and the old man could hear the noise of skin and flesh ripping on the big fish when he rammed the harpoon down onto the shark's head at a spot where the line between his eyes intersected with the line that ran straight back from his nose. There were no such lines. There was only the heavy sharp blue head and the big eyes and the clicking, thrusting all-swallowing jaws. But that was the location of the brain and the old man hit it. He hit it with his blood mushed hands driving a good harpoon with all his strength. He hit it without hope but with resolution and complete malignancy.
The shark swung over (акула перевернулась; to swing — качаться, колебаться; вертеться; поворачиваться) and the old man saw his eye was not alive (старик увидел, что ее глаз был мертв: «не был жив») and then he swung over once again (и затем она перевернулась вновь), wrapping himself in two loops of the rope (дважды обмотав саму себя веревкой: «замотав себя в две петли веревки»). The old man knew that he was dead (старик знал, что она мертва) but the shark would not accept it (но акула не хотела с этим мириться; to accept — принимать, брать; соглашаться). Then, on his back, with his tail lashing and his jaws clicking (затем, на спине, ударяя хвостом и лязгая челюстями), the shark plowed over the water as a speedboat does (акула помчалась, вспенивая воду: «пропахала по воде», как моторная лодка; to plow — вспахивать). The water was white where his tail beat it (вода была белой, где ударял ее хвост) and three-quarters of his body was clear above the water (и три четверти ее тела были полностью над водой) when the rope came taut (когда веревка туго натянулась; taut — туго натянутый, упругий), shivered (вздрогнула), and then snapped (и затем лопнула; snap — ломать, рвать). The shark lay quietly for a little while on the surface (акула лежала некоторое время на поверхности спокойно) and the old man watched him (а старик наблюдал за ней). Then he went down very slowly (затем она очень медленно пошла ко дну: «вниз»).
"He took about forty pounds (она забрала около сорока фунтов)," the old man said aloud. He took my harpoon too and all the rope (она забрала мой гарпун и всю мою веревку), he thought, and now my fish bleeds again (и теперь моя рыба снова истекает кровью) and there will be others (и будут другие = придут еще акулы).
He did not like to look at the fish anymore (ему больше не нравилось смотреть на рыбу) since he had been mutilated (после того, как ее изуродовали; to mutilate — калечить, увечить). When the fish had been hit (когда на рыбу кинулась /акула/: «когда рыба была ударена») it was as though he himself were hit (это было так, как будто она кинулась на него).
plow [plau], taut [tLt], mutilate ['mjHtIleIt]
The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not alive and then he swung over once again, wrapping himself in two loops of the rope. The old man knew that he was dead but the shark would not accept it. Then, on his back, with his tail lashing and his jaws clicking, the shark plowed over the water as a speedboat does. The water was white where his tail beat it and three-quarters of his body was clear above the water when the rope came taut, shivered, and then snapped. The shark lay quietly for a little while on the surface and the old man watched him. Then he went down very slowly.
"He took about forty pounds," the old man said aloud. He took my harpoon too and all the rope, he thought, and now my fish bleeds again and there will be others.
He did not like to look at the fish anymore since he had been mutilated. When the fish had been hit it was as though he himself were hit.
But I killed the shark that hit my fish (но я убил акулу, которая напала на мою рыбу), he thought. And he was the biggest dentuso that I have ever seen (и она была самая большая dentuso, которую я когда-либо видел). And God knows that I have seen big ones (а, Господь свидетель, я видел больших акул).
It was too good to last, he thought. I wish it had been a dream (хотелось бы мне, чтобы это все было сном) now and that I had never hooked the fish (и чтобы я никогда не поймал рыбу; hook — крюк, крючок; to hook — зацеплять; ловить, поймать /рыбу/) and was alone in bed on the newspapers (и спал бы один на кровати, застеленной газетами: «на газетах»).
"But man is not made for defeat (но мужчина создан не для поражения)," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated (мужчина может быть уничтожен, но не побежден; to destroy — разрушать; уничтожать)." I am sorry that I killed the fish though (мне все-таки жаль, что я убил рыбу; though — хотя, несмотря на; тем не менее; однако; все-таки), he thought. Now the bad time is coming and I do not even have the harpoon (сейчас приближается плохое время, а у меня даже нет гарпуна). The
