Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)

Its invisibility (его невидимость), and the mystery which was attached to it (и тайна, окутывавшая его; to attach — быть связанным с), made this organization doubly terrible (делали эту организацию вдвойне ужасной). It appeared to be omniscient and omnipotent (казалось, что она всеведуща и всемогуща), and yet was neither seen nor heard (оставаясь при этом невидимой и неслышимой: «и все же не была ни видима, ни слышима»). The man who held out against the Church vanished away (тот, кто противостоял церкви, исчезал; to hold out — продолжать сопротивляться, быть непоколебимым), and none knew whither he had gone or what had befallen him (и никто не знал, куда он пропал и что с ним случилось; to befall — приключаться, происходить, случаться). His wife and his children awaited him at home (его жена и дети ждали его дома), but no father ever returned to tell them how he had fared at the hands of his secret judges (но еще ни один отец не вернулся, чтобы рассказать им, что он испытал от рук тайных судей; to fare — жить, поживать). A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation (за неосторожным словом или необдуманным поступком следовало уничтожение; hasty — необдуманный, опрометчивый; act — дело, поступок; to follow — следовать; annihilation — уничтожение; истребление), and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power (и, тем не менее, никто не знал сущность этой ужасной силы) which was suspended over them (нависшей над ними). No wonder that men went about in fear and trembling (неудивительно, что люди пребывали в страхе и трепете), and that even in the heart of the wilderness they dared not whisper the doubts which oppressed them (и что даже в самом сердце пустыни они не осмеливались даже шепотом озвучить одолевавшие их сомнения; to oppress — подавлять, угнетать; удручать).

misconstrue [,mIsk@n'stru:], machinery [m@'Si:n(@)rI], omniscient [Om'nIsI@nt], hasty ['heIstI]

Yes, a dangerous matter — so dangerous that even the most saintly dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath, lest something which fell from their lips might be misconstrued, and bring down a swift retribution upon them. The victims of persecution had now turned persecutors on their own account, and persecutors of the most terrible description. Not the Inquisition of Seville, nor the German Vehm-gericht, nor the Secret Societies of Italy, were ever able to put a more formidable machinery in motion than that which cast a cloud over the State of Utah.

Its invisibility, and the mystery which was attached to it, made this organization doubly terrible. It appeared to be omniscient and omnipotent, and yet was neither seen nor heard. The man who held out against the Church vanished away, and none knew whither he had gone or what had befallen him. His wife and his children awaited him at home, but no father ever returned to tell them how he had fared at the hands of his secret judges. A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power which was suspended over them. No wonder that men went about in fear and trembling, and that even in the heart of the wilderness they dared not whisper the doubts which oppressed them.