Эдгар Берроуз - Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса

For two days no food was brought me, but then a new messenger appeared and my incarceration went on as before, but not again did I allow my reason to be submerged by the horror of my position.

Shortly after this episode another prisoner was brought in and chained near me (вскоре после этого события другого пленника привели /в темницу/ и приковали цепью возле меня; episode — эпизод; случай ). By the dim torch light I saw that he was a red Martian (в тусклом свете факела я увидел, что он был красным марсианином) and I could scarcely await the departure of his guards to address him (и я едва мог дождаться ухода его стражников, чтобы обратиться к нему). As their retreating footsteps died away in the distance (когда их удаляющиеся шаги затихли в отдалении; to die away — замирать, затихать ), I called out softly the Martian word of greeting (я тихо произнес марсианское слово приветствия; softly — мягко; тихо ), kaor.

"Who are you who speaks out of the darkness?" he answered (кто ты, тот, кто говорит из темноты? — отозвался он).

"John Carter, a friend of the red men of Helium (друг красных людей Гелиума)."

"I am of Helium," he said, "but I do not recall your name (я из Гелиума, но я не припоминаю твоего имени)."

episode ['epIsoud], retreat [rI'tri: t]

Shortly after this episode another prisoner was brought in and chained near me. By the dim torch light I saw that he was a red Martian and I could scarcely await the departure of his guards to address him. As their retreating footsteps died away in the distance, I called out softly the Martian word of greeting, kaor.

"Who are you who speaks out of the darkness?" he answered.

"John Carter, a friend of the red men of Helium."

"I am of Helium," he said, "but I do not recall your name."

And then I told him my story as I have written it here (и затем я рассказал ему мою историю так, как я описал ее здесь), omitting only any reference to my love for Dejah Thoris (опустив только любые упоминания о моей любви к Деже Торис). He was much excited by the news of Helium's princess (он был очень взволнован известиями о принцессе Гелиума) and seemed quite positive (и казался совершенно уверенным; positive — уверенный, убежденный ) that she and Sola could easily have reached a point of safety from where they left me (что она и Сола могли добраться до безопасного места оттуда, где они меня оставили). He said that he knew the place well (он сказал, что знает это место хорошо) because the defile through which the Warhoon warriors had passed when they discovered us (потому что узкий проход, через который прошли ворхунские воины, когда они обнаружили нас) was the only one ever used by them when marching to the south (был единственным, который они вообще использовали, когда продвигались на юг).

"Dejah Thoris and Sola entered the hills not five miles from a great waterway (углубились в холмы не далее, чем в пяти милях от великого канала) and are now probably quite safe," he assured me (и теперь, вероятно, в полной безопасности, — уверил он меня).

omit [q'mIt], march [mQ: tS], assure [q'Suq]

And then I told him my story as I have written it here, omitting only any reference to my love for Dejah Thoris. He was much excited by the news of Helium's princess and seemed quite positive that she and Sola could easily have reached a point of safety from where they left me. He said that he knew the place well because the defile through which the Warhoon warriors had passed when they discovered us was the only one ever used by them when marching to the south.

"Dejah Thoris and Sola entered the hills not five miles from a great waterway and are now probably quite safe," he assured me.

My fellow prisoner was Kantos Kan, a padwar (lieutenant) in the navy of Helium (моим товарищем по тюрьме был Кантос Кан, лейтенант флота Гелиума). He had been a member of the ill-fated expedition (он был участником злополучной экспедиции) which had fallen into the hands of the Tharks (которая попала в лапы тарков) at the time of Dejah Thoris' capture (во время захвата Дежи Торис), and he briefly related the events (и он коротко пересказал те события) which followed the defeat of the battleships (которые последовали за поражением боевых кораблей).

Badly injured and only partially manned (сильно поврежденные и только частично укомплектованные командой; to man — укомплектовывать личным составом ) they had limped slowly toward Helium (они медленно и с трудом продвигались к Гелиуму; to limp — хромать; двигаться медленно или с трудом ), but while passing near the city of Zodanga (но когда они проходили возле города Зоданги), the capital of Helium's hereditary enemies among the red men of Barsoom (столицы потомственных врагов Гелиума среди красных людей Барсума; hereditary — наследственный, потомственный ), they had been attacked by a great body of war vessels (они были атакованы большой группой военных судов) and all but the craft to which Kantos Kan belonged (и все /суда/, за исключением судна, к которому был приписан Кантос Кан; to belong — принадлежать; быть частью группы ) were either destroyed or captured (были либо уничтожены, либо захвачены). His vessel was chased for days by three of the Zodangan war ships (его судно несколько дней преследовали три зодангианских военных корабля) but finally escaped during the darkness of a moonless night (но наконец /ему/ удалось ускользнуть во тьме безлунной ночи).

battleship ['bxtlSIp], injure ['IndZq], vessel [vesl], escape [Is'keIp]

My fellow prisoner was Kantos Kan, a padwar (lieutenant) in the navy of Helium. He had been a member of the ill-fated expedition which had fallen into the hands of the Tharks at the time of Dejah Thoris' capture, and he briefly related the events which followed the defeat of the battleships.

Badly injured and only partially manned they had limped slowly toward Helium, but while passing near the city of Zodanga, the capital of Helium's hereditary enemies among the red men of Barsoom, they had been attacked by a great body of war vessels and all but the craft to which Kantos Kan belonged were either destroyed or captured. His vessel was chased for days by three of the Zodangan war ships but finally escaped during the darkness of a moonless night.