Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Собака Баскервилей (ASCII-IPA)

"What? Old Frankland the crank (что, старого чудака Фрэнклэнда; crank — причуда; эксцентричный человек, оригинал)?"

"Exactly (именно). She married an artist named Lyons (она вышла замуж за художника по фамилии Лайонс), who came sketching on the moor (который приезжал писать этюды на болотах). He proved to be a blackguard and deserted her (он оказался мерзавцем и бросил ее). The fault from what I hear (вина /в этом/, как я слышал) may not have been entirely on one side (не может полностью лежать на одной стороне). Her father refused to have anything to do with her (ее отец отказался иметь с ней что-то общее), because she had married without his consent (потому что она вышла замуж без его согласия), and perhaps for one or two other reasons as well (а, может быть, также и из-за парочки других причин; as well — также, тоже). So, between the old sinner and the young one (так что между старым нечестивцем и молодым) the girl has had a pretty bad time (девушке приходилось довольно трудно; bad time — тяжелые времена; тягостный момент)."

rough [rVf], pause [pO:z], labour ['leIb@]

"By the way, Mortimer," said I, as we jolted along the rough road, "I suppose there are few people living within driving distance of this whom you do not know?"

"Hardly any, I think."

"Can you, then, tell me the name of any woman whose initials are L. L.?"

He thought for a few minutes.

"No," said he. "There are a few gipsies and labouring folk for whom I can't answer, but among the farmers or gentry there is no one whose initials are those. Wait a bit, though," he added, after a pause. "There is Laura Lyons — her initials are L. L. — but she lives in Coombe Tracey."

"Who is she?" I asked.

"She is Frankland's daughter."

"What? Old Frankland the crank?"

"Exactly. She married an artist named Lyons, who came sketching on the moor. He proved to be a blackguard and deserted her. The fault from what I hear may not have been entirely on one side. Her father refused to have anything to do with her, because she had married without his consent, and perhaps for one or two other reasons as well. So, between the old sinner and the young one the girl has had a pretty bad time."

"How does she live (как = на что она живет)?"

"I fancy old Frankland allows her a pittance (думаю, старик Фрэнклэнд дает ей какие-то гроши; to allow — позволять; давать /обычно деньги/), but it cannot be more (но не более того), for his own affairs are considerably involved (поскольку собственные его дела изрядно запутаны). Whatever she may have deserved (что бы она не заслуживала) one could not allow her to go hopelessly to the bad (нельзя позволить ей безнадежно пропасть; to go to the bad — пропасть, сбиться с пути истинного). Her story got about (ее история стала известна: «распространилась»), and several of the people here did something (и несколько человек, /живущих/ здесь, сделали кое-что) to enable her to earn an honest living (чтобы дать ей возможность честно зарабатывать на жизнь). Stapleton did for one, and Sir Charles for another (к примеру, Стэплтон, да еще сэр Чарльз; for one — например). I gave a trifle myself (я сам дал небольшую сумму; trifle — мелочь, пустяк; небольшая сумма). It was to set her up in a typewriting business (это /делалось для того, чтобы/ она выучилась профессии машинистки; to set up — устанавливать; помочь кому-либо устроиться; business — дело; профессия)."