| Swift smiled rather sheepishly. | Свифт робко улыбнулся. |
| "I still need these to make money seem substantial to me. An old man finds it hard to abandon the habits of youth." | Старику трудно отвыкнуть от привычек молодости. |
| He put a cigarette between his lips and dropped the coins one by one back into his pocket. | Он сунул сигарету в рот и одну за другой опустил монеты в карман. |
| He held the last coin between his fingers, staring absently at it. | Последнюю Свифт зажал в пальцах, слепо глядя сквозь нее. |
| "Multivac is not the first computer, friends, nor the best-known, nor the one that can most efficiently lift the load of decision from the shoulders of the executive. | - Мультивак не первое устройство, друзья, и не самое известное, и не самое эффективное из тех, что могут снять тяжесть решения с плеч человека. |
| A machine did win the war, John; at least a very simple computing device did; one that I used every time I had a particularly hard decision to make." | Да, Джон, войну с суперпотоком выиграла машина. Очень простая; та, к чьей помощи я прибегал в особо сложных случаях. |
| With a faint smile of reminiscence, he flipped the coin he held. | Со слабой улыбкой он подбросил монету. |
| It glinted in the air as it spun and came down in Swift's outstretched palm. His hand closed over it and brought it down on the back of his left hand. His right hand remained in place, hiding the coin. | Сверкнув в воздухе, она упала на протянутую ладонь. |
| "Heads or tails, gentlemen?" said Swift. | - Орел или решка, джентльмены? |
