[PTM]  關於催狂魔之吻的你需要知道的所有事情

關於催狂魔之吻的你需要知道的所有事情
Everything you need to know about the Dementors' Kiss

究竟有多糟糕？
just how bad is it?

　　試想很糟糕版本的親吻追逐遊戲，而且是百萬倍的糟糕。接下來請在腦中想像一個畫面，那些最令人害怕的魔法生物催狂魔，披著深色連帽長袍，伸著看上去滑滑的，腐爛樣的手（肩膀也是）而且還沒有眼睛，想像牠向著你過來，讓周圍溫度降至冰點，並勾起你所有最深沉的恐懼與人生中的創傷。想像牠們的靠近你到下巴都要到你的嘴巴前，並開始吸取你的靈魂。很可怕，對吧？
Imagine the worst game of kiss chase, times a million.Picture for a moment, those most terrifying of magical creatures, the Dementors. Cloaked in dark hoods, with slimy-looking, decayed hands and – shudder – no eyes. Imagine them advancing towards you, causing the air to freeze and bringing all of your worst fears and traumas to life. Then imagine them clamping their jaws on your mouth and sucking out your soul. Horrifying, isn’t it?

有什麼麼影響？
What are the effects?

　　當在阿茲卡班的逃犯哈利第一次聽到催狂魔之吻時，他以為這只是能夠殺人的詛咒罷了，但事實上比這糟糕多了！路平教授曾經向哈利解釋「是有可能以沒有靈魂的形式存在」──但是這只是存在而已，完全不是活著；你基本上「只是個空殼」而已。
When Harry first hears about the Dementor’s Kiss in Harry Potter and the Prisonerof Azkaban, he assumes it’s a curse that kills. But it’s so much worse than that. Professor Lupin explains to Harry that it’s possible to ‘exist without your soul’ – but that’s all it will be, existing, not living in any sense of the word. You are effectively ‘an empty shell’.



誰遭受催狂魔之吻？
Who suffers the Dementor’s Kiss?

　　小巴提柯羅奇就是一例。
Barty Crouch Jr, for one.

　　「當麥教授努力尋找形容事件的詞語時，哈利感到腹中一陣涼意襲來。哈利不需要她形容出來，他就知道催狂魔究竟做了什麼，牠向巴提柯羅奇施行了致命之吻，將他的靈魂從他的嘴巴吸出。巴提柯羅奇的命運比死亡更慘。」
──哈利波特：火盃的考驗

‘Harry felt a chill in his stomach, as Professor McGonagall struggled to find words to describe what had happened. He did not need her to finish her sentence. He knew what the Dementor must have done. It had administered its fatal Kiss to Barty Crouch. It had sucked his soul out through his mouth. He was worse than dead.’ 
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

　　在他承認偽裝為瘋眼穆迪的背信行為的短時間之後，已被折磨的巴提柯羅奇二世的靈魂就被催狂魔吸出了。這個命令是被誤導的魔法部長夫子下的，他事前並不知道靈魂被吸出後巴提會變得無法為佛地魔回歸這件事情作證。
Shortly after confessing his traitorous deeds disguised as Mad-Eye Moody, the tortured Barty Crouch Jr has his very soul sucked from him. The order came from misguided Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge, who didn’t account for the fact that Barty would be rendered unable to testify about Voldemort’s return.

誰差點遭殃？
Any near misses?

　　理所當然地，當催狂魔在場時，牠們可怕的親吻威脅便會存在。在七集故事中，多虧故事中角色們靈機應變，以及會許多的進階咒語，讓他們總得以躲過變得比死亡還要更悲慘的狀態的命運。
Absolutely.In the presence of a Dementor, the threat of their terrible Kiss is ever present. It’s thanks to quick wit and an abundance of advanced magical skill that these characters are spared this fate worse than death int he first seven stories.

哈利波特 Harry Potter
　　因為催狂魔視悲慘為盛宴，且想要吸取他碰見的任何人的快樂這點，使催狂魔，折磨、煩惱著哈利。哈利特別容易受攻擊是因為他經歷了如此孤獨、不開心的童年，還有與一些悲劇有關聯的回憶總是在他心中榮繞不去
Harry is plagued by the Dementors, who feast on misery and want to leech happiness and joy from everyone they encounter. Harry is especially vulnerable because he experienced such a lonely, unhappy childhood and is haunted by tragic memories.



