Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы / W. S. Maugham: Stories

They never talked of him. They would not even pass through the street in which he had lived. Too kind to make his wife and children suffer for his misdeeds, they had supported them for years, but on the understanding that they should live in Europe. They did everything they could to blot out all recollection of Arnold Jackson and yet were conscious that the story was as fresh in the public mind as when first the scandal burst upon a gaping world.

Arnold Jackson was as black a sheep as any family could suffer from (Арнольд Джексон был такой паршивой овцой, от которой могла бы пострадать любая семья). A wealthy banker (состоятельный банкир), prominent in his church (/занимающий видное место/ в церкви; prominent — выступающий, торчащий; известный, выдающийся), a philanthropist (филантроп), a man respected by all (всеми уважаемый человек), not only for his connections (не только за его связи) (in his veins ran the blue blood of Chicago (в его жилах текла голубая кровь Чикаго)), but also for his upright character (но также за его честность: «честную репутацию»; upright — вертикальный; честный, справедливый), he was arrested one day on a charge of fraud (в один прекрасный день он был арестован по обвинению в мошенничестве); and the dishonesty which the trial brought to light (и обман, который обнаружил суд; dishonesty — нечестность; обман; trial — испытание, проба; судебное разбирательство, суд; to bring — приносить) was not of the sort which could be explained by a sudden temptation (был такого сорта, что не мог быть объяснен внезапным соблазном); it was deliberate and systematic (он был преднамеренным и систематическим). Arnold Jackson was a rogue (Арнольд Джексон оказался жуликом/мошенником). When he was sent to the penitentiary for seven years (когда его отправили в тюрьму на семь лет) there were few who did not think he had escaped lightly (все подумали: «было мало таких, кто не подумал», что он легко отделался; to escape — бежать/из заключения/;избежать/опасности/,отделаться).

wealthy ['welTI], philanthropist [fI'lxnTrqpIst], fraud [frO: d], dishonesty [dIs'OnIstI], rogue [rqVg], penitentiary ["penI'tenS(q)rI]

Arnold Jackson was as black a sheep as any family could suffer from. A wealthy banker, prominent in his church, a philanthropist, a man respected by all, not only for his connections (in his veins ran the blue blood of Chicago), but also for his upright character, he was arrested one day on a charge of fraud; and the dishonesty which the trial brought to light was not of the sort which could be explained by a sudden temptation; it was deliberate and systematic. Arnold Jackson was a rogue. When he was sent to the penitentiary for seven years there were few who did not think he had escaped lightly.

When at the end of this last evening the lovers separated (когда в конце этого последнего вечера влюбленные расстались) it was with many protestations of devotion (/то расставание сопровождалось/ множеством заверений в любви; devotion — преданность, приверженность; глубокая привязанность, любовь). Isabel, all tears, was consoled a little by her certainty of Edward's passionate love (Изабелла, вся в слезах, немного утешилась своей уверенностью в страстной любви Эдварда). It was a strange feeling that she had (она испытывала довольно странное чувство). It made her wretched to part from him (она была несчастной, расставаясь с ним) and yet she was happy because he adored her (и в то же время она была счастлива, потому что он обожал ее).

This was more than two years ago (это было более чем два года тому назад).