Chapter 9 The Tantrums of Ned Land ||Капризы Неда Ленда||| ||||Ned| Kapitel 9 Die Wutanfälle von Ned Land Capítulo 9 Las rabietas de Ned Land 9 skyrius Nedo žemės tantrums Capítulo 9 As birras de Ned Land Глава 9 Истерики Неда Ленда Bölüm 9 Ned Land'in Öfke Nöbetleri 第9章尼德·兰的脾气暴躁

I HAVE NO IDEA how long this slumber lasted; but it must have been a good while, since we were completely over our exhaustion. |||||||сон|||||||||||||||| I was the first one to wake up. My companions weren't yet stirring and still lay in their corners like inanimate objects. ||||шевелились||||||||неживые объекты| ||||||||||||leblos| I had barely gotten up from my passably hard mattress when I felt my mind clear, my brain go on the alert. |||||||достаточно жесткий|||||||||||||| |||||||mäßig||Matratze|||||||||||| |||||||passably|||||||||||||| |||||||aceptablemente duro|||||||||||||| Je m'étais à peine levé de mon matelas d'une dureté passable que j'ai senti mon esprit s'éclaircir, mon cerveau se mettre en alerte. So I began a careful reexamination of our cell. |||||повторное обследование||| |||||Überprüfung||| |||||reexaminación cuidadosa|||

Nothing had changed in its interior arrangements. The prison was still a prison and its prisoners still prisoners. But, taking advantage of our slumber, the steward had cleared the table. |||||сна|||||| |||||||mayordomo|||| Consequently, nothing indicated any forthcoming improvement in our situation, and I seriously wondered if we were doomed to spend the rest of our lives in this cage. ||||предстоящего||||||||||||обречены||||||||||

This prospect seemed increasingly painful to me because, even though my brain was clear of its obsessions from the night before, I was feeling an odd short–windedness in my chest. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||одышка||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||Kurzatmigkeit||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||shortness of breath||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||falta de aire||| Esta perspectiva me parecía cada vez más dolorosa porque, aunque mi cerebro estaba despejado de sus obsesiones de la noche anterior, sentía una extraña torpeza en el pecho. Cette perspective me paraissait de plus en plus pénible car, même si mon cerveau était débarrassé de ses obsessions de la veille, je ressentais un étrange essoufflement dans la poitrine. It was becoming hard for me to breathe. The heavy air was no longer sufficient for the full play of my lungs. Although our cell was large, we obviously had used up most of the oxygen it contained. In essence, over an hour's time a single human being consumes all the oxygen found in 100 liters of air, at which point that air has become charged with a nearly equal amount of carbon dioxide and is no longer fit for breathing. ||||||||||поглощает||||||литров воздуха||||||||||||||||||||||||| En fait, en une heure, un être humain consomme tout l'oxygène contenu dans 100 litres d'air, qui se charge alors d'une quantité presque égale de dioxyde de carbone et devient impropre à la respiration. So it was now urgent to renew the air in our prison, and no doubt the air in this whole underwater boat as well. Il était donc urgent de renouveler l'air de notre prison, et sans doute aussi l'air de tout ce bateau sous-marin.

Here a question popped into my head. |||всплыла||| How did the commander of this aquatic residence go about it? ||||||aquatischen|||| Comment le commandant de cette résidence aquatique s'y est-il pris ? Did he obtain air using chemical methods, releasing the oxygen contained in potassium chlorate by heating it, meanwhile absorbing the carbon dioxide with potassium hydroxide? ||||||||||||калий|хлорат калия|||||||||||гидроксид калия |||||||||||||Chlorat|||||||||||Hydroxid ||||||||||||potassium|chlorate||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||hidróxido de potasio A-t-il obtenu de l'air par des méthodes chimiques, en libérant l'oxygène contenu dans le chlorate de potassium en le chauffant, et en absorbant le dioxyde de carbone avec de l'hydroxyde de potassium ? If so, he would have to keep up some kind of relationship with the shore, to come by the materials needed for such an operation. Si c'est le cas, il devra entretenir une sorte de relation avec le littoral pour se procurer les matériaux nécessaires à une telle opération. Did he simply limit himself to storing the air in high–pressure tanks and then dispense it according to his crew's needs? |||||||||||||||распределять|||||| |||||||||||||||suministrar|||||de la tripulación| S'est-il contenté de stocker l'air dans des réservoirs à haute pression et de le distribuer en fonction des besoins de son équipage ? Perhaps. Or, proceeding in a more convenient, more economical, and consequently more probable fashion, was he satisfied with merely returning to breathe at the surface of the water like a cetacean , renewing his oxygen supply every twenty–four hours? |продолжая|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||wirtschaftlich||||||||zufrieden||||||||||||||Walfisch|||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||cetáceo|||||||| In any event, whatever his method was, it seemed prudent to me that he use this method without delay. |||||||||благоразумно|||||||||

