Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса / Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars

I found to my delight (к своему восторгу я обнаружил) that I had entered at the lower boundary of the enormous palace grounds (что я вошел со стороны нижней границы огромной дворцовой территории). The building itself showed in the distance a blaze of glorious light (само здание сияло в отдалении морем великолепных огней; blaze — яркий свет; blaze of lights — море огней) and on the instant I determined to lead a detachment of warriors directly within the palace itself (и тотчас я решил повести отряд воинов прямо во дворец; on the instant — тотчас, в тотже момент), while the balance of the great horde was attacking the barracks of the soldiery (пока все остальное огромное племя будет атаковать казармы солдат).

doom [du: m], building ['bIldIN], detachment [dI'txtSmqnt]

I had learned from Kantos Kan the secret of opening these gates, and in another moment my twenty great fighting men stood within the doomed city of Zodanga.

I found to my delight that I had entered at the lower boundary of the enormous palace grounds. The building itself showed in the distance a blaze of glorious light, and on the instant I determined to lead a detachment of warriors directly within the palace itself, while the balance of the great horde was attacking the barracks of the soldiery.

Dispatching one of my men to Tars Tarkas for a detail of fifty Tharks (отправив одного из моих людей к Тарсу Таркасу за отрядом из пятидесяти тарков), with word of my intentions (с сообщением о моих намерениях), I ordered ten warriors to capture and open one of the great gates (я приказал десяти воинам захватить и открыть одни из больших ворот) while with the nine remaining I took the other (в то время как я с девятью оставшимися взял /на себя/ другие). We were to do our work quietly (мы должны были сделать нашу работу тихо), no shots were to be fired (не должно было быть сделано ни одного выстрела) and no general advance made (и не должно было быть общего наступления) until I had reached the palace with my fifty Tharks (пока я не подойду ко дворцу с моими пятьюдесятью тарками). Our plan worked to perfection (наш план сработал идеально; to perfection — в совершенстве). The two sentries we met were dispatched to their fathers (два стражника, которых мы встретили, были отправлены к праотцам) upon the banks of the lost sea of Korus (к берегам затерянного моря Корус), and the guards at both gates followed them in silence (а охранники у обоих ворот тихо последовали за ними вслед).

detail ['di: teIl], perfection [pq'fekS(q)n]

Dispatching one of my men to Tars Tarkas for a detail of fifty Tharks, with word of my intentions, I ordered ten warriors to capture and open one of the great gates while with the nine remaining I took the other. We were to do our work quietly, no shots were to be fired and no general advance made until I had reached the palace with my fifty Tharks. Our plan worked to perfection. The two sentries we met were dispatched to their fathers upon the banks of the lost sea of Korus, and the guards at both gates followed them in silence.

CHAPTER XXV

THE LOOTING OF ZODANGA (разграбление Зоданги)