Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Первый сборник рассказов (ASCII-IPA)

We travelled by the Underground as far as Aldersgate; and a short walk took us to Saxe-Coburg Square, the scene of the singular story which we had listened to in the morning. It was a poky, little, shabby-genteel place, where four lines of dingy two-storied brick houses looked out into a small railed-in enclosure, where a lawn of weedy grass and a few clumps of faded laurel-bushes made a hard fight against a smoke-laden and uncongenial atmosphere. Three gilt balls and a brown board with "JABEZ WILSON" in white letters, upon a corner house, announced the place where our red-headed client carried on his business. Sherlock Holmes stopped in front of it with his head on one side and looked it all over, with his eyes shining brightly between puckered lids. Then he walked slowly up the street, and then down again to the corner, still looking keenly at the houses. Finally he returned to the pawnbroker's, and, having thumped vigorously upon the pavement with his stick two or three times, he went up to the door and knocked. It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.

"Thank you (спасибо)," said Holmes, "I only wished to ask you how you would go from here to the Strand (я только хотел спросить вас, как пройти: «как бы вы прошли» отсюда на Стрэнд)."

"Third right, fourth left (третий поворот направо, четвертый налево)," answered the assistant promptly, closing the door (ответил помощник быстро, закрывая дверь).

"Smart fellow, that (ловкий парень; that — этот, так, очень)," observed Holmes as we walked away (заметил Холмс, когда мы ушли). "He is, in my judgment (он, по моему мнению: «приговору»), the fourth smartest man in London (четвертый по ловкости человек в Лондоне), and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third (а по смелости, я не уверен, что у него нет притязания /на то, чтобы/ быть третьим = пожалуй, занимает третье место). I have known something of him before (я знал кое-что о нем раньше)."

fellow ['fel@u], judgment ['dZVdZm@nt], daring ['de@rIN]

"Thank you," said Holmes, "I only wished to ask you how you would go from here to the Strand."

"Third right, fourth left," answered the assistant promptly, closing the door.

"Smart fellow, that," observed Holmes as we walked away. "He is, in my judgment. the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. I have known something of him before."

"Evidently (очевидно)," said I, "Mr. Wilson's assistant counts for a good deal in this mystery of the Red-headed League (помощник мистера Уилсона играет немалую роль: «стоит значительного количества» в этой тайне Союза рыжих). I am sure that you inquired your way merely in order that you might see him (я уверен, что вы спросили дорогу лишь для того, чтобы /вы могли/ увидеть его)."

"Not him (не его)."

"What then (что /же/ тогда)?"

"The knees of his trousers (колени его брюк)."

"And what did you see (и что вы увидели)?"

evidently ['evId@ntlI], inquired [In'kwaI@d], merely ['mI@lI]

"Evidently," said I, "Mr. Wilson's assistant counts for a good deal in this mystery of the Red-headed League. I am sure that you inquired your way merely in order that you might see him."

"Not him."

"What then?"

"The knees of his trousers."

"And what did you see?"

"What I expected to see (/то/ что я ожидал увидеть)."

"Why did you beat the pavement (зачем вы ударяли мостовую = стучали по камням мостовой)?"

"My dear doctor, this is a time for observation, not for talk (мой дорогой доктор, это время = сейчас время для наблюдений, не для разговора). We are spies in an enemy's country (мы шпионы на вражеской территории). We know something of Saxe-Coburg Square (мы знаем кое-что о Сакс-Кобург-сквер). Let us now explore the parts which lie behind it (теперь давайте исследуем: «позвольте нам теперь исследовать» части = улицы, которые лежат позади нее)."

trousers ['trauz@s], beat [bi:t], spies [spaIz], explore [Ik'splO:]

"What I expected to see."