In fact, I had already resorted to speeding up my inhalations in order to extract from the cell what little oxygen it contained, when suddenly I was refreshed by a current of clean air, scented with a salty aroma. ||||||||||вдохи|||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||Inhalationen|||||||||||||||||erfrischt||||||||||| |||||recurrido a|||||inhalaciones rápidas||||||||||||||||||||||||perfumado con sal|||| En fait, j'en étais déjà arrivé à accélérer mes inspirations pour extraire de la cellule le peu d'oxygène qu'elle contenait, quand soudain je fus rafraîchi par un courant d'air pur, parfumé d'une odeur salée. It had to be a sea breeze, life–giving and charged with iodine! ||||||||||||йодом ||||||||||||Jod ||||||||||||iodine ||||||||||||yodo Ce devait être une brise de mer, vivifiante et chargée d'iode ! I opened my mouth wide, and my lungs glutted themselves on the fresh particles. ||||||||насытились||||| |||||||Lungen|überfüllt||||| ||||||||filled||||| ||||||||se llenaron||||| At the same time, I felt a swaying, a rolling of moderate magnitude but definitely noticeable. En même temps, j'ai senti un balancement, un roulis d'ampleur modérée mais bien perceptible. This boat, this sheet–iron monster, had obviously just risen to the surface of the ocean, there to breathe in good whale fashion. So the ship's mode of ventilation was finally established. |||||ventilation||| When I had absorbed a chestful of this clean air, I looked for the conduit—the "air carrier," if you prefer—that allowed this beneficial influx to reach us, and I soon found it. |||||грудь воздуха||||||||||||||||||||приток воздуха|||||||| |||||Brust voller|||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||Pecho lleno|||||||||Conducto de aire|||||||||||afluencia beneficiosa|||||||| Cuando hube absorbido un pecho lleno de este aire limpio, busqué el conducto -el "portador de aire", si lo prefieren- que permitía que este influjo beneficioso llegara hasta nosotros, y pronto lo encontré. Après avoir absorbé une bonne dose d'air pur, j'ai cherché le conduit - le "transporteur aérien", si vous préférez - qui permettait à cet influx bénéfique de nous atteindre, et je l'ai rapidement trouvé. Above the door opened an air vent that let in a fresh current of oxygen, renewing the thin air in our cell. ||||||vent||||||||||||||| Au-dessus de la porte s'ouvrait une bouche d'aération qui laissait entrer un courant d'oxygène frais, renouvelant l'air raréfié de notre cellule.

I had gotten to this point in my observations when Ned and Conseil woke up almost simultaneously, under the influence of this reviving air purification. ||||||||||||||||||||||оживляющий||очистка воздуха ||||||||||||Conseil||||||||||revitalizante|| They rubbed their eyes, stretched their arms, and sprang to their feet.

"Did master sleep well?" Conseil asked me with his perennial good manners. |||||неизменный|| |||mit||ständigen|| |||||perennial|| |||||perenne||

