"I'd like to see what you look like," muttered Conan, working his ax free (я хотел бы увидеть, какой ты: «чему ты выглядишь подобно», — пробормотал Конан, высвобождая свой топор), "you who leave a track like a bird (ты, который оставляет след, как птица), who burn like a flame (который горит, как огонь) and yet speak with a human voice (и тем не менее говорит человеческим голосом)."

"You shall see," answered the voice from the flame, "see, and carry the knowledge with you into the Dark Land (ты увидишь, — ответил голос из пламени, — зри и унеси знание с собой в Темную Страну)."

look [lʋk], flame [fleɪm], knowledge [ˈnɔlɪʤ]

"I'd like to see what you look like," muttered Conan, working his ax free, "you who leave a track like a bird, who burn like a flame and yet speak with a human voice."

"You shall see," answered the voice from the flame, "see, and carry the knowledge with you into the Dark Land."

The flames leaped and sank, dwindling and dimming (языки пламени взметнулись и опустились, уменьшаясь и тускнея). A face began to take shadowy form (лицо начало приобретать призрачную форму). At first Conan thought it was Zogar Sag himself who stood wrapped in green fire (сначала Конан подумал, /что/ это /был/ сам Зогар Саг стоял, окутанный зеленым пламенем). But the face was higher than his own, and there was a demoniac aspect about it (но лицо было выше его собственного, и был у него демонический облик) — Conan had noted various abnormalities about Zogar Sag's features (Конан заметил различные отклонения от черт Зогар Сага) — an obliqueness of the eyes (скошенность глаз), a sharpness of the ears (острота ушей), a wolfish thinness of the lips (волчья тонкость губ): these peculiarities were exaggerated in the apparition which swayed before him (эти особенности были преувеличены в видении, которое покачивалось перед ним). The eyes were red as coals of living fire (глаза были красные, как угли живого огня).

aspect [ˈæspekt], various [ˈvɛərɪəs], exaggerate [ɪɡˈzæʤɪreɪt]

The flames leaped and sank, dwindling and dimming. A face began to take shadowy form. At first Conan thought it was Zogar Sag himself who stood wrapped in green fire. But the face was higher than his own, and there was a demoniac aspect about it — Conan had noted various abnormalities about Zogar Sag's features — an obliqueness of the eyes, a sharpness of the ears, a wolfish thinness of the lips: these peculiarities were exaggerated in the apparition which swayed before him. The eyes were red as coals of living fire.