Jerome K. Jerome «Three men in a boat» — Ch. XI (8/11)
@english_frankДжером К. Джером «Трое в лодке, не считая собаки» — Глава XI
We did not know what scrambled eggs were (мы не знали, что такое яичница-болтунья), and we fancied that it must be some Red Indian or Sandwich Islands sort of dish (и полагали, что это, должно быть, какое-то блюдо краснокожих индейцев или /жителей/ Сандвичевых островов) that required dances and incantations for its proper cooking (которое требовало танцев и заклинаний для правильного приготовления). Montmorency went and put his nose over it once (Монморенси один раз подошел и сунул свой нос в сковороду), and the fat spluttered up and scalded him, and then he began dancing and cursing (и жир брызнул и ошпарил его, и тогда он /тоже/ начал плясать и ругаться). Altogether it was one of the most interesting and exciting operations I have ever witnessed (в общем, это было одно из самых интересных и захватывающих действий, что я когда-либо видел). George and I were both quite sorry when it was over (мы с Джорджем оба были весьма огорчены, когда оно закончилось).
The result was not altogether the success that Harris had anticipated (результат отнюдь не был тем успехом, которого ожидал Гаррис; to anticipate — ожидать, предвидеть; предвкушать). There seemed so little to show for the business (было так мало, чтобы показать для дела = смотреть было особо не на что). Six eggs had gone into the frying-pan (шесть яиц вылили на сковороду), and all that came out was a teaspoonful of burnt and unappetizing looking mess (а все, что получилось — чайная ложка горелой и неаппетитно выглядящей бурды; mess — похлебка, месиво, варево).
Harris said it was the fault of the frying-pan (Гаррис сказал, что это вина сковороды), and thought it would have gone better if we had had a fish-kettle and a gas-stove (думает, было бы лучше, если бы у нас были котелок для варки рыбы и газовая плита); and we decided not to attempt the dish again until we had those aids to housekeeping by us (и мы решили не пытаться готовить это блюдо снова, пока у нас не будет этих вспомогательных средств = принадлежностей для домашнего хозяйства).
We did not know what scrambled eggs were, and we fancied that it must be some Red Indian or Sandwich Islands sort of dish that required dances and incantations for its proper cooking. Montmorency went and put his nose over it once, and the fat spluttered up and scalded him, and then he began dancing and cursing. Altogether it was one of the most interesting and exciting operations I have ever witnessed. George and I were both quite sorry when it was over.
The result was not altogether the success that Harris had anticipated. There seemed so little to show for the business. Six eggs had gone into the frying-pan, and all that came out was a teaspoonful of burnt and unappetizing looking mess.
Harris said it was the fault of the frying-pan, and thought it would have gone better if we had had a fish-kettle and a gas-stove; and we decided not to attempt the dish again until we had those aids to housekeeping by us.
The sun had got more powerful by the time we had finished breakfast (солнце стало сильнее = стало припекать к тому времени, когда мы закончили завтрак/ать/; powerful — крепкий, мощный, могучий), and the wind had dropped, and it was as lovely a morning as one could desire (ветер стих, и утро было таким очаровательным, какое /только/ можно желать). Little was in sight to remind us of the nineteenth century (мало что в поле зрения напоминало нам о девятнадцатом веке); and, as we looked out upon the river in the morning sunlight (и, выглядывая /из-под брезента/ на реку в утреннем солнечном свете), we could almost fancy that the centuries between us and that ever-to-be-famous June morning of 1215 had been drawn aside (мы почти могли вообразить, что века между нами и тем незабываемым июньским утром 1215 года отошли в сторону; to draw aside), and that we, English yeomen's sons in homespun cloth, with dirk at belt (и что мы, сыновья английских йоменов в /одежде/ из домотканой материи, с кинжалом за поясом; yeomen — йомены /свободные крестьяне в Англии 14-18 веков, которые вели самостоятельное хозяйство на земле, являвшейся их наследственным наделом/), were waiting there to witness the writing of that stupendous page of history (ждем здесь, чтобы увидеть, как пишется эта чрезвычайно важная страница истории), the meaning whereof was to be translated to the common people some four hundred and odd years later (значение которой должен был объяснить простым людям четыре с лишним столетия спустя) by one Oliver Cromwell, who had deeply studied it (Оливер Кромвель, который глубоко/основательно изучил ее).
The sun had got more powerful by the time we had finished breakfast, and the wind had dropped, and it was as lovely a morning as one could desire. Little was in sight to remind us of the nineteenth century; and, as we looked out upon the river in the morning sunlight, we could almost fancy that the centuries between us and that ever-to-be-famous June morning of 1215 had been drawn aside, and that we, English yeomen's sons in homespun cloth, with dirk at belt, were waiting there to witness the writing of that stupendous page of history, the meaning whereof was to be translated to the common people some four hundred and odd years later by one Oliver Cromwell, who had deeply studied it.
It is a fine summer morning — sunny, soft, and still (прекрасное летнее утро — солнечное, теплое и тихое). But through the air there runs a thrill of coming stir (но в воздухе пробегает дрожь приближающейся суматохи = чувствуется приближение волнения; thrill — возбуждение, глубокое волнение, трепет, дрожь; stir — движение, шевеление; суматоха, переполох). King John has slept at Duncroft Hall (король Иоанн переночевал в Данкрофт-Холл), and all the day before the little town of Staines has echoed to the clang of armed men (и весь день накануне маленький городок Стэйнс вторил бряцанью /оружия/ воинов: «вооруженных людей»), and the clatter of great horses over its rough stones (и топоту прекрасных коней по его ухабистой мостовой: «камням»; clatter — стук, громкая поступь, топот; звон), and the shouts of captains (и крикам командиров), and the grim oaths and surly jests of bearded bowmen (и свирепым проклятиям и грубым шуткам бородатых лучников), billmen, pikemen (алебардщиков, копейщиков), and strange-speaking foreign spearmen (и говорящих на чужом языке иностранных копьеносцев).
It is a fine summer morning — sunny, soft, and still. But through the air there runs a thrill of coming stir. King John has slept at Duncroft Hall, and all the day before the little town of Staines has echoed to the clang of armed men, and the clatter of great horses over its rough stones, and the shouts of captains, and the grim oaths and surly jests of bearded bowmen, billmen, pikemen, and strange-speaking foreign spearmen.