Jack London «Love of life» (15/27)
@english_frankДжек Лондон «Любовь к жизни»
He exhausted the mother ptarmigan (он утомил мать-куропатку; to exhaust — изнурять, утомлять /о живых существах/); but he exhausted himself (но он изнурил /и/ себя). She lay panting on her side (она лежала, тяжело дыша, на боку; to lie — лежать; to pant — часто и тяжело дышать, задыхаться). He lay panting on his side (он лежал, тяжело дыша, на боку), a dozen feet away (в дюжине футов от нее), unable to crawl to her (не в состоянии доползти до нее; unable — неспособный). And as he recovered (а когда он оправился) she recovered (оправилась /и/ она), fluttering out of reach as his hungry hand went out to her (упорхнув за пределы досягаемости, когда его голодная рука вытянулась к ней). The chase was resumed (погоня возобновилась: «была возобновлена»). Night settled down and she escaped (опустилась ночь, и она сбежала). He stumbled from weakness and pitched head foremost on his face (он споткнулся от слабости и упал головой вперед на лицо; to pitch — падать), cutting his cheek, his pack upon his back (порезав щеку, с тюком на спине). He did not move for a long while (долгое время он не двигался); then he rolled over on his side (затем он перекатился на бок), wound his watch (завел часы; to wind — мотать; наматывать; заводить /часы/), and lay there until morning (и лежал там = так до утра).
He exhausted the mother ptarmigan; but he exhausted himself. She lay panting on her side. He lay panting on his side, a dozen feet away, unable to crawl to her. And as he recovered she recovered, fluttering out of reach as his hungry hand went out to her. The chase was resumed. Night settled down and she escaped. He stumbled from weakness and pitched head foremost on his face, cutting his cheek, his pack upon his back. He did not move for a long while; then he rolled over on his side, wound his watch, and lay there until morning.
Another day of fog (еще один туманный день). Half of his last blanket had gone into foot-wrappings (половина его последнего одеяла ушла на обмотки для ног). He failed to pick up Bill's trail (ему не удалось напасть на след Билла; to pick up the trail — напасть на след). It did not matter (это не имело значения; to matter — иметь значение; значить). His hunger was driving him too compellingly (голод гнал его слишком неодолимо) — only — only he wondered (только — только ему было интересно; to wonder — интересоваться; желать знать) if Bill, too, were lost (не заблудился ли Билл тоже). By midday the irk of his pack became too oppressive (к полудню утомление от его рюкзака стало слишком тягостным; to irk — изнурять, утомлять). Again he divided the gold (снова он разделил золото), this time merely spilling half of it on the ground (на этот раз просто высыпав половину его на землю; to spill — рассыпать/ся/). In the afternoon he threw the rest of it away (во второй половине дня он выбросил остаток его), there remaining to him only the half-blanket, the tin bucket, and the rifle (/после чего/ у него осталось лишь пол-одеяла, оловянное ведро и ружье).
An hallucination began to trouble him (его начала тревожить одна галлюцинация). He felt confident that one cartridge remained to him (он чувствовал уверенность: «чувствовал /себя уверенным» в том, что у него остался один патрон). It was in the chamber of the rifle and he had overlooked it (он = патрон был в патроннике ружья, и он не заметил его; to overlook — не заметить, просмотреть, пропустить). On the other hand (с другой стороны), he knew all the time that the chamber was empty (он все время знал, что патронник пуст). But the hallucination persisted (но галлюцинация упорствовала; to persist — упорствовать; сохраняться, продолжать существовать; устоять). He fought it off for hours (он отбивался от нее несколько часов: «часами»; to fight off — отбить, отогнать, выгнать), then threw his rifle open and was confronted with emptiness (затем он раскрыл ружье и столкнулся лицом к лицу с пустотой; to confront — противостоять, смотреть в лицо; сталкиваться лицом к лицу; сталкивать; делать очную ставку). The disappointment was as bitter as though he had really expected to find the cartridge (разочарование было таким горьким, как будто он действительно надеялся найти патрон; to expect — надеяться, предполагать).
Another day of fog. Half of his last blanket had gone into foot-wrappings. He failed to pick up Bill's trail. It did not matter. His hunger was driving him too compellingly — only — only he wondered if Bill, too, were lost. By midday the irk of his pack became too oppressive. Again he divided the gold, this time merely spilling half of it on the ground. In the afternoon he threw the rest of it away, there remaining to him only the half-blanket, the tin bucket, and the rifle.
An hallucination began to trouble him. He felt confident that one cartridge remained to him. It was in the chamber of the rifle and he had overlooked it. On the other hand, he knew all the time that the chamber was empty. But the hallucination persisted. He fought it off for hours, then threw his rifle open and was confronted with emptiness. The disappointment was as bitter as though he had really expected to find the cartridge.