【分享】Chronos Historia 漫步在历史长廊

Chapter 6（下）
Hermione jumped in her seat as Salazar Slytherin swooped in on them，abrupt and austere. Even Malfoy flinched， his eyes wide as Hermione clutched at her chest.
萨拉查 · 斯莱特林突然出现在他们面前，赫敏吓得从她的座位上跳了起来。就连马尔福也缩了缩脖子，他的眼睛瞪得大大的。赫敏紧紧抓住她的胸口。
"Hello， Professor，" she gasped.
“你好，教授。”她喘着气说。
"Perhaps you haven't noticed but this is a library，" Slytherin said， staring between the two of them with dark， unblinking eyes.
“也许你们没有注意到，这里图书馆。”斯莱特林说，黑色的眼睛一眨不眨地在他们两人之间扫视着。
"Our apologies， Professor，" Malfoy quipped to his head of house， "we are here studying."
“我们很抱歉，教授。”马尔福对他的院长打趣道，“我们是来学习的。”
"It did not seem so，" Salazar said in a low voice. "And what are you studying？" The man reached a slender hand out， unfurling one of the scrolls on time to face him. "Dimensions of the Temporal Space. This does not sound like standard Hogwarts reading material. What sort of studying is this？"
“看起来不是这样。”萨拉查低声说。“你们在学什么？”那人伸出一只瘦长的手，展开其中一张卷轴面对他。“时空的维度。这听起来不像是霍格沃茨的标准读物。这是什么学习？”
Hermione found she could not meet Slytherin's intense gaze， staring at Malfoy instead.
赫敏发现自己无法与斯莱特林那双热切的眼睛对视，而是盯着马尔福。
"Extra credit， Professor，" Malfoy said， leaning back in his seat with a sort of cool detachment. "We are trying to decipher an old runic passage about the fabric of time."
“额外的学分，教授。”马尔福说，身子往后靠在座位上，带着一种冷静的超然态度。“我们正试图破译一段关于时间结构的古老如尼文。”
"Fascinating that you have time for extra credit projects， Mr Malfoy，" Slytherin returned in the same tone. "Perhaps your course load is not enough. One would think as seventh year students your examinations might be your focus."
“马尔福先生，你有时间做额外的学分项目真是太神奇了。”斯莱特林用同样的语气回答道。“也许你的课程负担不够。有人会认为，作为七年级学生，你的考试可能是你的重点。”
"Examinations are our main priority of course，" Hermione broke in. The last thing they needed was for Slytherin to assign more homework.
“当然，考试是我们的首要任务。”赫敏插嘴说。他们最不需要的就是斯莱特林布置更多的家庭作业。

"Indeed，" Slytherin commented. "Of course， you both excel in Potions， so I need not worry."
“确实。”斯莱特林评论道，“当然，你们俩都擅长魔药，所以我不必担心。”
Hermione flushed at the compliment while Malfoy continued to stare at the professor， his expression blank. Slytherin gazed at them each for a long moment before appraising their other reading materials.
赫敏被夸奖得脸红了，而马尔福则继续盯着教授，面无表情。斯莱特林盯着他们每个人看了很长时间，然后评估了他们的其他阅读材料。
"Carry on， then，" the founder said， with a nod. "Though I will expect your performance in my class to maintain a high level of excellence， both of you. Mr Malfoy，please see me before your Potions class begins tomorrow."
“那就继续吧。”创始人点点头说。“我希望你们在我的课堂上保持高水平的表现，你们两个。马尔福先生，请在明天魔药课开始前来见我。”
"Yes， Professor，" Malfoy responded as the man loped off. The blond turned to Hermione， frowning. "We really ought to find somewhere else to work."
“好的，教授。”马尔福应了一声，那人大步走开了。金发小子转向赫敏，皱着眉头。“我们真的应该找个别的地方工作。”
"I agree，" Hermione said in a hushed voice. "We're drawing unnecessary attention to ourselves."
“我同意。”赫敏压低声音说，“我们正在引起不必要的注意。”
Malfoy sighed， looking around the vast library， at the assorted tomes， scrolls and scripts piled high on every shelf. "If only there was a way to ask for exactly what we need."
马尔福叹了口气，环顾着这个巨大的图书馆，看着每个书架上堆得高高的各种各样的大部头、卷轴和剧本。“如果有一种方法可以准确地要求我们所需要的东西就好了。”
Hermione nodded， about to reply when she suddenly froze. "Malfoy." Her eyes widened as he focused on her once more. "What if we tried the Room of Requirement？"
赫敏点点头，正要回答，突然愣住了。“马尔福。”当他再次把目光集中在她身上时，她的眼睛睁得大大的。“如果我们试试有求必应屋呢？”
"What is that？" he asked， brow furrowed.
“那是什么？”他皱着眉头问道。
"It's， well…" Hermione hesitated as she was seized with a particular memory of fire. She could almost feel the scorching tendrils of the Fiendfyre that had nearly claimed both of their lives. "It's also known as the Room of Hidden Things."
“这是，嗯……”赫敏犹豫了一下，因为她被一种关于火的特殊记忆所吸引。她几乎可以感觉到那几乎夺去他们两人生命的火焰的灼热卷须。“它也被称为藏东西的房间。”
Malfoy's expression went stony and his jaw clenched. "I would rather not."
马尔福面无表情，咬紧牙关，“我宁愿不要。”

