), it must be the devil himself (/так это/, должно быть, /только/ дьявол). She's sailed with England, the great Cap'n England, the pirate (она /птица/ плавала с Инглендом, великим капитаном Инглендом, известным пиратом). She's been at Madagascar, and a Malabar, and Surinam, and Providence, and Portobello (побывала на Мадагаскаре, Малабаре, в Суринаме, на Провиденсе, в Порто-Белло). She was at the fishing up of the wrecked plate ships (она была при вылавливании /грузов/ с затонувших галеонов;
wrecked — потерпевший кораблекрушение; to wreck — потерпеть крушение; галеоны — испанские корабли, на которых перевозили золото из испанской Америки в Испанию). It's there she learned 'Pieces of eight, and little wonder (это там она научилась /говорить/ «пиастры», и не удивительно: «малое удивление»); three hundred and fifty thousand of 'em, Hawkins (триста пятьдесят тысяч их /пиастров было поднято/, Хокинс)! She was at the boarding of the Viceroy of the Indies out of Goa, she was (она присутствовала при абордаже /судна/ вице-короля Индии недалеко от Гоа /португальская колония на территории Индии/); and to look at her you would think she was a babby (если посмотреть на нее, ты подумал бы, что это птенец = а с виду — сущий птенец). But you smelt powder — didn't you, cap'n (но ты понюхал пороху, не так ли, капитан;
to smell — чувствовать запах, чуять; обонять)?
rapidity [rq`pIdItI] handkerchief [`hxNkqtSIf] wrecked [rekt]
1. And the parrot would say, with great rapidity, 'Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight! till you wondered that it was not out of breath, or till John threw his handkerchief over the cage.
2. 'Now, that bird, he would say, 'is, may be, two hundred years old, Hawkins — they lives for ever mostly; and if anybody's seen more wickedness, it must be the devil himself. She's sailed with England, the great Cap'n England, the pirate. She's been at Madagascar, and a Malabar, and Surinam, and Providence, and Portobello. She was at the fishing up of the wrecked plate ships. It's there she learned 'Pieces of eight, and little wonder; three hundred and fifty thousand of 'em, Hawkins! She was at the boarding of the Viceroy of the Indies out of Goa, she was; and to look at her you would think she was a babby. But you smelt powder — didn't you, cap'n?
1. 'Stand by to go about (поворачивай на другой галс! /галс — направление движения судна относительно ветра/), the parrot would scream (кричал попугай).
2. 'Ah, she's a handsome craft, she is (о, она = эта птица — отличный моряк;