Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом

But as Conan made toward the door that led into the throne room, he was brought around suddenly by a noise that seemed to emanate from the passage that led off from the alcove. He crouched at the mouth, staring into it, remembering the clangor of the gong that had echoed from it to lure him into a snare. The light from the dome filtered only a little way into that narrow corridor, and showed him only empty space. Yet he could have sworn that he had heard the furtive pad of a foot somewhere down it.

While he hesitated (пока он колебался), he was electrified by a woman's strangled cry from behind him (его наэлектризовал = пробудил сдавленный женский крик позади него; to electrify — электрифицировать; возбуждать, электризовать, держать в напряжении). Bounding through the door behind the throne (прыгнув через дверь за троном), he saw an unexpected spectacle, in the crystal light (он увидел в свете кристалла неожиданное зрелище).

The torches of the priests had vanished from the great hall outside (факелы жрецов уже исчезли снаружи большого зала) — but one priest was still in the palace (но один жрец все еще был во дворце): Gwarunga. His wicked features were convulsed with fury (его злобные черты /лица/ сотрясала ярость; feature — особенность; черты лица; to convulse — вызывать судороги; сотрясать), and he grasped the terrified Muriela by the throat (и он схватил испуганную Муриелу за горло), choking her efforts to scream and plead, shaking her brutally (заглушая ее попытки завизжать и умолять /о пощаде/, /и/ ожесточенно тряся ее; to choke — душить; заглушать).

"Traitress (предательница; traitor — предатель)!" Between his thick red lips his voice hissed like a cobra (сквозь толстые красные губы его голос шипел, как кобра = как шипение кобры). "What game are you playing (в какую игру ты играешь)? Did not Zargheba tell you what to say (разве Зархеба не сказал тебе, что говорить)? Aye, Thutmekri told me (да, Тутмекри рассказал мне)! Are you betraying your master (ты предаешь своего хозяина), or is he betraying his friends through you (или он посредством тебя предает своих друзей; through — через; посредством)? Slut (шлюха)! I'll twist off your false head (я откручу твою лицемерную башку; to twist off — отламывать, откручивать; false — неправильный; притворный, фальшивый) — but first I'll (но сначала я) —»

electrify ['lektrfa], feature ['fi:], brutal [bru:tl]

While he hesitated, he was electrified by a woman's strangled cry from behind him. Bounding through the door behind the throne, he saw an unexpected spectacle, in the crystal light.

The torches of the priests had vanished from the great hall outside — but one priest was still in the palace: Gwarunga. His wicked features were convulsed with fury, and he grasped the terrified Muriela by the throat, choking her efforts to scream and plead, shaking her brutally.

"Traitress!" Between his thick red lips his voice hissed like a cobra. "What game are you playing? Did not Zargheba tell you what to say? Aye, Thutmekri told me! Are you betraying your master, or is he betraying his friends through you? Slut! I'll twist off your false head — but first I'll —»

A widening of his captive's lovely eyes as she stared over his shoulder warned the huge black (расширение = широко раскрывшиеся красивые глаза его пленницы, когда она уставилась ему через плечо, предупредили громадного негра). He released her and wheeled (он отпустил ее и резко повернулся), just as Conan's sword lashed down (как раз когда меч Конана ринулся вниз; to lash — сильно ударять; ринуться). The impact of the stroke knocked him headlong backward to the marble floor (толчок от удара отбросил его навзничь назад на мраморный пол; headlong — вниз головой, головой вперед), where he lay twitching (где он лежал, дергаясь в конвульсиях; twitching — судорожное движение, подергивание;to twitch — дергать; подергиваться; конвульсивно сокращаться), blood oozing from a ragged gash in his scalp (а из рваной раны на голове сочилась кровь; ragged — неровный; с рваными краями; scalp — кожа черепа, кожа головы).