Hermione sagged in relief. While she knew enough French to understand the conversation， there was an ease with which the way the words rolled off his tongue， the way he had slipped into perfectly accented French， that assuaged her concerns， and if she was honest， made her stomach flip.
赫敏松了一口气。虽然她懂得足够多的法语，能够听懂他们的对话，但是他说话的方式，他说话的口音，都让她感到轻松自如，这些都减轻了她的担忧，在这方面若她太诚实，她一定会反胃的。
But when he looked at her and rolled his eyes in amusement， Hermione cast him a fake smile and the two girls carried on.
但是当他看着她，好笑地翻了个白眼，赫敏勉强笑了一下，两个女孩继续说说笑笑。
As arranged， Hermione met up with Malfoy following dinner. They walked in a sort of nervous silence to the seventh floor and Hermione hesitated in front of the blank stretch of wall.
按照约定，赫敏在晚饭后与马尔福见面。他们在一种紧张的沉默中走到七楼，赫敏在一片空白的墙面前犹豫了一下。
"What if it isn't here？ If it isn't built yet？" she breathed.
“如果它不在这里呢？ 如果它还没有建成呢？”她喘着气说。
"Then we leave，" Malfoy deadpanned. Hermione shot him a look but sighed.
“那我们就走。”马尔福面无表情。赫敏瞥了他一眼，叹了口气。
"I'm not entirely certain what to ask it for. Information on how to return home？ A place where we can find answers？" she questioned， more to herself than anything.
“我不完全确定要求它做什么。关于如何回家的信息？一个我们可以找到答案的地方？”她问道，更多的是自言自语。
"I only know it as the Room of Hidden Things，" he replied with a deep breath. "Has it always been both？"
“我只知道它是一个藏东西的房间。”他深深地吸了一口气回答道。“一直都是两者兼有吗？”
"It's whatever you ask of it. Okay，" Hermione clenched her jaw and paced the appropriate stretch of wall， thoughts whirling through her brain.
“无论你要求什么，好吧。”赫敏咬紧牙关，在适当的位置踱着步子，脑子里思绪飞快地转动着。

