也是我第一次翻譯和哈利波特有關的文章~
如果有一些翻得不好或做得不好的地方,還請各位多多批評指教~(鞠躬)
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The Lethifold (also known as a Living Shroud) is a carnivorous and highly dangerous magical creature. It is also considered a Dark creature because of its aggressive and violent nature.
吸魂衣(也被稱作伏地蝠),是種肉食性且高度危險的魔法生物,他也因為具有侵略性和暴力性質而被認為是黑暗生物的一種。
Its appearance resembles that of a black cloak roughly half an inch thick, although it gets thicker if the Lethifold has recently digested a victim. It glides along the ground and other surfaces in an unknown form of locomotion, in search of its prey, humans. It attacks its prey at night, when the target is asleep, and suffocates and digests it in its bed.
吸魂衣的外觀酷似一件半英吋厚的黑色斗篷,如果吸魂衣剛進食並消化完畢的話斗篷會變得更厚。吸魂衣會用一種未知的運動方式在地面和其他表面上滑行以尋找它們的獵物:人類。當人們在夜晚進入夢鄉時,吸魂衣便會發動攻擊,它會先使獵物窒息,然後在床上將其消化。
The only form of protection against a Lethifold is a Patronus, similarly to a Dementor. Other spells such as the Stunning Spell will not work.
和催狂魔一樣,對抗吸魂衣唯一有效的方式就是施展護法咒,其他的咒語像是昏擊咒等皆無法發揮效果。
The Lethifold is a very rare species, and can thankfully only be found in the tropics.
謝天謝地,吸魂衣是個十分罕見的物種,而且只能在熱帶地區發現其蹤影。
The first recorded survivor of a Lethifold attack was a wizard named Flavius Belby. Belby was on holiday in Papua New Guinea, and he managed to escape because he was not fully asleep at the time. He repelled the Lethifold with a Patronus Charm, something other victims have been unable to do because they are either asleep or Muggles (or both). It is impossible to determine the number of Lethifold victims, as they leave no clues to their presence.
第一件已知被吸魂衣攻擊且生還的案例,是一位名叫Flavius Belby的巫師,Belby被攻擊時正在巴布亞紐幾內亞度假,被吸魂衣攻擊時他因為沒有完全睡著而設法脫逃,並成功以護法咒逼退吸魂衣。但其他受害者就沒有這麼幸運,他們要不是睡著了就是麻瓜(或兩者皆是)。要確定吸魂衣的受害者數目是不可能的,因為吸魂衣絕對不會現場留下任何有關它們存在的線索。
Much easier to calculate is how many people have faked a Lethifold attack, for their own reasons. One known case of an individual attempting to fake a Lethifold attack was Janus Thickey, who disappeared in 1973, leaving behind a note reading "Oh no, a Lethifold's got me, I'm suffocating". Because of this and his empty bed, Thickey's wife and children began mourning him. However, he was soon discovered living five miles away with the landlady of the Green Dragon.
相較之下,要計算有多少人偽造了吸魂衣的攻擊事件就簡單多了,他們往往都有著各自的理由,最知名的一個案例是Janus Thickey──一名在1973年消失的巫師。它在失蹤前留下了一張上面寫著:「喔!不!我被一個吸魂衣抓到了!我要窒息了!」的字條,這張字條和Janus那乾淨又空蕩的床,使Janus的妻兒們都信以為真,甚至開始悼念他。但不久後人們就在五英里外的地方發現Janus和綠火龍酒吧的女老闆生活在一起。
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文章的分段方式皆模仿原文~
其實後面還有一小段沒翻譯到
不過那些是在說吸魂衣的名字意義
感覺不是很重要所以我就不翻了
之所以會翻譯這篇文章主要是因為發現自己對仙境都沒有什麼貢獻
可以說我是在羞恥心的驅動下翻譯了這篇文章(X)
不過令我驚訝的是:像吸魂衣如此有趣的生物在哈迷中似乎不是很有名
仙境中提到吸魂衣的文章也只有一兩篇而已......
身為生研一份子的我實在無法容忍如此amazing的奇獸被世人遺忘忽略!!
這也是我翻譯這篇文章的另一部份原因~
總之就讓我們一起體驗吸魂衣的美好奧妙吧~~