The moon had been up for a long time but he slept on and the fish pulled on steadily and the boat moved into the tunnel of clouds

He woke with the jerk of his right fist coming up against his face (он проснулся от рывка своего правого кулака, ударившего его в лицо) and the line burning out through his right hand (и от лесы, которая, обжигая правую ладонь, уходила в воду). He had no feeling of his left hand (он не чувствовал левую руку) but he braked all he could with his right (но он затормозил /движение лесы/ изо всех сил правой) and the line rushed out (и леса стремительно уходила; to rush — нестить, устремляться). Finally his left hand found the line (наконец левая рука нашла лесу) and he leaned back against the line (он оперся на нее спиной) and now it burned his back and his left hand (и сейчас она жгла спину и левую руку), and his left hand was taking all the strain and cutting badly (а его левая рука принимала всю тяжесть: «все натяжение», и ее сильно резало; badly — скверно, дурно, плохо; крайне, очень сильно). He looked back at the coils of line (он посмотрел назад на мотки лесы) and they were feeding smoothly (они равномерно разматывались; to feed — кормить; снабжать, обеспечивать; smoothly — гладко; ровно; плавно, равномерно; беспрепятственно, без помех). Just then the fish jumped (именно тогда рыба прыгнула) making a great bursting of the ocean (взорвав океанскую гладь; bursting — взрыв, звук взрыва; to burst — лопаться; взрываться) and then a heavy fall (а затем тяжело упав). Then he jumped again and again (затем она выпрыгнула снова и снова) and the boat was going fast although line was still racing out (лодка двигалась быстро, хотя леса продолжала уходить) and the old man was raising the strain to breaking point (старик увеличивал натяжение до точки разрыва; to raise — поднимать; повышать, увеличивать). He had been pulled down tight onto the bow (его вплотную притянуло к носу лодки) and his face was in the cut slice of dolphin and he could not move (его лицо было прижато к отрезанному куску дорадо, и он не мог пошевелиться).

He woke with the jerk of his right fist coming up against his face and the line burning out through his right hand. He had no feeling of his left hand but he braked all he could with his right and the line rushed out. Finally his left hand found the line and he leaned back against the line and now it burned his back and his left hand, and his left hand was taking all the strain and cutting badly. He looked back at the coils of line and they were feeding smoothly. Just then the fish jumped making a great bursting of the ocean and then a heavy fall. Then he jumped again and again and the boat was going fast although line was still racing out and the old man was raising the strain to breaking point. He had been pulled down tight onto the bow and his face was in the cut slice of dolphin and he could not move.

This is what we waited for (это то, чего мы ждали), he thought. So now let us take it (так что теперь держись). Make him pay for the line (заставь ее заплатить за лесу), he thought. Make him pay for it (заставь ее заплать за нее).

He could not see the fish's jumps (он не видел, как выпрыгивает рыба: «не видел прыжков рыбы») but only heard the breaking of the ocean (только слышал разрывы океана = как разверзается океан) and the heavy splash as he fell (и тяжелый всплеск, когда она падала). The speed of the line was cutting his hands badly (скорость лесы = быстро уходящая в воду леса сильно резала руку) but he had always known this would happen (но он все время знал, что это случится) and he tried to keep the cutting across the calloused parts (и он старался подставить затвердевшую часть руки; callous — мозолистый; затвердевший) and not let the line slip into the palm nor cut the fingers (и не позволять лесе соскользнуть на ладонь или порезать пальцы).

If the boy was here he would wet the coils of line (если бы мальчик был здесь, он бы смочил мотки лесы), he thought. Yes. If the boy were here. If the boy were here.