When a large， ornamented door appeared， Hermione looked to Malfoy with trepidation but he had already stepped forward and opened the door. With a glance down the length of the corridor， Hermione followed him inside.
当一扇装饰华丽的大门出现时，赫敏战战兢兢地看着马尔福，但马尔福已经走上前去打开了门。赫敏瞥了一眼走廊的尽头，跟着他走了进去。
In an instant her breath hitched in her throat.
瞬间，她的呼吸停滞了。
An elaborate room stretched before her with vaulted ceilings and high windows. Assorted shelves stood， heaped with scrolls and a few of the same hand-penned tomes from the library， bound by enchantments. Empty inkwells and quills were haphazardly strewn about one of the shelves.
她面前是一个精致的房间，有拱形的天花板和高高的窗户。各式各样的书架立在那里，上面堆满了卷轴，还有几本从图书馆借来的同样的手写的大部头书，被魔法捆绑着。空的墨水瓶和羽毛笔随意地散落在其中一个架子上。
Piles of other assorted items sat on the floor; glass vials and potions ingredients and various oddments of which Hermione did not know the purpose.
地板上堆放着各种各样的东西：玻璃瓶、魔药材料和各种零碎的东西，赫敏不知道这些是干什么用的。
"It's like the Room of Hidden Things without a thousand years of junk built up，" Malfoy observed.
“这就像一个没有千年垃圾堆积的隐藏物品的房间。”马尔福说。
"Do you suppose that's all it was， at first？ Remember that Rowena designed the Hogwarts floor plan，" Hermione commented， running her fingers along an old stone workbench.
“你觉得一开始就是这样吗？还记得是罗伊娜设计了霍格沃茨的平面图吗？”赫敏边说边用手指抚摸着一个旧石头工作台。
"What if she didn't share this room with the others？ What if people only came to know about it by stumbling upon it over the years？" Malfoy mused.
“如果她不和其他人共用这个房间呢？如果人们只是通过多年的偶然发现才知道它呢？”马尔福若有所思。
"So what， only she could use it？ Ravenclaw's version of the Chamber of Secrets？"
“那又怎样，只有她能用？ 拉文克劳版的密室？”
Malfoy shrugged， looking as confused as Hermione felt. A cold doubt crept into her heart.
马尔福耸了耸肩，看上去和赫敏一样困惑。一丝冰冷的疑惑爬进了她的心里。
"Malfoy， I haven't given the Chamber of Secrets any thought，" Hermione said， looking at him. "Do you suppose we could find it and somehow – I don't know， prevent the Basilisk from –"
“马尔福，我还没有考虑过密室。”赫敏看着他说。“你觉得我们能找到它，然后设法——我不知道，阻止蛇怪……”

"We can't affect significant change on the future， Granger， remember？" he cut her off. "Travelling via the portal ensured that. We can't， I don't know… save Myrtle from her fate."
“我们不能改变未来，格兰杰，记得吗？”他打断了她。“通过传送门确保了。我们不能，我不知道……把桃金娘从她的命运中拯救出来。”
Hermione heard loud and clear what he didn't say. That they also couldn't save Helena or Waldo either. Swallowing the bitter thought， she lifted a stack of parchment off one of the shelves， careful and reverent.
赫敏清楚地听到了他没有说的话。他们也救不了海莲娜和沃尔多。她吞下这个苦涩的想法，小心翼翼又虔诚地从一个书架上拿起一叠羊皮纸。
"So you suppose these are Ravenclaw's then？" Hermione asked.
“那么你认为这些是拉文克劳的？”赫敏问。
"It's possible，" Malfoy said with a shrug. "Or maybe all of the founders work in here. It was only a guess."
“有可能。”马尔福耸耸肩说。“或许所有的创始人都在这里工作。这只是个猜测。”
Flipping through the stack of parchment， Hermione noted that much of it looked like old letters， saved for nostalgic purposes or otherwise. Towards the bottom of the pile， however， a sense of anticipation gripped her.
赫敏翻阅着那叠羊皮纸，注意到其中大部分看起来像是古老的信件，不管是为了怀旧还是别的什么目的而保存下来的。然而，在这堆东西的底部，一种期待的感觉抓住了她。
"Malfoy，" she breathed， "these are encoded in runes."
“马尔福。”她呼吸道，“这些都是用如尼文编写的。”
He walked over with interest， clutching something that looked sort of like a small， blue Quaffle with antennae.
他饶有兴趣地走过去，手里抓着一个东西，看起来有点像一个长着触角的蓝色小鬼飞球。
"Why didn't you bring your copy of Spellman's Syllabary with us into the past， Granger？" he mocked， reminding her of how she had earlier wished she had brought Hogwarts： A History with her. Hermione blinked at his casual teasing.
“格兰杰，你为什么不把你的斯佩尔曼大纲带回到过去呢？”他嘲笑她，提醒她早些时候是多么希望自己带着《霍格沃茨： 一段校史》一起来的，赫敏对他随意的戏弄眨了眨眼睛。
"I really ought to start carrying shrunken copies of all my books that could possibly be relevant at any given point in time. Which would be all of them，" she returned with a wry smile， eliciting a true laugh from the blond.
“我真的应该开始携带我所有书籍的缩小版，这些书在任何时候都可能是相关的。”她苦笑着回答，引得金发小子发出真正的笑声。

