#Remus Lupin
Bitten(被咬)
By the time that Remuswas four years old, the amount of Dark magical activity across the country wasincreasing steadily. While few yet knew what lay behind the mounting attacksand sightings, Lord Voldemort’s first ascent to power was in progress and DeathEaters were recruiting all kinds of Dark creatures to join them in their questto overthrow the Ministry of Magic.
Remus四岁时,国内的黑魔法活动稳步增多。但那时候很少有人知道逐渐增加的袭击背后其实是伏地魔渐长的势力。食死徒也在招募各种黑魔法生物加入他们,从而达到推翻魔法部的目的。
The Ministry called inthe services of authorities on Dark creatures – even those as minor as Boggartsand poltergeists – to help it understand and contain the threat. Lyall Lupinwas among those asked to join the Department for the Regulation and Control ofMagical Creatures, which he did gladly. It was here that Lyall cameface-to-face with a werewolf called Fenrir Greyback, who had been brought infor questioning about the death of two Muggle children.
魔法部寻求黑魔法生物(甚至包括博格特和恶作剧鬼)专家的帮助来理解和控制它们。Lyall Lupin是它们叫去加入魔法生物管控司的人之一,他也愉快地答应了。在这里Lyall和一个叫Fenrir Greyback的、被带来因两个麻瓜孩子的死亡接受问讯的狼人打了个照面。
The Werewolf Registrywas badly maintained. Werewolves were so shunned by wizarding society that theygenerally avoided contact with other people; they lived in self-described‘packs’ and did all they could to avoid being registered. Greyback, whom theMinistry did not know to be a werewolf, claimed to be nothing more than aMuggle tramp who was utterly amazed at finding himself in a room full ofwizards, and horrified by the talk about the poor, dead children.
狼人的登记一直完成得不好。狼人们通常都躲避巫师的社会,避免与其他人接触。他们生活在被自己成为“包裹”的小社会里,尽一切努力避免被登记。之前魔法部不知道Greyback是个狼人,而他声称自己只是个麻瓜流浪汉,对于身处一群巫师之间非常震惊,对于谈论可怜的死去的孩子们则非常害怕。
Greyback’s filthyclothing and lack of wand were sufficient to persuade two overworked andignorant members of the questioning committee that he was telling the truth,but Lyall Lupin was not so easily fooled. He recognised certain telltale signsin Greyback’s appearance and behaviour and told the committee that Greybackought to be kept in detention until the next full moon, a mere twenty-fourhours later.
Greyback衣服肮脏又没有魔杖,两个超量工作又不了解情况的委员会委员认为这足以证明他的话了。但Lyall Lupin可没那么容易愚弄。他从Greyback的样貌和行为中发现了狼人的特征,告诉委员会他应该被扣留下来,直到24小时后的满月。
Greyback sat insilence while Lyall was laughed at by his fellow committee members (‘Lyall, youjust stick to Welsh Boggarts, that’s what you’re good at’). Lyall, generally amild-mannered man, grew angry. He described werewolves as ‘soulless, evil,deserving nothing but death’. The committee ordered Lyall out of the room, thehead of the committee apologised to the Muggle tramp and Greyback was released.
Greyback静静地坐着,看着Lyall被委员会的其他成员嘲笑(“Lyall,你还是去关注威尔士博格特吧,那才是你擅长的东西”)。Lyall平时一直温驯,但这会儿他生气了。他指出狼人们“没有灵魂、邪恶、该死”。委员会勒令他离开了屋子,他们的领导人对这位“麻瓜流浪汉”道了歉,然后放了他。
The wizard whoescorted Greyback out of the inquiry was intending to place a Memory Charm uponhim, so that he would forget having been inside the Ministry. Before he had achance to do so, he was overpowered by Greyback and two accomplices who hadbeen lurking at the entrance, and the three werewolves fled.
护送Greyback离开审查处的巫师想给他施一个遗忘咒,那样他就会忘记自己曾身处魔法部了。但还没等他找到机会,他就被Greyback和他潜伏在门口的两个伙伴制服了。三位狼人就此逃走。
Greyback lost no timein sharing with his friends how Lyall Lupin had just described them. Theirrevenge on the wizard who thought that werewolves deserved nothing but death wouldbe swift and terrible.
Greyback赶紧告诉朋友们Lyall Lupin是怎么描述狼人的。他们对于那个认为狼人该死的巫师的复仇将会迅速而又可怕。
Shortly before RemusLupin’s fifth birthday, as he slept peacefully in his bed, Fenrir Greybackforced open the boy’s window and attacked him. Lyall reached the bedroom intime to save his son’s life, driving Greyback out of the house with a number ofpowerful curses. However, henceforth, Remus would be a fully-fledged werewolf.
Remus Lupin五岁生日快到了,Greyback在他在床上熟睡时砸开了他的窗户、袭击了他。Lyall及时赶到他的房间,挽救了儿子的生命,用一大串强大的咒语将Greyback赶出了房子。但因为这次袭击,Remus会成为一个彻头彻尾的狼人。
Lyall Lupin neverforgave himself for the words he had spoken in front of Greyback at theinquiry: ‘soulless, evil, deserving nothing but death’. He had parroted whatwas the common view of werewolves in his community, but his son was what he hadalways been – loveable and clever – except for that terrible period at the fullmoon when he suffered an excruciating transformation and became a danger toeveryone around him. For many years, Lyall kept the truth about the attack, includingthe identity of the attacker, from his son, fearing Remus’s recriminations.
LyallLupin一直没有因为他在审讯处对Greyback说的话而原谅自己。他只是说出了巫师界对狼人的一贯印象,但他儿子一直像他一样可爱聪明——除了满月变形时,他会危及到身边每一个人。多年来,Lyall一直将那次袭击保密,也没有告诉儿子袭击者是谁,因为他担心儿子会因此指责自己。