Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории

There was Birthmark Sweetlocks (был там Суитлокс Меченый; birthmark – родимое пятно), who was known to have been present at the killing of the log-wood cutters (известный тем, что присутствовал при убийстве резчиков по дереву; log-wood – кампешевое дерево), so that his hideous scarlet disfigurement was put down by the fanciful (так что его отвратительное багровое пятно толковалось людьми с развитой фантазией; disfigurement – уродование; физический дефект, недостаток; to put down – приписывать, относить на счет /кого-л./чего-л./) as being a red afterglow from that great crime (как кровавый результат того великого злодеяния; red – красный; кровавый, окровавленный). He was first mate (он стал первым помощником), and under him was Israel Martin, a little sun-wilted fellow (а его подручным назначили Израэля Мартина, невысокого высушенного солнцем человечка) who had served with Howell Davies at the taking of Cape Coast Castle (который служил еще у Хауэлла Дэйвиса при взятии замка Кейп-Коуст).

 There was Birthmark Sweetlocks, who was known to have been present at the killing of the log-wood cutters, so that his hideous scarlet disfigurement was put down by the fanciful as being a red afterglow from that great crime. He was first mate, and under him was Israel Martin, a little sun-wilted fellow who had served with Howell Davies at the taking of Cape Coast Castle.

The crew were chosen from amongst those (команда набиралась из тех) whom Banks had met and known in their own infamous haunts (кого Бэнкс встречал и с кем знакомился в облюбованных ими грязных притонах; to know – знать; быть знакомым), and his own table-steward was a haggard-faced man (а его личным камердинером стал человек с изможденным лицом; table-steward – стюард-официант), who gobbled at you when he tried to talk (который издавал клекочущие звуки, когда пытался разговаривать; to gobble – кулдыкать /об индюке/). His beard had been shaved (свою бороду он сбрил), and it was impossible to recognise him as the same man (и в нем невозможно было узнать того самого человека) whom Sharkey had placed under the knife (которому Шарки отрезал язык: «которого Шарки поместил под нож»), and who had escaped to tell his experiences to Copley Banks (и который бежал /от пиратов/, чтобы рассказать о своих злоключениях Копли Бэнксу; experiences – опыт; случай, событие).

 The crew were chosen from amongst those whom Banks had met and known in their own infamous haunts, and his own table-steward was a haggard-faced man, who gobbled at you when he tried to talk. His beard had been shaved, and it was impossible to recognise him as the same man whom Sharkey had placed under the knife, and who had escaped to tell his experiences to Copley Banks.