"Extremely well, my gallant lad," I replied. |||tapfer||| "And how about you, Mr. Ned Land?" "Like a log, professor. But I must be imagining things, because it seems like I'm breathing a sea breeze!" A seaman couldn't be wrong on this topic, and I told the Canadian what had gone on while he slept. |Seemann|||||||||||||||||| "Good!" he said. "That explains perfectly all that bellowing we heard, when our so–called narwhale lay in sight of the Abraham Lincoln ." ||||||||||||Einhornwal||||||| ||||||||||||narval||||||| "Cela explique parfaitement tous les mugissements que nous avons entendus lorsque notre soi-disant narval était en vue de l'Abraham Lincoln. "Perfectly, Mr. Land. It was catching its breath!" "Only I've no idea what time it is, Professor Aronnax, unless maybe it's dinnertime?" |||||||||Professor Aronnax|||| |||||||||Aronnax|||| "Dinnertime, my fine harpooner? |||Walfänger Hora de cenar|||arponero I'd say at least breakfast time, because we've certainly woken up to a new day." "Which indicates," Conseil replied, "that we've spent twenty–four hours in slumber." |||||||||||сон "That's my assessment," I replied. ||«Это моё мнение», — ответил я.|| "I won't argue with you," Ned Land answered. "But dinner or breakfast, that steward will be plenty welcome whether he brings the one or the other." "The one and the other," Conseil said. "L'un et l'autre", a déclaré M. Conseil. "Well put," the Canadian replied. "Bien dit", a répondu le Canadien. "We deserve two meals, and speaking for myself, I'll do justice to them both." "All right, Ned, let's wait and see!" I replied.

"It's clear that these strangers don't intend to let us die of hunger, otherwise last evening's dinner wouldn't make any sense." "Unless they're fattening us up!" ||откармливают нас|| ||fattening|| Ned shot back.

"I object," I replied. "We have not fallen into the hands of cannibals." ||||||||Kannibalen ||||||||caníbales "Just because they don't make a habit of it," the Canadian replied in all seriousness, "doesn't mean they don't indulge from time to time. |||||||||||||||||||позволяют себе|||| "Ce n'est pas parce qu'ils n'en font pas une habitude", répond le Canadien avec le plus grand sérieux, "que cela ne veut pas dire qu'ils ne s'y adonnent pas de temps en temps. Who knows? Maybe these people have gone without fresh meat for a long while, and in that case three healthy, well–built specimens like the professor, his manservant, and me—" |||||||||||||||Fall|||||Proben|||||Diener|| |||||||||||||||||||||||||criado|| "Get rid of those ideas, Mr. Land," I answered the harpooner. "And above all, don't let them lead you to flare up against our hosts, which would only make our situation worse." |||||||||"Estallar"||||||||||| "Et surtout, ne les laissez pas vous pousser à vous enflammer contre nos hôtes, ce qui ne ferait qu'aggraver notre situation." "Anyhow," the harpooner said, "I'm as hungry as all Hades, and dinner or breakfast, not one puny meal has arrived!" |||||||||всех чертей|||||||||| |||||||||der Hades|||||||winzig||| |||||||||Hades|||||||puny||| |||||||||infiernos|||||||insignificante||| "Quoi qu'il en soit, dit le harponneur, je suis affamé comme l'enfer, et ni le dîner ni le petit déjeuner n'est arrivé ! "Mr. Land," I answered, "we have to adapt to the schedule on board, and I imagine our stomachs are running ahead of the chief cook's dinner bell." ||||||||||||||||||||||||del cocinero jefe|| "Well then, we'll adjust our stomachs to the chef's timetable!" ||||||||шеф-повара| ||||||||del chef|horario del chef Conseil replied serenely. ||спокойно ||tranquilamente

"There you go again, Conseil my friend!" "Encore une fois, Conseil mon ami !" the impatient Canadian shot back. "You never allow yourself any displays of bile or attacks of nerves! |||||||Galle|||| |||||||bile|||| |||||||bilis|||| "Tu ne te permets aucune manifestation de bile ni aucune crise de nerfs ! You're everlastingly calm! |вечно| |Eternamente| You'd say your after–meal grace even if you didn't get any food for your before–meal blessing—and you'd starve to death rather than complain!" Vous diriez votre grâce après le repas même si vous n'avez pas reçu de nourriture pour votre bénédiction avant le repas - et vous mourriez de faim plutôt que de vous plaindre !". "What good would it do?" "A quoi cela servirait-il ?" Conseil asked.

