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

"Now, it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves (итак, это факт, джентльмены, как вы сами можете видеть) , that my hair is of a very full and rich tint (что мои волосы очень насыщенного и богатого оттенка) , so that it seemed to me that if there was to be any competition in the matter (и потому мне казалось, что если бы /там/ случилось состязание в этом деле) I stood as good a chance as any man that I had ever met (у меня был бы такой же хороший шанс, как и у любого человека, которого я когдf-либо встречал = как и у других /участников/) . Vincent Spaulding seemed to know so much about it (Винсент Сполдинг, казалось, так много знает об этом) that I thought he might prove useful (что я подумал, /что/ он может оказаться полезным) , so I just ordered him to put up the shutters for the day (поэтому я приказал ему закрыть ставни на тот день) and to come right away with me (и пойти прямо туда вместе со мной) . He was very willing to have a holiday (он был очень желающим иметь выходной = очень обрадовался выходному) , so we shut the business up (и вот, мы закрыли контору) and started off for the address that was given us in the advertisement (и отправились по адресу, который был дан нам в объявлении) .

competition [kA.mpI'tISn], thought [TO:t], holiday ['hA.lIdI]

"Now, it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves, that my hair is of a very full and rich tint, so that it seemed to me that if there was to be any competition in the matter I stood as good a chance as any man that I had ever met. Vincent Spaulding seemed to know so much about it that I thought he might prove useful, so I just ordered him to put up the shutters for the day and to come right away with me. He was very willing to have a holiday, so we shut the business up and started off for the address that was given us in the advertisement.

"I never hope to see such a sight as that again, Mr. Holmes (я не надеюсь более никогда увидеть вновь такое зрелище, как то = такого мне никогда не придется больше повидать) . From north, south, east, and west (с севера, юга, востока и запада) every man who had a shade of red in his hair (каждый /человек/, кто имел хоть малейший оттенок рыжего в своих волосах; shade — тень; намек, оттенок) had tramped into the Сity to answer the advertisement (притопали в Сити откликнуться на объявление; to tramp — тяжело ступать, тащиться) . Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk (Флит-стрит была забита рыжими людьми; to choke with — подавиться; folk — люди, племя) , and Pope's Court looked like a coster's orange barrow (а Попс-корт был похож на тачку уличного торговца апельсинами) . I should not have thought there were so many in the whole country (я не мог подумать = никогда бы не подумал, что во всей стране так много /рыжих/) as were brought together by that single advertisement (как /те/, которые собрались вместе по одному объявлению) . Every shade of colour they were (они были всех оттенков цвета = рыжего) — straw (соломенного) , lemon (лимонного) , orange (апельсинового) , brick (кирпичного) , Irish-setter (/цвета/ ирландского сеттера) , liver (темно-каштанового) , clay (глиняного) ; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-colored tint (там было немного /людей/, кто имел бы настоящий живой огненный тон) . When I saw how many were waiting (когда я увидел, как много было ожидающих) , I would have given it up in despair (я бы бросил это в отчаянии = чуть не пришел в отчаяние) ; but Spaulding would not hear of it (не захотел об этом слышать = настаивал на своем) . How he did it I could not imagine (как он это сделал, я не мог представить) , but he pushed and pulled and butted until he got me through the crowd (он толкался, и втискивался, и бодался, пока не провел меня через толпу) , and right up to the steps which led to the office (и прямо к лестнице, которая вела к конторе) . There was a double stream upon the stair (по лестнице двигался двойной поток) , some going up in hope (некоторые поднимались в надежде = полные надежд) , and some coming back dejected (а другие спускались угнетенные) ; but we wedged in as well as we could (но мы вклинились как могли) and soon found ourselves in the office (и вскоре очутились в конторе) ."

sight [saIt], north [nO:T], folk [f@uk], straw [strO:], despair [dIs'pe@], wedged [wedZd]

"I never hope to see such a sight as that again, Mr. Holmes. From north, south, east, and west every man who had a shade of red in his hair had tramped into the Сity to answer the advertisement. Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope's Court looked like a coster's orange barrow. I should not have thought there were so many in the whole country as were brought together by that single advertisement. Every shade of colour they were — straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-colored tint. When I saw how many were waiting, I would have given it up in despair; but Spaulding would not hear of it. How he did it I could not imagine, but he pushed and pulled and butted until he got me through the crowd, and right up to the steps which led to the office. There was a double stream upon the stair, some going up in hope, and some coming back dejected; but we wedged in as well as we could and soon found ourselves in the office."

"Your experience has been a most entertaining one (ваше приключение было наиболее занимательным /приключением/ = с вами произошла очень интересная история) ," remarked Holmes as his client paused (заметил Холмс, когда его клиент сделал паузу) and refreshed his memory with a huge pinch of snuff (и освежил свою память огромной понюшкой табаку) . "Pray continue your very interesting statement (прошу вас = пожалуйста, продолжайте ваше очень интересное изложение = рассказ) ."