giant [ʤaɪənt], although [ɔ:lˈðəu], breadth [bredƟ]
Standing with his back to the nearest of the giant redwoods, Conan wrapped his cloak more closely about him against the dank breeze from the heights. Although his troopers were well-built men of good size, he towered half a head over the tallest of them, while his enormous breadth of shoulder made them seem puny by comparison. His square-cut black mane escaped from below the edges of his spired, turban-wound helmet, and the deep-set blue eyes in his dark, scarred face caught glints of red from the firelight.
Sunk in one of his fits of melancholy gloom, Conan silently cursed King Yildiz (погруженный в один из /его/ приступов меланхоличной депрессии, Конан безмолвно проклинал короля Илдиза), the well-meaning but weak Turanian monarch who had sent him on this ill-omened mission (исполненного благих намерений: хорошо-подразумевающего», но слабого туранского монарха, который послал его на/в это предвещающее беду задание/миссию; to send — посылать). Over a year had passed since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the king of Turan (более года прошло с тех пор, как он дал клятву: «взял клятву» — верности королю Турана; to take — брать, взять). Six months before, he had been lucky enough to earn this king’s favor (шесть месяцев назад он оказался достаточно удачлив, чтобы приобрести благосклонность короля); with the help of a fellow-mercenary, Juma the Kushite, he had rescued Yildiz’s daughter Zosara from the mad god-king of Meru (с помощью приятеля-наемника, Джумы-кушита, он спас дочь Илдиза Зосару от сумасшедшего бога-короля Меру). He had brought the princess, more or less intact, to her affianced bridegroom, Khan Kujala of the nomadic Kuigar horde (он привез принцессу, более-/или/-менее нетронутой ее /обрученному/ /с ней/ жениху, хану Куджале кочевой куйгарской орды = Куджале, хану орды кочевников-куйгаров).
princess [prɪnˈses], enough [ɪˈnʌf], horde [hɔ: d]
Sunk in one of his fits of melancholy gloom, Conan silently cursed King Yildiz, the well-meaning but weak Turanian monarch who had sent him on this ill-omened mission. Over a year had passed since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the king of Turan. Six months before, he had been lucky enough to earn this king’s favor; with the help of a fellow-mercenary, Juma the Kushite, he had rescued Yildiz’s daughter Zosara from the mad god-king of Meru. He had brought the princess, more or less intact, to her affianced bridegroom, Khan Kujala of the nomadic Kuigar horde.
When Conan returned to Yildiz’s glittering capital of Aghrapur, he had found the monarch generous enough in his gratitude (когда Конан вернулся в блистающую столицу Илдиза — Аграпур, он нашел монарха щедрым достаточно = достаточно щедрым в своей/его благодарности). Both he and Juma had been raised to captain (оба — он и Джума = как он, так и Джума были произведены в капитаны; had been raised to — пассив в предпрошедшем времени — был произведен в, повышен до). But, whereas Juma had obtained a coveted post in the Royal Guard, Conan had been rewarded with yet another arduous, perilous mission (но, в то время как Джума получил желаемую должность в королевской страже, Конан был вознагражден еще одной трудной, опасной миссией). Now, as he recalled these events, he sourly contemplated the fruits of success (теперь, когда он вспоминал эти события, он мрачно/угрюмо созерцал плоды успеха).
captain [ˈkæptɪn], guard [ɡɑ: d], mission [mɪʃn]
When Conan returned to Yildiz’s glittering capital of Aghrapur, he had found the monarch generous enough in his gratitude. Both he and Juma had been raised to captain. But, whereas Juma had obtained a coveted post in the Royal Guard, Conan had been rewarded with yet another arduous, perilous mission. Now, as he recalled these events, he sourly contemplated the fruits of success.
Yildiz had entrusted the Cimmerian giant with a letter to King Shu of Kusan, a minor kingdom in western Khitai (Илдиз доверил киммерийскому гиганту письмо к королю Шу /повелителю/ Кусана, небольшого королевства в западном Кхитае). At the head of forty veterans, Conan had accomplished the immense journey (во главе сорока ветеранов Конан совершил бесконечное путешествие). He had traversed hundreds of leagues of bleak Hyrkanian steppe and skirted the foothills of the towering Talakma Mountains (он преодолел сотни лиг суровой гирканской степи и обогнул подножия высоких Талакмийских гор). He had threaded his way through the windy deserts and swampy jungles bordering the mysterious realm of Khitai, the easternmost land of which the men of the West had heard (он прокладывал свой путь через ветреные = обдуваемые ветром пустыни и болотистые джунгли, граничащие /с/ таинственным королевством Кхитай, самой восточной землей, о которой люди Запада слышали = слышали люди Запада).
forty [fɔ: tɪ], swampy [swɔmpɪ], jungles [ʤʌŋɡlz]
Yildiz had entrusted the Cimmerian giant with a letter to King Shu of Kusan, a minor kingdom in western Khitai. At the head of forty veterans, Conan had accomplished the immense journey. He had traversed hundreds of leagues of bleak Hyrkanian steppe and skirted the foothills of the towering Talakma Mountains. He had threaded his way through the windy deserts and swampy jungles bordering the mysterious realm of Khitai, the easternmost land of which the men of the West had heard.
