"I am glad you came (я рада, что ты пришел)," she said; "Dejah Thoris sleeps and I am lonely (Дежа Торис спит, и я /чувствую себя /одинокой). Mine own people do not care for me (мой собственный народ не любит меня), John Carter; I am too unlike them (я слишком не похожа на них). It is a sad fate (это печальная судьба), since I must live my life amongst them (так как я должна проживать свою жизнь среди них), and I often wish that I were a true green Martian woman (и я часто мечтаю, чтобы я была настоящей зеленой марсианской женщиной), without love and without hope (/не знающей/ ни любви, ни надежды); but I have known love and so I am lost (но я знала любовь, и поэтому я пропала).
vegetable ['vedZtqbl], trappings ['trxpINz], pleasure ['pleZq], amongst [q'mANst]
After partaking of my evening meal of cheese-like food and vegetable milk I sought out Sola, whom I found working by the light of a torch upon some of Tars Tarkas' trappings. She looked up at my approach, her face lighting with pleasure and with welcome.
"I am glad you came," she said; "Dejah Thoris sleeps and I am lonely. Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. It is a sad fate, since I must live my life amongst them, and I often wish that I were a true green Martian woman, without love and without hope; but I have known love and so I am lost.
"I promised to tell you my story (я обещала рассказать тебе мою историю), or rather the story of my parents (или, скорее, историю моих родителей). From what I have learned of you and the ways of your people (из того, что я узнала о тебе и об обычаях твоего народа) I am sure that the tale will not seem strange to you (я уверена, что эта история не покажется тебе странной), but among green Martians it has no parallel within the memory of the oldest living Thark (но у зеленых марсиан не случалось ничего подобного на памяти самого старого из живущих тарков;
"My mother was rather small (моя мать была довольно маленькой), in fact too small to be allowed the responsibilities of maternity (на самом деле, слишком маленькой, чтобы ей позволили /взять на себя/ ответственность материнства), as our chieftains breed principally for size (так как наши вожди /выбирают женщин/ для размножения прежде всего по размеру;
legend ['ledZqnd], maternity [mq'tWnItI], nearby ['nIqbaI]
"I promised to tell you my story, or rather the story of my parents. From what I have learned of you and the ways of your people I am sure that the tale will not seem strange to you, but among green Martians it has no parallel within the memory of the oldest living Thark, nor do our legends hold many similar tales.