Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море

But you enjoyed killing the dentuso, he thought. He lives on the live fish as you do. He is not a scavenger nor just a moving appetite as some sharks are. He is beautiful and noble and knows no fear of anything.

"I killed him in self-defense," the old man said aloud. "And I killed him well."

Besides, he thought, everything kills everything else in some way. Fishing kills me exactly as it keeps me alive. The boy keeps me alive, he thought. I must not deceive myself too much.

He leaned over the side (он перегнулся через борт) and pulled loose a piece of the meat of the fish (и оторвал от рыбы кусок мяса) where the shark had cut him (/в том месте/, где ее укусила акула). He chewed it (он съел его) and noted its quality and its good taste (и отметил его качество и хороший вкус). It was firm and juicy (оно было твердым и сочным; firm — крепкий, твердый), like meat, but it was not red (как мясо /говядина/, но оно не было красным). There was no stringiness in it (в нем не было волокон; stringiness — волокнистость; string — веревка; stringy — волокнистый) and he knew that it would bring the highest price in the market (и он знал, что за него дадут высшую цену на рынке). But there was no way to keep its scent out of the water (но не было никакого способа, чтобы удержать/предотвратить его запах в воде) and the old man knew that a very bad time was coming (и старик знал, что грядет очень тяжелое время = понимал, что ему придется нелегко).

The breeze was steady (ветер не ослабевал: «был устойчивым»). It had backed a little further into the north-east (он слегка отклонился дальше на северо-восток) and he knew that meant that it would not fall off (и он знал, что это означало, что он не прекратится). The old man looked ahead of him (старик посмотрел вперед) but he could see no sails (но он не увидел ни парусов) nor could he see the hull (ни корпуса /корабля/; hull — корпус /корабля/) nor the smoke of any ship (ни дыма от какого-нибудь корабля). There were only the flying fish (были только летучие рыбы) that went up from his bow (которые вылетали из моря от носа лодки) sailing away to either side (и разлетались в обе стороны) and the yellow patches of Gulf weed (и желтые островки саргассовых водорослей; gulfweed — саргассова водоросль; gulf — залив; weed — сорная трава, сорняк; водоросль). He could not even see a bird (он не увидел даже птиц).

He had sailed for two hours (он плыл два часа), resting in the stern (отдыхая на корме) and sometimes chewing a bit of the meat from the marlin (и иногда съедая кусочек мяса марлиня), trying to rest and to be strong (пытаясь отдохнуть и набраться сил), when he saw the first of the two sharks (когда он увидел первую из двух акул).

juicy ['GHsI], stringiness ['strINInqs], hull [hAl]

He leaned over the side and pulled loose a piece of the meat of the fish where the shark had cut him. He chewed it and noted its quality and its good taste. It was firm and juicy, like meat, but it was not red. There was no stringiness in it and he knew that it would bring the highest price in the market. But there was no way to keep its scent out of the water and the old man knew that a very bad time was coming.

The breeze was steady. It had backed a little further into the north-east and he knew that meant that it would not fall off. The old man looked ahead of him but he could see no sails nor could he see the hull nor the smoke of any ship. There were only the flying fish that went up from his bow sailing away to either side and the yellow patches of Gulf weed. He could not even see a bird.

He had sailed for two hours, resting in the stern and sometimes chewing a bit of the meat from the marlin, trying to rest and to be strong, when he saw the first of the two sharks.

"Ay," he said aloud. There is no translation for this word (для этого слова нет перевода) and perhaps it is just a noise (и, возможно, это просто звук) such as a man might make, involuntarily (который может сделать человек непроизвольно; voluntarily — добровольно, естественно), feeling the nail go through his hands and into the wood (чувствуя, как гвоздь проходит через руку и в дерево).