"Certainly， you ought to，" he said with a grin， nudging her on the shoulder. Hermione felt a shiver at the sudden and playful contact. She shook it off as he stared at the runic inscriptions， sitting down at the workbench， deep in thought.
“当然，你应该这样做。”他笑着说，推了推她的肩膀。赫敏为这突然而有趣的接触感到一阵颤抖。当他坐在工作台前，凝视着那些如尼文铭文，陷入沉思时，她摇了摇头。
He drew parchment and a quill from his bag， scratching absent words.
他从包里抽出羊皮纸和羽毛笔，一字一句地划着。
"Can you interpret them？" Hermione asked in surprise， pulling up a seat that had instantly appeared next to him.
“你能翻译它们吗？”赫敏惊讶地问，拉过一个立刻出现在他身边的座位。
"Some of them，" he admitted， chewing the end of his quill. "I told you， weeks ago， Runes is one of my favourite classes. And Ancient Runes – as the name suggests – are ancient. Far older than a thousand years. I'm hopeful not much has changed in the translations."
“有一些。”他咬着羽毛笔的末端承认道。“几周前我就告诉过你，如尼文是我最喜欢的课程之一。而古代如尼文——顾名思义——是古老的，远远超过一千年。我希望译文没有太大变化。”
Hermione began on a sheet of the inscription of her own， but found she had always relied quite heavily on her Syllabary and knew less than a quarter of the runes by heart.
赫敏开始在她自己的一张铭文纸上写字，但是她发现她一直非常依赖于她的大纲，熟记的如尼文不到四分之一。
"There's a terrible sense of irony here，" Malfoy began， with an indelicate snort， "given that just yesterday we told Slytherin we were researching a runic translation on time manipulation."
“这真是太讽刺了。”马尔福开始了，不雅地哼了一声，“因为就在昨天，我们还告诉斯莱特林，我们正在研究一种关于时间操纵的如尼文翻译。”
Hermione's eyes widened and she laughed despite herself.
赫敏睁大了眼睛，不由自主地笑了起来。
"I'll have to come back to it with my translation materials，" he drawled， setting down his quill. He made a copy of the runic text， tucking it safely into his bag. "Many of these I don't recognize at all."
“我得带着我的翻译材料再回来看看。”他慢吞吞地说，放下羽毛笔。他复印了一份文字，把它安全地塞进包里。“其中许多我根本不认识。”
"To be fair， we don't even know if this has anything to do with what we're looking for，" Hermione reminded him.
“说句公道话，我们甚至不知道这和我们要找的东西有没有关系。”赫敏提醒他。

"You're right， we don't，" he said with a glance over at her. "But if you were researching something that had never been done before， don't you think you would keep it private？"
“你说得对，我们没有。”他瞥了她一眼说。“但如果你在研究一些以前从未做过的事情，你不觉得应该保密吗？”
"I probably would，" Hermione permitted. "But then couldn't anyone capable of translating runes still read this？"
“我可能会。”赫敏允许道，“但是，难道没有一个能够翻译如尼文的人还能读懂这本书吗？”
"If they found it，" he shrugged. "That is what's worrying me，though. So far this makes absolutely no sense but I'm missing many of these runes. I can't help but wonder if it's not only runic， but also in code."
“如果他们找得到的话，”他耸耸肩。“不过，这正是我担心的。到目前为止，这完全没有意义，但我遗漏了许多这些如尼文。我不禁怀疑这不仅仅是如尼文，还是密码。”
"As a failsafe，" Hermione breathed. "Or it's meant to be read in a different arrangement？ Without knowing that， how will we ever read it？"
“作为保险措施，”赫敏吸了一口气。“还是说应该用另一种方式来阅读？不知道的话，我们该怎么读呢？”
Malfoy gazed at her， trepidation visible in his expression.
马尔福凝视着她，从他的表情中可以看出他的不安。
"We have to try， between the two of us， to outsmart the most brilliant witch who ever lived."
“我们必须试试，在我们俩之间，智胜有史以来最聪明的女巫。”

