Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказов (ASCII-IPA)

“They often vanish before the ceremony (они /женщины/ часто исчезают до церемонии) , and occasionally during the honeymoon (иногда во время медового месяца) ; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this (но не могу вспомнить, чтобы исчезновение произошло столь быстро) . Pray let me have the details (пожалуйста, расскажите мне подробности) .”

“I warn you that they are very incomplete (предупреждаю, что они далеко не полны) .”

“Perhaps we may make them less so (возможно, нам удастся их дополнить: «сделать их менее неполными») .”

breakfast ['brekf@st], ceremony ['serIm@nI], incomplete [,Ink@m'pli:t]

“The vanishing of the lady.”

“When did she vanish, then?”

“At the wedding breakfast.”

“Indeed. This is more interesting than it promised to be; quite dramatic, in fact.”

“Yes; it struck me as being a little out of the common.”

“They often vanish before the ceremony, and occasionally during the honeymoon; but I cannot call to mind anything quite so prompt as this. Pray let me have the details.”

“I warn you that they are very incomplete.”

“Perhaps we may make them less so.”

“Such as they are (как бы то ни было) , they are set forth in a single article of a morning paper of yesterday (эти подробности изложены в одной статье вчерашней утренней газеты) , which I will read to you (которую я вам прочитаю) . It is headed, ‘Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding’ (она озаглавлена: «Необычайное происшествие на великосветской свадьбе») :

“‘The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the greatest consternation (семья лорда Роберта Сент-Саймона крайне потрясена: «была брошена = повержена в крайний ужас/в величайшее отчаяние»; consternation — ужас; испуг; оцепенение /от страха/) by the strange and painful episodes (странными и прискорбными событиями) which have taken place in connection with his wedding (произошедшими в связи с его свадьбой) . The ceremony, as shortly announced in the papers of yesterday (свадьба, как кратко сообщалось во вчерашних газетах) , occurred on the previous morning (состоялась предыдущим утром) ; but it is only now that it has been possible to confirm the strange rumours (но только сейчас можно подтвердить странные слухи) which have been so persistently floating about (так упорно циркулирующие вокруг /этой истории/; to float about — витать, носиться в воздухе /об идеях, слухах и т. п./; to float — плавать; всплывать; держаться на поверхности воды) . In spite of the attempts of the friends to hush the matter up (несмотря на попытки друзей замять это происшествие; to hush up — замалчивать, скрывать) , so much public attention has now been drawn to it (столь много общественного внимания привлечено к нему) that no good purpose can be served by affecting to disregard (что нет смысла замалчивать то; purpose — намерение, цель; замысел, стремление; to serve a purpose — служить определенной цели; to disregard — не обращать внимания, не придавать значения; пренебрегать) what is a common subject for conversation (что является обычным предметом разговора = о чем все говорят) .

consternation [,kOnst@'neIS(@)n], previous ['pri:vI@s], disregard [,dIsrI'gA:d]

“Such as they are, they are set forth in a single article of a morning paper of yesterday, which I will read to you. It is headed, ‘Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding’:

“‘The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the greatest consternation by the strange and painful episodes which have taken place in connection with his wedding. The ceremony, as shortly announced in the papers of yesterday, occurred on the previous morning; but it is only now that it has been possible to confirm the strange rumours which have been so persistently floating about. In spite of the attempts of the friends to hush the matter up, so much public attention has now been drawn to it that no good purpose can be served by affecting to disregard what is a common subject for conversation.

“‘The ceremony, which was performed at St. George’s, Hanover Square (свадьба, происходившая в /церкви/ Святого Георгия на Гановер-Сквер) , was a very quiet one (была очень тихой) , no one being present save the father of the bride, Mr. Aloysius Doran (там никого не было, кроме отца невесты, мистера Алоизиуса Дорана) , the Duchess of Balmoral (герцогини Балморалской) , Lord Backwater (лорда Бэкуотера) , Lord Eustace (лорда Юстаса) , and Lady Clara St. Simon (и леди Клары Сент-Саймон) (the younger brother and sister of the bridegroom) (младшие брат и сестра жениха) , and Lady Alicia Whittington (и леди Алисии Уиттингтон) . The whole party proceeded afterwards to the house of Mr. Aloysius Doran, at Lancaster Gate (все общество позднее отправилось в дом мистера Алоизиуса Дорана на Ланкастер-Гейт) , where breakfast had been prepared (где было приготовлено /свадебное/ угощение) . It appears that some little trouble was caused by a woman (похоже, произошел небольшой инцидент, вызванный какой-то женщиной) , whose name has not been ascertained (чье имя не было установлено; to ascertain — выяснять, обнаруживать, убеждаться, удостоверяться, узнавать, устанавливать; certain — определенный) , who endeavored to force her way into the house after the bridal party (которая пыталась проникнуть в дом вслед за приглашенными на свадьбу гостями; to force one's way — протискиваться, проталкиваться, пробираться; bridal — свадебный) , alleging that she had some claim upon Lord St. Simon (утверждая, будто у нее есть какие-то права на лорда Сент-Саймона; to allege — утверждать, заявлять /голословно/) .

prepared [prI'pe@d], ascertained [,&s@'teInd], alleging [@'ledZIN]

“‘The ceremony, which was performed at St. George’s, Hanover Square, was a very quiet one, no one being present save the father of the bride, Mr. Aloysius Doran, the Duchess of Balmoral, Lord Backwater, Lord Eustace, and Lady Clara St. Simon (the younger brother and sister of the bridegroom), and Lady Alicia Whittington. The whole party proceeded afterwards to the house of Mr. Aloysius Doran, at Lancaster Gate, where breakfast had been prepared. It appears that some little trouble was caused by a woman, whose name has not been ascertained, who endeavored to force her way into the house after the bridal party, alleging that she had some claim upon Lord St. Simon.