Arrived in Kusan at last (прибыв наконец в Кусан; at last — наконец), Conan had found the venerable and philosophical King Shu a splendid host (Конан нашел почтенного и философского = здравомыслящего короля Шу отличным хозяином). While Conan and his warriors were plied with exotic food and drink and furnished with willing concubines, the king and his advisers decided to accept King Yildiz’s offer of a treaty of friendship and trade (пока Конана и его воинов угощали: «были угощаемы» экзотической пищей и напитками и снабжали исполнительными наложницами, король и его советники решили принять предложение короля Илдиза договора о дружбе и торговле). So the wise old king had handed Conan a gorgeous scroll of gilded silk (поэтому мудрый старый король вручил Конану прекрасный свиток из позолоченного шелка). Thereon were inscribed, in the writhing ideographs of Khitai and the gracefully slanted characters of Hyrkania, the formal replies and felicitations of the Khitan king (на нем были написаны витиеватыми идеограммами Кхитая и грациозно наклонными буквами Гиркании официальные ответы и поздравления Кхитайского короля; thereon — на нем).
king [kɪŋ], scroll [skrəul], character [ˈkærɪktə]
Arrived in Kusan at last, Conan had found the venerable and philosophical King Shu a splendid host. While Conan and his warriors were plied with exotic food and drink and furnished with willing concubines, the king and his advisers decided to accept King Yildiz’s offer of a treaty of friendship and trade. So the wise old king had handed Conan a gorgeous scroll of gilded silk. Thereon were inscribed, in the writhing ideographs of Khitai and the gracefully slanted characters of Hyrkania, the formal replies and felicitations of the Khitan king.
Besides a silken purse full of Khitan gold, King Shu had also furnished Conan with a high noble of his court (кроме шелкового кошеля, полного кхитайского золота, король Шу также снабдил Конана высокопоставленным аристократом его двора), to guide them as far as the western borders of Khitai (чтобы провести их /аж/ до: «так далеко, как» — западных границ Кхитая). But Conan had not liked this guide, this Duke Feng (но Конану не понравился этот проводник, этот князь Фэн).
full [fʋl], also [ˈɔ: lsəu], court [kɔ: t]
Besides a silken purse full of Khitan gold, King Shu had also furnished Conan with a high noble of his court, to guide them as far as the western borders of Khitai. But Conan had not liked this guide, this Duke Feng.
The Khitan was a slim, dainty, foppish little man with a soft, lisping voice (кхитаец был тонким, изящным, фатоватым маленьким человеком = человечком с мелодичным шепелявящим голосом). He wore fantastical silken garments, unsuited to rugged riding and camping (он носил причудливое шелковое одеяние, неподходящее для суровой скачки и привала), and drenched his exquisite person in heavy perfume (и орошал свою/его утонченную персону духами с тяжелым запахом: «в тяжелых духах»). He never soiled his soft, long-nailed hands with any of the camp chores (он никогда /не/ марал свои нежные руки с длинными ногтями: «длинно-ногтевые» какими-либо из лагерных работ), but instead kept his two servants busy day and night ministering to his comfort and dignity (но вместо этого держал своих двух слуг, занятых день и ночь служением его удобствам и достоинству; to keep — держать, хранить).
instead [ɪnˈsted], busy [ˈbɪzɪ], night [naɪt]
The Khitan was a slim, dainty, foppish little man with a soft, lisping voice. He wore fantastical silken garments, unsuited to rugged riding and camping, and drenched his exquisite person in heavy perfume. He never soiled his soft, long- nailed hands with any of the camp chores, but instead kept his two servants busy day and night ministering to his comfort and dignity.
Conan looked down upon the Khitan’s habits with a hard-bitten barbarian’s manly contempt (Конан смотрел свысока на привычки кхитайца со стойким варварским мужским презрением; to look down upon — смотреть свысока на, презирать). The duke’s slanting black eyes and purring voice reminded him of a cat (раскосые черные глаза и мурлыкающий голос князя/герцога напоминали ему кота), and he often told himself to watch this little princeling for treachery (и он часто говорил себе /что нужно/ следить /за/ этим мелким князьком для вероломства = ожидая от него вероломства; to tell — говорить, рассказывать). On the other hand (с другой стороны: «на другой руке»), he secretly envied the Khitan his exquisitely cultivated manners and easy charm (он втайне завидовал кхитайцу его изысканно утонченным манерам и его непринужденному обаянию = изысканно утонченным манерам и непринужденному обаянию кхитайца). This fact led Conan to resent the duke even more (этот факт привел Конана /к тому, что он стал/ возмущаться князем даже еще больше); for, although his Turanian service had given Conan some slight polish, he was still at heart the blunt, boorish young barbarian (хотя его туранская служба дала Конану некоторый /небольшой/ лоск, он был все еще в глубине души прямолинейным, грубым молодым варваром). He would have to be careful of this sly little Duke Feng (ему следовало бы быть осторожным с этим коварным маленьким князем Фэном: «он имел бы быть осторожным»; would have — имел бы, условное наклонение — would + инфинитив).
duke [dju: k], slight [slaɪt], careful [kɛəfʋl]
Conan looked down upon the Khitan’s habits with a hard-bitten barbarian’s manly contempt. The duke’s slanting black eyes and purring voice reminded him of a cat, and he often told himself to watch this little princeling for treachery. On the other hand, he secretly envied the Khitan his exquisitely cultivated manners and easy charm. This fact led Conan to resent the duke even more; for, although his Turanian service had given Conan some slight polish, he was still at heart the blunt, boorish young barbarian. He would have to be careful of this sly little Duke Feng.
‘Do I disturb the profound meditations of the nobly born commander?’ purred a soft voice (/не/ мешаю /ли/ я глубоким размышлениям благородно рожденного командира = благородного командира? — промурлыкал мелодичный голос).