接下来是碎碎念时间，也是我开始做这件事的另一个原因：我发现可能有人在用机翻当自己的翻译发。
起因是在LOF找粮时发现一些译文不仅读起来生硬、语句不通顺，还有标点符号错漏、中英文标点混用等情况，这与我用机翻看文时的情况非常相似。
本来嘛，用爱发电，就算英语水平不好，翻得太差，读者一般也不会说什么，还会夸你一声”太太“，送上红心蓝手评论关注一条龙，有些还会分享给别人，但我发现这种疑似冒充的情况不在少数，新发的译文比起2、3年前的质量普遍下滑了，而且有些人真的太过分了，有没有授权不标注，原作者和发布平台也不标注，不懂的人咋一看还以为是你原创的。
在我试着对其中一人提出质疑和批评后，对方拉黑了我。
个人担心再这样下去会出现劣币驱逐良币，毕竟人工翻译没有机翻+自己过一遍快，而且有些讲究的翻译还要找校对，一来一去更慢了，可能人工翻译一篇所用的时间，机翻已经发了2、3篇或者更多了。长此以往，坚持人工翻译的译者可能会减少或不再发文。
诚然，机翻变得更智能了对我这种英文不好人是福音，但似乎也给了一些人可乘之机。大家当然可以用机翻辅助翻译——不然发展人工智能干什么，不就是为了方便嘛——但也希望某些人能上点心，不要把别人的爱当工具。
在此呼吁大家在看文的时候稍微注意一下，如果遇到译文读起来生硬、语句不通顺，还有标点符号错漏、中英文标点混用等情况，慎给热度。如果你不知道怎么分辨，找一篇外文同人（FFN或者凹3，其中FFN可以直接上），取其中一章扔进翻译软件里，仔细逐段阅读，机翻的标点符号错漏、中英文标点混用的情况是很明显的，你会发现有些该有句号的地方没有句号，该是句号的地方是个逗号，或者某个地方多了/少了一个双引号，明明是中文译文里面却有英文的感叹号、问号、冒号，等等。
需要注意的是，机翻的生硬跟人英语/语文水平不好导致翻译出来生硬还是不一样，虽然目前机翻已经很智能，但还是带着一股机械的冷硬感。这个用过机翻，对比一下已经做成出版物的外文书就能看出来，另外我就假设大家做作业的时候有做过英译汉吧。
如果遇到翻译得好、语句通顺、乃至信达雅的译者，请多夸一夸TA们。