"Complaining doesn't have to do good, it just feels good! Жаловаться||||||||| "Se plaindre n'a pas besoin de faire du bien, c'est juste que ça fait du bien ! And if these pirates—I say pirates out of consideration for the professor's feelings, since he doesn't want us to call them cannibals—if these pirates think they're going to smother me in this cage without hearing what cusswords spice up my outbursts, they've got another think coming! ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||ругательные слова||||||||| ||||||||||||des Professors||||||||||||||||||ersticken||||||||Schimpfwörter||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||smother||||||||cuss words||||outbursts||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||malas palabras||||||||| Y si estos piratas -digo piratas por consideración a los sentimientos del profesor, ya que no quiere que los llamemos caníbales-, si estos piratas creen que van a asfixiarme en esta jaula sin escuchar qué cusswords condimentan mis arrebatos, ¡se lo tienen muy merecido! Et si ces pirates - je dis pirates par égard pour le professeur qui ne veut pas qu'on les appelle cannibales - si ces pirates pensent qu'ils vont m'étouffer dans cette cage sans entendre quels mots d'ordre pimentent mes élans, ils se trompent ! Look here, Professor Aronnax, speak frankly. |hier|||| How long do you figure they'll keep us in this iron box?" "To tell the truth, friend Land, I know little more about it than you do." "A vrai dire, ami Land, je n'en sais guère plus que vous." "But in a nutshell, what do you suppose is going on?" |||в двух словах||||||| "My supposition is that sheer chance has made us privy to an important secret. |||||||||посвящёнными в|||| |Vermutung|||||||||||| |||||||||aware|||| |suposición|||||||||||| "Je suppose que le hasard nous a mis en possession d'un secret important. Now then, if the crew of this underwater boat have a personal interest in keeping that secret, and if their personal interest is more important than the lives of three men, I believe that our very existence is in jeopardy. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||под угрозой |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||en peligro Si l'équipage de ce bateau sous-marin a un intérêt personnel à garder ce secret, et si cet intérêt personnel est plus important que la vie de trois hommes, je crois que notre existence même est en danger. If such is not the case, then at the first available opportunity, this monster that has swallowed us will return us to the world inhabited by our own kind." ||||||||||||||||||||||||bevölkert|||| Si ce n'est pas le cas, alors à la première occasion, ce monstre qui nous a avalés nous renverra dans le monde habité par les nôtres." "Unless they recruit us to serve on the crew," Conseil said, "and keep us here—" |||||||||Rat||||| "Till the moment," Ned Land answered, "when some frigate that's faster or smarter than the Abraham Lincoln captures this den of buccaneers, then hangs all of us by the neck from the tip of a mainmast yardarm!" |||||||||||||||||захватит||||||||||||||||||грот-мачты реи|рея грот-мачты ||||||||Fregatte|||||||||||das Versteck||Buhnen||||||||||||||Hauptmast|Gaffel |||||||||||||||||||||buccaneers||||||||||||||mainmast|yardarm |||||||||||||||||||||piratas corsarios||||||||||||||palo mayor|penol de mesana "Bis zu dem Moment", antwortete Ned Land, "an dem eine Fregatte, die schneller oder schlauer ist als die Abraham Lincoln, diese Seeräuberhöhle kapert und uns dann alle an der Spitze einer Großmastwerft aufhängt!" "Jusqu'au moment, répondit Ned Land, où une frégate plus rapide ou plus intelligente que l'Abraham Lincoln capturera ce repaire de flibustiers, puis nous pendra tous par le cou à l'extrémité d'une vergue de grand mât ! "Well thought out, Mr. Land," I replied. "Bien pensé, M. Land", ai-je répondu. "But as yet, I don't believe we've been tendered any enlistment offers. ||||||||предложены||призыв на службу| ||||||||angeboten||| ||||||||tendered||| ||||||||ofrecido||ofrecimientos de alistamiento| "Mais pour l'instant, je ne crois pas que nous ayons reçu d'offres d'engagement. Consequently, it's pointless to argue about what tactics we should pursue in such a case. |||||||||sollten||||| I repeat: let's wait, let's be guided by events, and let's do nothing, since right now there's nothing we can do." "On the contrary, professor," the harpooner replied, not wanting to give in. "There is something we can do." "Oh? And what, Mr. Land?" "Break out of here!" "Breaking out of a prison on shore is difficult enough, but with an underwater prison, it strikes me as completely unworkable." ||||||||||||||||||||неосуществимо ||||||||||||||||||||völlig unrealistisch ||||||||||||||||||||inviable "Come now, Ned my friend," Conseil asked, "how would you answer master's objection? ||||||||||||Einwand I refuse to believe that an American is at the end of his tether." |||||||||||||на пределе возможностей |||||||||||||am Ende seiner Kräfte |||||||||||||rope Je refuse de croire qu'un Américain est au bout du rouleau". Visibly baffled, the harpooner said nothing. |Сбитый с толку|||| |sichtlich verwirrt|||| Visiblemente desconcertado||||| Under the conditions in which fate had left us, it was absolutely impossible to escape. But a Canadian's wit is half French, and Mr. Ned Land made this clear in his reply. ||Kanadier|Witz||||||||||||| ||de un canadiense|||||||||||||| "So, Professor Aronnax," he went on after thinking for a few moments, "you haven't figured out what people do when they can't escape from their prison?" "Alors, professeur Aronnax", poursuivit-il après avoir réfléchi quelques instants, "vous n'avez pas compris ce que font les gens lorsqu'ils ne peuvent pas s'échapper de leur prison ?". "No, my friend." "Easy. They fix things so they stay there." Ils réparent les choses pour qu'elles restent là". "Of course!" Conseil put in. "Since we're deep in the ocean, being inside this boat is vastly preferable to being above it or below it!" |||||||||||weitaus|||||||| "Puisque nous sommes au fond de l'océan, il est largement préférable d'être à l'intérieur de ce bateau plutôt que d'être au-dessus ou en dessous ! "But we fix things by kicking out all the jailers, guards, and wardens," Ned Land added. |||||||||тюремщиков|||надзиратели||| |||||||||Gefängniswärter|||||| |||||||||jailers|||wardens||| |||||||||carceleros|||alcaides||| "Mais nous arrangeons les choses en mettant à la porte tous les geôliers, les gardiens et les directeurs", a ajouté Ned Land. "What's this, Ned?" I asked. "You'd seriously consider taking over this craft?" "Very seriously," the Canadian replied. "It's impossible." "And why is that, sir? Some promising opportunity might come up, and I don't see what could stop us from taking advantage of it. Une opportunité prometteuse pourrait se présenter, et je ne vois pas ce qui pourrait nous empêcher d'en profiter. If there are only about twenty men on board this machine, I don't think they can stave off two Frenchmen and a Canadian!" ||||||||||||||||отбиться от|||||| ||||||||||||||||ward|||||| Si sólo hay unos veinte hombres a bordo de esta máquina, no creo que puedan defenderse de dos franceses y un canadiense". S'il n'y a qu'une vingtaine d'hommes à bord de cette machine, je ne pense pas qu'ils puissent résister à deux Français et un Canadien !" It seemed wiser to accept the harpooner's proposition than to debate it. ||||||Harpunier|Vorschlag|||| ||||||propuesta del arponero||||| Accordingly, I was content to reply: Je me suis donc contenté de répondre :

