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剛剛看完分類帽的敘述
真是好可愛啊XD
所以決定來翻譯一下😁
如果有翻譯錯誤or語意不對的地方,還請大家不吝指教喔> <
The Sorting Hat
分類帽
New from J.K. Rowling
The famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat gives an account of its own genesis in a series of songs sung at the beginning of each school year. Legend has it that the hat once belonged to one of the four founders, Godric Gryffindor, and that it was jointly enchanted by all four founders to ensure that students would be sorted into their eponymous houses, which would be selected according to each founder's particular preferences in students.
有名的霍格華茲分類帽在它每年學期開始時所唱的一系列歌曲中解釋了自己的起源。傳說中,它曾經屬於四位創始人中的其中一位,高錐客‧葛來分多,並且被四位創始人一起施予咒語,以確保學生們會以每個創始人對於學生的特別偏愛,來分類到以他們名字命名的學院中。
The Sorting Hat is one of the cleverest enchanted objects most witches and wizards will ever meet. It literally contains the intelligence of the four founders, can speak (through a rip near its brim) and is skilled at Legilimency, which enables it to look into the wearer's head and divine his or her capabilities or mood. It can even respond to the thoughts of the wearer.
分類帽是大部分的巫師及女巫會遇到的最聰明的魔法物品之一。它完全擁有了四位創始人的聰明才智,能夠說話(藉由它帽沿附近的裂縫)並且擅長讀心術,使它能夠望進戴著帽子的人的腦袋,看穿他或她的能力與心思。它甚至能夠回應戴著它的人的想法。
The Sorting Hat is notorious for refusing to admit it has made a mistake in its sorting of a student. On those occasions when Slytherins behave altruistically or selflessly, when Ravenclaws flunk all their exams, when Hufflepuffs prove lazy yet academically gifted and when Gryffindors exhibit cowardice, the Hat steadfastly backs its original decision. On balance, however, the Hat has made remarkably few errors of judgement over the many centuries it has been at work.
分類帽拒絕承認自己在分類上犯過錯誤是非常有名的。在一些狀況中,當史萊哲林學生表現的樂於幫助別人或無私;當雷文克勞學生考砸了所有的考試;當赫夫帕夫雖然在功課上天賦異稟卻很懶惰;當葛來分多表現得很懦弱,分類帽仍舊堅持他原本的決定。然而相抵而言,在分類帽工作的這幾個世紀以來,它明顯僅作過非常少數的錯誤判斷。
J.K. Rowling's thoughts
The Sorting Hat does not appear in my earliest plans for Hogwarts. I debated several different methods for sorting students (because I knew from early on that there would be four houses, all with very different qualities). The first was an elaborate, Heath Robinson-ish machine that did all kinds of magical things before reaching a decision, but I did not like it: it felt at once too complicated, and too easy. Next I placed four statues of the four founders in the Entrance Hall, which came alive and selected students from the throng in front of them while the school watched. This was better, but still not quite right. Finally, I wrote a list of the ways in which people can be chosen: eeny meeny miny mo, short straws, chosen by team captains, names out of a hat - names out of a talking hat - putting on a hat - the Sorting Hat.
在我對於霍格華茲最早期的構思中,分類帽並沒有出現。我盤算了幾種不同的分類方法(因為我很早就知道會有四個學院,皆具備不同的特質)。最早的構想很精細,Heath Robinson式機器能在做出決定前進行所有神奇的事,但我不喜歡它:它感覺起來太複雜又太簡單了。接下來我在入口大廳放置了四位創始人的雕像,它們會活過來,並在全體師生的目光下,從它們面前的一大群人中挑選學生。這個好多了,可是依然不太對。最後我寫了一份選人方法的清單:數數、抽短稻草(某娜:這裡我不太確定,我猜是抽到短的人中選的那種方式吧?)、隊伍領導選擇、從帽子裡抽出名字--從會說話的帽子口中說出名字--戴上一頂帽子--分類帽。