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被吞的4楼

本来LOF也发了，但是被屏了4、5次，每次都被打回，也不知道到底戳到它哪个敏感点了，贴吧好歹分段发还能让我知道到底那一段有问题好转图片，唉

才发现错把“巴罗”翻译成“巴伦”了，还漏了几个字 X﹏X 过段时间再发更新过的版本吧，换得太频繁怕又没了

时隔一个月的更新！11-20章马上炖好了，难以置信我居然花了这么久，先放一点出来
注意事项指路1楼
Chapter 11
Author's Note: Guys. I'm seriously overwhelmed by the response to this fic. It really means so much to me to receive so many wonderful messages and I LOVE hearing your theories about the plot. It's delightful to see so many new names as well. :)
作者注: 伙计们，我对这部小说的反响感到非常震惊。收到这么多精彩的信息对我来说真的很重要，我喜欢听到你关于情节的看法。看到这么多新名字也很高兴。:)
Something that really means a lot to me is seeing readers show interest in multiple stories of mine. So to the silent followers whose names have cropped up in my inbox a few times recently, thank you. I appreciate it more than I can say.
看到读者对我的多个故事表现出兴趣，这对我来说意义重大。所以，对于那些最近在我的收件箱里出现过几次的沉默的追随者们，谢谢你们，我非常感激。
(There is a tiny ball of Christmas fluff here for you, Kyonomiko.)
(这里有一小团圣诞绒毛给你，Kyonomiko。)
I'm babbling. I hope you all enjoy this one!
我在胡言乱语，希望你们都喜欢这个！
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the Harry Potter franchise.
免责声明: 我不拥有哈利波特系列的任何部分。
In the days following the ball, Hermione saw Malfoy only briefly or in passing. While the students had the week off from classes, in celebration of the solstice, it was difficult to slip away unnoticed or spend an extended amount of time researching.
在接下来的几天里，赫敏只是短暂地或者是在路上看到了马尔福。当学生们为了庆祝冬至而放假一周时，他们很难不被注意地溜走，或者花更多的时间进行研究。
The conversation they'd had at the ball had not resurfaced and Hermione, suspecting she had perhaps misread his intentions, hadn't brought it up. At first she had thought maybe he liked her, too, but she certainly didn't want to embarrass them both if it wasn't what he had been implying.
他们在舞会上的谈话再也没有出现，赫敏怀疑她可能误解了他的意图，也没有再提起这件事。一开始，她以为他也喜欢她，但她当然不想让他们两个都难堪，如果这不是他一直在暗示的话。
Beyond that, Helena still hadn't told Hermione what exactly it was that Waldo Baron did or said at the ball to cause her to become so upset. But the girl had been visibly affected for a prolonged period of time and Hermione had opted to stick by her friend.
除此之外，海莲娜还没有告诉赫敏沃尔多 · 巴罗在舞会上究竟说了什么让她如此沮丧。但是很明显，这个女孩已经被影响了很长一段时间，赫敏选择了支持她的朋友。
So it was that the two went into the village, as students were free to come and go during the week off provided they signed out on the ledger. Helena had offered to buy Hermione a Butterbeer and she had accepted.
两个人一起去了霍格莫德，学生们可以在休息日自由进出，只要他们在登记簿上签字。海莲娜提出给赫敏买一杯黄油啤酒，她接受了。
It was unlike Helena to be so despondent, or so private.
她这么沮丧，这么隐秘，这不像海莲娜。
As she sipped her Butterbeer, Hermione found herself reflecting on the similarities between Waldo and Helena, and herself and Malfoy – before, at least. Malfoy had always been antagonistic towards her during their first six years at Hogwarts, due to her blood status, her house, and her friends. But she had, of course, given a lot of it back in turn.
当她啜饮着黄油啤酒时，赫敏发现自己在反思沃尔多和海莲娜之间的相似之处，以及她自己和马尔福之间的相似之处——至少之前是这样的。在他们在霍格沃茨的头六年里，马尔福一直对她充满敌意，因为她的血统、她所处的学院和她的朋友。当然，她也回馈了很多。
It was odd that Waldo tended to be polite or even friendly to her. She and Helena were in the same house; Hermione had claimed to be a half-blood, as was Helena, and they largely spent time with the same association. Even Malfoy was friendly with Helena.
奇怪的是，沃尔多对她总是很礼貌甚至很友好。她和海莲娜在同一个学院里。赫敏声称自己是混血，海莲娜也是，她们大部分时间都在同一个社团里。就连马尔福也对海莲娜很友好。
Was the feud between Helena and Waldo something that ran much deeper, then? Something that had perhaps happened years ago to spark such lingering animosity?
海莲娜和沃尔多之间的仇恨是不是更深了？也许是几年前发生的事引发了这种挥之不去的仇恨？
Waldo only polite with her because of her friendship with Malfoy? She didn't doubt the blond's ability to condescend or persuade; he was the most Slytherin person she had ever met, after all, even despite the changes he had shown since coming to this time. Perhaps he had said something to Baron. Or was it that, as Malfoy had said at the ball, Waldo simply suspected the two of them to be involved in some way, and did not want to upset his friendship with the blond?
沃尔多对她礼貌只是因为她和马尔福的友谊？她毫不怀疑这个金发碧眼的男人屈尊降贵和说服他人的能力，毕竟他是她见过的最像斯莱特林人的人，尽管自从他来到这个时代以后，他已经表现出了很大的变化。也许他对巴罗说了什么。还是像马尔福在舞会上说的那样，沃尔多只是怀疑他们两个在某种程度上有牵连，不想破坏他和金发小子的友谊？
Hermione was starting to feel as if, the longer she stayed in this time, the more unanswerable questions seemed to crop up.
赫敏开始觉得，这段时间她呆得越久，似乎就会出现越多无法回答的问题。
How in the name of Merlin would Waldo Baron care enough for Helena one day that he would kill her in a fit of passionate rage? Or would the opposite be true, and he might simply hate her enough to murder her in cold blood? Neither seemed likely.
看在梅林的份上，沃尔多 · 巴罗怎么会在乎海莲娜到有一天他会在一阵狂怒中杀了她？或者恰恰相反，他只是恨她恨到冷血地杀了她？两者似乎都不太可能。
But yet the girl's resistance to speak of the subject at all incited Hermione's curiosity more than it rightly should have. There were too many aspects of the story that made no sense whatsoever: how Helena and Waldo were to die; how Helena obtained Ravenclaw's diadem; how it ended up in Albania.
然而，这个女孩对谈论这个话题的抵触情绪激起了赫敏的好奇心，这本来是不应该的。这个故事有太多方面完全没有意义：海莲娜和沃尔多是怎么死的？海莲娜是怎么得到拉文克劳的冠冕的？事情是怎么在阿尔巴尼亚结束的？
"Hermione?" Helena asked, interrupting her musing. "Do you think we should prepare our potions project tomorrow while we have time?"
“赫敏?”海莲娜打断了她的沉思，问道，“你觉得我们明天有时间的时候，是不是应该准备一下我们的魔药计划?”
"Yes, of course," Hermione said with a smile, sipping her Butterbeer.
“是的，当然,”赫敏微笑着说，啜饮着她的黄油啤酒。