"Let such circumstances come, Mr. Land, and we'll see. But until then, I beg you to control your impatience. We need to act shrewdly, and your flare–ups won't give rise to any promising opportunities. ||||умно||||||||||| ||||umsichtig||||||||||| ||||astutamente||||||||||| Nous devons agir avec perspicacité, et vos poussées ne donneront pas lieu à des opportunités prometteuses. So swear to me that you'll accept our situation without throwing a tantrum over it." ||||||||||||истерику|| ||||||||||||Wutanfall|| ||||||||||||tantrum|| Alors jure-moi que tu accepteras notre situation sans piquer une crise." "I give you my word, professor," Ned Land replied in an unenthusiastic tone. |||||||||||unmotiviert| |||||||||||sin entusiasmo| "No vehement phrases will leave my mouth, no vicious gestures will give my feelings away, not even when they don't feed us on time." |heftige|||||||bösartig||||||||sogar nicht||||||| |vehement|||||||||||||||||||||| |vehemente|||||||||||||||||||||| "I have your word, Ned," I answered the Canadian. ||||Ned|||| Then our conversation petered out, and each of us withdrew into his own thoughts. |||verblasste|||||||||| |||faded|||||||||| |||se desvaneció|||||||||| Puis notre conversation s'est interrompue et chacun s'est retiré dans ses propres pensées. For my part, despite the harpooner's confident talk, I admit that I entertained no illusions. ||||||||||||питал|| Pour ma part, malgré le discours confiant du harponneur, j'avoue que je ne me faisais pas d'illusions. I had no faith in those promising opportunities that Ned Land mentioned. Je n'avais aucune confiance dans les opportunités prometteuses mentionnées par Ned Land. To operate with such efficiency, this underwater boat had to have a sizeable crew, so if it came to a physical contest, we would be facing an overwhelming opponent. ||||||||||||значительный|||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||große Mannschaft|||||||||||||||überwältigender|übermächtigen Gegner ||||||||||||Considerable|||||||||||||||| Pour fonctionner avec une telle efficacité, ce bateau sous-marin devait être doté d'un équipage assez nombreux. Besides, before we could do anything, we had to be free, and that we definitely were not. I didn't see any way out of this sheet–iron, hermetically sealed cell. ||||||||||герметично закрытой|| ||||||||||hermetisch verschlossen|versiegelte| And if the strange commander of this boat did have a secret to keep—which seemed rather likely—he would never give us freedom of movement aboard his vessel. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||судно Now then, would he resort to violence in order to be rid of us, or would he drop us off one day on some remote coast? ||||прибегнуть к насилию||||||||||||||||||||| ||||zu Gewalt greifen||||||||||||||||||||abgelegene| Alors, aura-t-il recours à la violence pour se débarrasser de nous, ou nous déposera-t-il un jour sur une côte lointaine ? There lay the unknown. C'est là que se trouve l'inconnu. All these hypotheses seemed extremely plausible to me, and to hope for freedom through use of force, you had to be a harpooner. ||Hypothesen||||||||||||Einsatz||||||||

