It was strange that Bit-Yakin was not mentioned in any of the legends of Alkmeenon (было странно, что Бит-Якин не был упомянут ни в одной из легенд об Алкминоне). Obviously he had come to the valley after it had been deserted by the original inhabitants (явно, он пришел в долину, после того как она была покинута первоначальными обитателями) — the manuscript indicated as much (именно на это и указывала рукопись; as much — именно: «настолько») — but it seemed peculiar (однако казалось странным) that the priests who came in the old days to consult the oracle had not seen the man or his servants (что жрецы, которые приходили в прежние дни за советом к оракулу, не видели этого человека или его слуг). Conan felt sure that the mummy and this parchment was more than a hundred years old (Конан был уверен, что мумии и этому пергаменту более сотни лет; to feel sure — быть уверенным). Bit-Yakin had dwelt in the valley when the priests came of old to bow before dead Yelaya (Бит-Якин /уже/ жил в долине, когда жрецы в прежнее время приходили преклоняться перед мертвой Елаей; to dwell — жить, проживать; to bow — наклонять; преклоняться). Yet concerning him the legends were silent (тем не менее, о нем легенды умалчивали; concerning — касательно, относительно; to be silent — молчать: «быть безолвным»), telling only of a deserted city, haunted only by the dead (рассказывая только о брошенном городе, населенном лишь мертвыми; to haunt — навещать; жить, обитать /о духах/).
mention ['menn], peculiar [p'kju:l], bow [bau]
It was strange that Bit-Yakin was not mentioned in any of the legends of Alkmeenon. Obviously he had come to the valley after it had been deserted by the original inhabitants — the manuscript indicated as much — but it seemed peculiar that the priests who came in the old days to consult the oracle had not seen the man or his servants. Conan felt sure that the mummy and this parchment was more than a hundred years old. Bit-Yakin had dwelt in the valley when the priests came of old to bow before dead Yelaya. Yet concerning him the legends were silent, telling only of a deserted city, haunted only by the dead.
Why had the man dwelt in this desolate spot (почему этот человек жил в этом пустынном месте; to dwell), and to what unknown destination had his servants departed after disposing of their master's corpse (и в какой неизвестный пункт назначения отправились его слуги, избавившись от трупа своего хозяина; destination — назначение; пункт назначения; цель;to dispose of — отделаться, избавиться от)?
Conan shrugged his shoulders and thrust the parchment back into his girdle (Конан пожал плечами и засунул пергамент обратно за пояс; to shrug one’s shoulders — пожимать плечами; to thrust — колоть; засовывать) — he started violently (он сильно вздрогнул; to start — начинать; вздрагивать), the skin on the backs of his hands tingling (при этом кожу на тыльной стороне рук стало покалывать; back of the hand — тыльная сторона ладони;to tingle — испытывать покалывание; покалывать). Startingly, shockingly in the slumberous stillness (пугающе, потрясающе в сонной тиши; to start — начинать; вспугивать), there had boomed the deep strident clangor of a great gong (прогрохотал низкий резкий металлический звон большого гонга; clangor — резкий металлический звук)!
desolate ['deslt], violent ['valnt], slumberous ['slmbrs]
Why had the man dwelt in this desolate spot, and to what unknown destination had his servants departed after disposing of their master's corpse?
Conan shrugged his shoulders and thrust the parchment back into his girdle — he started violently, the skin on the backs of his hands tingling. Startingly, shockingly in the slumberous stillness, there had boomed the deep strident clangor of a great gong!