‘Brothers!’ cried the girl, dancing between them (братья! — закричала девушка, танцуя между ними). ‘Look who follows! (смотрите, кто следует (за мной)!) I have brought you a man to slay! (я привела вам человека, чтобы убить!) Take his heart, that we may lay it smoking on our father’s board!’ (возьмите его сердце, чтобы мы могли положить его дымящимся на стол нашего отца!)
The giants answered with roars like the grinding of icebergs on a frozen shore (гиганты ответили рычанием, как скрежет айсбергов на замершем берегу). They heaved up their axes, shining in the starlight, as the maddened Cimmerian hurled himself upon them (они подняли /вверх/ /их/ секиры, сияющие в звездном свете, когда обезумевший киммериец бросил себя =
brought [br: t], foe [fu], knee [ni:]
‘Brothers!’ cried the girl, dancing between them. ‘Look who follows! I have brought you a man to slay I Take his heart, that we may lay it smoking on our father’s board!’
The giants answered with roars like the grinding of icebergs on a frozen shore. They heaved up their axes, shining in the starlight, as the maddened Cimmerian hurled himself upon them. A frosty blade flashed before his eyes, blinding him with its brightness, and he gave back a terrible stroke that sheared through his foe’s leg at the knee.
With a groan, the victim fell (со стоном жертва упала), and at the same instant Conan was dashed into the snow (и в тот же момент Конан был сбит (с ног) в снег), his left shoulder numb from a glancing blow of the survivor’s ax, from which the Cimmerian’s mail had barely saved his life (его плечо онемевшее =
numb [nm], high [ha], crimson [krmzn]
With a groan, the victim fell, and at the same instant Conan was dashed into the snow, his left shoulder numb from a glancing blow of the survivor’s ax, from which the Cimmerian’s mail had barely saved his life. Conan saw the remaining giant looming high above him like a colossus carved of ice, etched against the coldly glowing sky. The ax fell — to sink through the snow and deep into the frozen earth as Conan buried himself aside and leaped to his feet. The giant roared and wrenched his ax free; but, even as he did, Conan’s sword sang down. The giant’s knees bent, and he sank slowly into the snow, which turned crimson with the blood that gushed from his half-severed neck.
Conan wheeled to see the girl standing a short distance away, staring at him in wide-eyed horror, all the mockery gone from her face (Конан повернулся, чтобы увидеть девушку, стоящую на небольшом расстоянии от него: «короткое расстояние прочь», вся насмешка ушедшая с ее лица =
‘Call the rest of your brothers!’ he cried (зови остаток =
flew [flu: ], shook [k], brother [brd]