I realized, moreover, that Ned Land's brooding was getting him madder by the minute. ||||||размышления||||||| |||||des Landes|grübelndes Nachdenken||||wütender||| |realized|||||brooding||||||| |||||de Ned Land|cavilación||||más enfadado||| Je me suis d'ailleurs rendu compte que les réflexions de Ned Land le mettaient de plus en plus en colère. Little by little, I heard those aforesaid cusswords welling up in the depths of his gullet, and I saw his movements turn threatening again. ||||||упомянутые ранее||||||||||||||||| |||||diese|besagten|Schimpfwörter|aufsteigen|||||||Kehle|||||||bedrohlich| ||||||||welling|||||||gullet|||||||| ||||||mencionadas anteriormente||surgiendo|||||||garganta|||||||| Nach und nach hörte ich, wie die besagten Schimpfwörter in den Tiefen seiner Speiseröhre aufstiegen, und ich sah, wie seine Bewegungen wieder bedrohlich wurden. Peu à peu, j'ai entendu les mots d'ordre susmentionnés remonter au fond de son gosier, et j'ai vu ses mouvements redevenir menaçants. He stood up, pacing in circles like a wild beast in a cage, striking the walls with his foot and fist. |||auf und ab gehen||||||||||schlagend||||||| Meanwhile the hours passed, our hunger nagged unmercifully, and this time the steward did not appear. ||||||мучил||||||||| |||||||gnadenlos|||||||| ||||||nagged||||||||| ||||||acosaba|sin piedad|||||||| Which amounted to forgetting our castaway status for much too long, if they really had good intentions toward us. |равнялось||||кораблекрушенцев||||||||||||| |liefen darauf hinaus||||Schiffbrüchigenstatus||||||||||||| |||||castaway||||||||||||| |||||náufrago||||||||||||| Ce qui revient à oublier notre statut de naufragé pendant beaucoup trop longtemps, s'ils avaient vraiment de bonnes intentions à notre égard.

