Английский язык с Конаном-варваром

Sunk in one of his fits of melancholy gloom, Conan silently cursed King Yildiz (погруженный в один из /его/ приступов меланхоличной депрессии, Конан безмолвно проклинал короля Илдиза), the well-meaning but weak Turanian monarch who had sent him on this ill-omened mission (исполненного благих намерений: хорошо-подразумевающего», но слабого туранского монарха, который послал его на/в это предвещающее беду задание/миссию; to send — посылать). Over a year had passed since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the king of Turan (более года прошло с тех пор, как он дал клятву: «взял клятву» — верности королю Турана; to take — брать, взять). Six months before, he had been lucky enough to earn this king’s favor (шесть месяцев назад он оказался достаточно удачлив, чтобы приобрести благосклонность короля); with the help of a fellow-mercenary, Juma the Kushite, he had rescued Yildiz’s daughter Zosara from the mad god-king of Meru (с помощью приятеля-наемника, Джумы-кушита, он спас дочь Илдиза Зосару от сумасшедшего бога-короля Меру). He had brought the princess, more or less intact, to her affianced bridegroom, Khan Kujala of the nomadic Kuigar horde (он привез принцессу, более-/или/-менее нетронутой ее /обрученному/ /с ней/ жениху, хану Куджале кочевой куйгарской орды = Куджале, хану орды кочевников-куйгаров).

princess [prn'ses], enough ['nf], horde [h: d]

Sunk in one of his fits of melancholy gloom, Conan silently cursed King Yildiz, the well-meaning but weak Turanian monarch who had sent him on this ill-omened mission. Over a year had passed since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the king of Turan. Six months before, he had been lucky enough to earn this king’s favor; with the help of a fellow-mercenary, Juma the Kushite, he had rescued Yildiz’s daughter Zosara from the mad god-king of Meru. He had brought the princess, more or less intact, to her affianced bridegroom, Khan Kujala of the nomadic Kuigar horde.

When Conan returned to Yildiz’s glittering capital of Aghrapur, he had found the monarch generous enough in his gratitude (когда Конан вернулся в блистающую столицу Илдиза — Аграпур, он нашел монарха щедрым достаточно = достаточно щедрым в своей/его благодарности). Both he and Juma had been raised to captain (оба — он и Джума = как он, так и Джума были произведены в капитаны; had been raised to — пассив в предпрошедшем времени — был произведен в, повышен до). But, whereas Juma had obtained a coveted post in the Royal Guard, Conan had been rewarded with yet another arduous, perilous mission (но, в то время как Джума получил желаемую должность в королевской страже, Конан был вознагражден еще одной трудной, опасной миссией). Now, as he recalled these events, he sourly contemplated the fruits of success (теперь, когда он вспоминал эти события, он мрачно/угрюмо созерцал плоды успеха).

captain ['kaeptn], guard [: d], mission [mn]

When Conan returned to Yildiz’s glittering capital of Aghrapur, he had found the monarch generous enough in his gratitude. Both he and Juma had been raised to captain. But, whereas Juma had obtained a coveted post in the Royal Guard, Conan had been rewarded with yet another arduous, perilous mission. Now, as he recalled these events, he sourly contemplated the fruits of success.

Yildiz had entrusted the Cimmerian giant with a letter to King Shu of Kusan, a minor kingdom in western Khitai (Илдиз доверил киммерийскому гиганту письмо к королю Шу /повелителю/ Кусана, небольшого королевства в западном Кхитае). At the head of forty veterans, Conan had accomplished the immense journey (во главе сорока ветеранов Конан совершил бесконечное путешествие). He had traversed hundreds of leagues of bleak Hyrkanian steppe and skirted the foothills of the towering Talakma Mountains (он преодолел сотни лиг суровой гирканской степи и обогнул подножия высоких Талакмийских гор). He had threaded his way through the windy deserts and swampy jungles bordering the mysterious realm of Khitai, the easternmost land of which the men of the West had heard (он прокладывал свой путь через ветреные = обдуваемые ветром пустыни и болотистые джунгли, граничащие /с/ таинственным королевством Кхитай, самой восточной землей, о которой люди Запада слышали = слышали люди Запада).

forty [f: t], swampy [swmp], jungles [lz]

Yildiz had entrusted the Cimmerian giant with a letter to King Shu of Kusan, a minor kingdom in western Khitai. At the head of forty veterans, Conan had accomplished the immense journey. He had traversed hundreds of leagues of bleak Hyrkanian steppe and skirted the foothills of the towering Talakma Mountains. He had threaded his way through the windy deserts and swampy jungles bordering the mysterious realm of Khitai, the easternmost land of which the men of the West had heard.