Английский язык с В. Ирвингом. Рип ван Винкль - [24]

That it was affirmed that the great Hendrick Hudson, the first discoverer of the river and country, kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years, with his crew of the Half-moon; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the great city called by his name. That his father had once seen them in their old Dutch dresses playing at nine-pins in a hollow of the mountain; and that he himself had heard, one summer afternoon, the sound of their balls, like distant peals of thunder.

To make a long story short (короче: «делая длинную историю короткой»), the company broke up (толпа разошлась; to break — ломать; to break up — распадаться, разваливаться), and returned to the more important concerns of the election (и вернулась к более важным делам выборов; concern — отношение, касательство; concerns — дела, деловые отношения). Rip's daughter took him home (дочь Рипа взяла его с собой домой) to live with her (жить у нее); she had a snug (у нее был уютный), well-furnished house (хорошо обставленный: «меблированный» дом), and a stout cheery farmer for a husband (и плотный веселый фермер в качестве мужа; stout — крепкий, плотный; дородный, полный, тучный), whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins (/в/ котором Рип признал одного из тех пострелов) that used to climb upon his back (которые когда-то карабкались на его спину). As to Rip's son and heir (что касается сына и наследника Рипа), who was the ditto of himself (который был точной копией его самого; ditto [‘dItqV] — то же самое; разг. дубликат, точная копия), seen leaning against the tree (которого видели прислонившимся к дереву), he was employed to work on the farm (его наняли работать на ферме); but evinced an hereditary disposition to attend to any thing else (но /он/ ясно показывал наследственную склонность заниматься чем угодно; to evince — ясно показывать; делать очевидным; выказывать, проявлять; демонстрировать) but his business (кроме его дела = кроме порученного ему дела).

To make a long story short, the company broke up, and returned to the more important concerns of the election. Rip's daughter took him home to live with her; she had a snug, well-furnished house, and a stout cheery farmer for a husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon his back. As to Rip's son and heir, who was the ditto of himself, seen leaning against the tree, he was employed to work on the farm; but evinced an hereditary disposition to attend to any thing else but his business.

Rip now resumed his old walks and habits (Рип теперь возобновил свои старые походы и привычки); he soon found many of his former cronies (он вскоре нашел многих из своих бывших закадычных друзей; crony [‘krqVnI] — близкий, закадычный друг), though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time (хотя все /стали/, пожалуй, хуже от передряг времени; wear — износ; tear — раздробление, разрывание; to wear — изнашивать; to tear — рвать); and preferred making friends among the rising generation (и /он/ предпочел заводить друзей среди подрастающего поколения), with whom he soon grew into great favor (у которого он скоро снискал большое расположение; to grow into [grqV Intq] — свыкаться, привыкать; превращаться; перерастать).

Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time; and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor.

Having nothing to do at home (так как ему нечего было делать дома: «не имея ничего делать дома»), and being arrived at that happy age (и так как он достиг: «и достигнув» того счастливого возраста) when a man can be idle with impunity (когда человек может бездельничать: «быть праздным» с безнаказанностью), he took his place once more on the bench at the inn door (он снова занял свое место на скамейке у двери гостиницы), and was reverenced as one of the patriarchs of the village (и был почитаем как один из патриархов деревни), and a chronicle of the old times (и как хроника старого времени) "before the war (до войны)." It was some time (прошло некоторое время) before he could get into the regular track of gossip (прежде чем он смог войти в обычную стезю сплетен; track [trxk] — след, отпечаток; перен. жизненный путь, стезя), or could be made to comprehend the strange events (или /его/ смогли заставить понять странные события) that had taken place during his torpor (которые имели место за время его оцепенения). How that there had been a revolutionary war (как так /получилось, что/ была революционная война) — that the country had thrown off the yoke of old England (и что страна сбросила иго старой Англии) — and that (и что), instead of being a subject of his majesty George the Third (вместо того, чтобы быть подданным его величества Георга Третьего), he was now a free citizen of the United States (он сейчас был свободным гражданином Соединенных Штатов).

Having nothing to do at home, and being arrived at that happy age when a man can be idle with impunity, he took his place once more on the bench at the inn door, and was reverenced as one of the patriarchs of the village, and a chronicle of the old times "before the war." It was some time before he could get into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor. How that there had been a revolutionary war — that the country had thrown off the yoke of old England — and that, instead of being a subject of his majesty George the Third, he was now a free citizen of the United States.