"Merry Christmas, Granger," Malfoy said, walking up to Hermione Christmas afternoon. The Great Hall felt unusually empty with so many students having gone home for the solstice holidays. Helena had gone into Hogsmeade with some of the other Ravenclaws who had stayed at the castle.
“圣诞快乐，格兰杰。”马尔福说着，走向赫敏的圣诞节午后。大礼堂里异常空旷，因为许多学生都回家过冬至假期了。海莲娜和其他一些留在城堡里的拉文克劳学生去了霍格莫德。
While the Winter Solstice was significant cause for celebration during this time, Christmas was almost a non-entity and it was nice to have someone else around who also cared for Hermione's favourite holiday.
虽然冬至是这个时候庆祝的重要原因，圣诞节几乎还不存在，但是有其他人在身边，也照顾着赫敏最喜欢的节日，这让人感觉很好。
"Merry Christmas to you as well, Malfoy," she returned, smiling at him.
“也祝你圣诞快乐，马尔福。”她回答，对他微笑。
"Evidently Christmas trees have yet to become a tradition," he murmured, looking around the Hall. "It's easy sometimes to forget how far back we've traveled, because Hogwarts itself is really quite similar."
“显然，圣诞树还没有成为一种传统。”他低声说，环顾大厅。“有时候我们很容易忘记我们走了多远的路，因为霍格沃茨本身就非常相似。”
"I suppose," Hermione agreed, making a face.
“我想是的。”赫敏同意了，做了个鬼脸。
"Shame, decorating the tree was always my favourite part of Christmas," he said but shrugged all the same.
“真可惜，装饰圣诞树一直是我圣诞节最喜欢的部分。”他说，还是耸了耸肩。
"Really," Hermione murmured, fixing him with a skeptical glare.
“真的？”赫敏低声说，用怀疑的眼光盯着他。
"Yes, really," he teased, rolling his eyes. "Just because my father was a Death Eater, doesn't mean I was raised in the dungeons."
“是的，真的。”他打趣道，翻了个白眼。“仅仅因为我父亲是食死徒并不意味着我是在地牢里长大的。”
Hermione flushed, averting her gaze. "I have an idea, come on."
赫敏脸红了，转过头去，“我有个主意，来吧。”