Tortured by the growling of his well–built stomach, Ned Land was getting more and more riled, and despite his word of honor, I was in real dread of an explosion when he stood in the presence of one of the men on board. ||||||||||||||||раздражённым||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||aufgebracht|||||||||||große Angst|||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||irritated|||||||||||fear|||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||irritado|||||||||||||||||||||||||||

For two more hours Ned Land's rage increased. The Canadian shouted and pleaded, but to no avail. ||||flehte||||vergeblich ||||pleaded|||| ||||suplicó|||| The sheet–iron walls were deaf. |||||schalldicht I didn't hear a single sound inside this dead–seeming boat. The vessel hadn't stirred, because I obviously would have felt its hull vibrating under the influence of the propeller. |||||||||||корпус судна||||||| |||sich bewegt||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||hélice Le navire n'avait pas bougé, car j'aurais évidemment senti sa coque vibrer sous l'influence de l'hélice. It had undoubtedly sunk into the watery deep and no longer belonged to the outside world. All this dismal silence was terrifying. ||düster|||

As for our neglect, our isolation in the depths of this cell, I was afraid to guess at how long it might last. |||пренебрежение||||||||||||||||||| |||Vernachlässigung||||||||||||||||||| Little by little, hopes I had entertained after our interview with the ship's commander were fading away. Peu à peu, les espoirs que j'avais nourris après notre entretien avec le commandant du navire s'évanouissent. The gentleness of the man's gaze, the generosity expressed in his facial features, the nobility of his bearing, all vanished from my memory. |нежность взгляда||||||щедрость|||||||благородство его осанки|||||||| |La dulzura||||||||||||||||||||| I saw this mystifying individual anew for what he inevitably must be: cruel and merciless. ||||||||||||||безжалостный |||||von Neuem||||unweigerlich||||| |||||anew||||||||| |||misterioso||de nuevo||||||||| J'ai revu cet individu mystificateur pour ce qu'il doit inévitablement être : cruel et sans pitié. I viewed him as outside humanity, beyond all feelings of compassion, the implacable foe of his fellow man, toward whom he must have sworn an undying hate! ||||||||||||неумолимый враг|||||||||||поклялся в||| ||||||||||Mitgefühl||unerbittlicher|erbitterter Feind|||Mitmenschen|||||||||| ||||||||||||implacable|enemy||||||||||||undying| ||||||||||||Implacable|||||||||||||odio eterno| Je le voyais hors de l'humanité, au-delà de tout sentiment de compassion, ennemi implacable de son prochain, envers lequel il devait avoir juré une haine éternelle !

But even so, was the man going to let us die of starvation, locked up in this cramped prison, exposed to those horrible temptations to which people are driven by extreme hunger? |||||||||||||||||тесной||подвержены||||искушениям|||||||| |||||||||||||||||beengt|||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||cramped||||||temptations|||||||| Mais cet homme allait-il nous laisser mourir de faim, enfermés dans cette prison exiguë, exposés à ces horribles tentations auxquelles les gens sont poussés par la faim extrême ? This grim possibility took on a dreadful intensity in my mind, and fired by my imagination, I felt an unreasoning terror run through me. |düstere|||||||||||||||||||||| |grim|||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||irracional|||| Conseil stayed calm. Ned Land bellowed. ||Ned Land brüllte. ||bellowed ||Ned Land bramó.

Just then a noise was audible outside. Footsteps rang on the metal tiling. |hallten||||Fliesenboden |||||flooring The locks were turned, the door opened, the steward appeared.

Before I could make a single movement to prevent him, the Canadian rushed at the poor man, threw him down, held him by the throat. ||||||||verhindern|||||||||||||||| Avant que je puisse faire un seul geste pour l'en empêcher, le Canadien s'est précipité sur le pauvre homme, l'a jeté à terre et l'a pris à la gorge. The steward was choking in the grip of those powerful hands. |||задыхался|||||||

Conseil was already trying to loosen the harpooner's hands from his half–suffocated victim, and I had gone to join in the rescue, when I was abruptly nailed to the spot by these words pronounced in French: |||||ослабить хватку|||||||задушенного наполовину|||||||||||||||пригвожден к месту||||||||| ||||||||||||halb erstickt|||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||suffocated|||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||aflojar|||||||asfixiado||||||||||||||De repente|clavado al sitio||||||||| Conseil essayait déjà de dégager les mains du harponneur de sa victime à moitié étouffée, et j'allais participer au sauvetage, quand je fus brusquement cloué sur place par ces mots prononcés en français : "Calm down, Mr. Land! And you, professor, kindly listen to me!"