Glandyth burst into laughter (Гландит разразился смехом;
relatively [ˈrelətɪvlɪ] survive [səˈvaɪv] genitals [ˈʤenɪtlz] appreciate [əˈpri:ʃɪeɪt]
`Ah, you see. You do not know. Those other Vadhagh died swiftly — or relatively so — because we had so many to find and to kill. But you are the last. We can take our time with you. We think, in fact, that we will give you a chance to live. If you can survive with your eyes gone, your tongue put out, your hands and feet removed and your genitals taken away, then we will let you so survive. Corum stared at him in horror.
Glandyth burst into laughter. `I see you appreciate our joke!
He signalled to his men (он подал сигнал своим людям).
`Bring the tools (несите инструменты)! Let's begin (начнем).
A great brazier was brought forward (большая жаровня была принесена вперед = к щиту поднесли жаровню). It was full of red-hot charcoal (она была полна раскаленных докрасна углей) and from it poked irons of various sorts (и из нее торчали железки = инструменты различных видов;
Glandyth-a-Krae selected a long iron from the brazier (Гландит выбрал = вытащил длинную железку из жаровни) and turned it this way and that, inspecting the glowing tip (и повертел ее и так и этак, разглядывая раскаленный кончик;
`We will begin with an eye and end with an eye (мы начнем с /одного/ глаза, а закончим /другим/ глазом), he said. `The right eye, I think (думаю, /начнем/ с правого глаза).
brazier [ˈbreɪzjə] charcoal [ˈʧɑ:kəul] various [ˈve (ə) rɪəs] designed [dɪˈzaɪnd] conceive [kənˈsi:v] eye [aɪ]
He signalled to his men.
`Bring the tools! Let's begin.
A great brazier was brought forward. It was full of red-hot charcoal and from it poked irons of various sorts. These were instruments especially designed for torture, thought Corum. What sort of race could conceive such things and call itself sane?
Glandyth-a-Krae selected a long iron from the brazier and turned it this way and that, inspecting the glowing tip.
`We will begin with an eye and end with an eye, he said. `The right eye, I think.
If Corum had eaten anything in the last few days (если бы Корум съел /хотя бы/ что-нибудь в последние несколько дней), he would have vomited then (тогда его бы вырвало). As it was, bile came into his mouth (однако, /лишь/ желчь наполнила его рот) and his stomach trembled and ached (и желудок задрожал и заболел = желудок свело судорогой).
There were no further preliminaries (не было дельнейших прелюдий = прелюдия кончилась;