　　但是哈利試著去解決問題，他向路平教授求救以學習掌握護法咒，所以未來才可能透過召喚最快樂的回憶來趕走催狂魔。令人感動的是這些回憶通常包含榮恩與妙麗，且他們的友誼在此許多方面都救了他。同時習得這惡名昭彰難學的護法咒之後，哈利能夠拯救許多他身邊他親近的人們。
But Harry takes matters into his own hands, seeking help from Professor Lupin in mastering the Patronus charm, so that he may ward off the Dementors by summoning his happiest memories. Touchingly, they most often feature Ron and Hermione, whose friendship saves him in so many ways. And by learning this notoriously difficult charm, Harry is able to save many of his nearest and dearest, too.

天狼星‧布萊克 Sirius Black
　　哈利的教父天狼星曾經在阿茲卡班忍受了孤獨、禁閉的十二年，只為了他沒有犯的罪
他利用並專注於自己清白的這一點，使自己可以存活並逃離無情的催狂魔之下。在後來在他的教子的幫助之下，驚險地逃離了催狂魔之吻。
Harry’s godfather Sirius Black endures twelve years in solitary confinement in Azkaban, for a crime he did not commit. By focusing on his innocence, he is able to survive and escape the merciless Dementors, and would laternarrowly avoid the Dementor’s Kiss, with help from his godson.

達力‧德思禮 Dudley Dursley
　　達力顯然不能說是哈利最親近的人，但是在催狂魔襲擊小惠因區的當下，哈利確實是最靠近他的人。為了拯救他的表哥的靈魂他選擇打破巫師法律，施展護法咒。雖然以過去達力對待哈利那些令人討厭的行為紀錄來看，你會很難相信達力還是有心靈的，但是無法否認的是這件事情確實造成了他們之間關係的改變。
Dudder scertainly doesn’t count as one of Harry’s dearest, but Harry is nearest to him when Dementors strike in Little Whinging, and he has no choice but to break wizarding law and cast a Patronus to save his cousin’s soul.Given Dudley’s appalling treatment of Harry over the years, you’d be hard pressed to know he even has a soul, but this horrific ordeal does mark a shift in their
relationship.

瑪莉‧卡特摩 Mary Cattermole
　　在她在麻種審議委員會中受審判時，瑪莉發現她正與催狂魔以及另外也很糟糕的桃樂絲恩不理居共處一室。當偽裝成別人的哈利發現他再也聽不下去恩不理居說謊的同時，他暫時移開了對其他事情的關注，那些在場的催狂魔已準備發送牠們糟糕的吻。後來哈利及時救了她，這對馬莉來說真是幸運！
During her trial by the Muggle-Born Registration Commission, Mary Cattermole finds herself in the presence of the Dementors and that other nasty piece of work, Dolores Umbridge. When the disguised Harry has enough of Umbridge’s lies and is momentarily distracted, the Dementors attempt their dreaded Kiss. Luckily for Mrs Cattermole, Harry saves her just in time, before encouraging her to get as far away as possible.



妙麗格蘭傑 Hermione Granger
　　雖然妙麗被認為是哈利波特的時代很好的年輕女巫，但是護法咒卻是她感到困難的咒語。不過妙麗格蘭傑還是有他的實力在，在需要的時候她當然仍可以召喚出她的水獺。在其他可怕的事件中，哈利跟他的雄鹿則是會在她身旁以幫助拯救他們。
Hermione Granger is arguably the finest young witch of her generation, though the Patronus is the one spell she finds difficult. But being Hermione Granger, she can of course conjure her otter in times of need. On other chilling occasions, Harry is by her side with his stag to save them.

榮恩衛斯理 Ron Weasley
　　如同妙麗榮恩未曾直接受到催狂魔之吻的威脅，但是他仍有一些相近的可怕遭遇。最糟糕的可能是在霍格華茲大戰期間了，且在他親愛的哥哥弗雷去世之後。這時飢餓的搜尋著悲傷跟絕望的催狂魔會發現榮恩，哈利以及妙麗是簡單、明瞭的目標。多虧那時的鄧不利多軍隊的成員的幫助，在露娜、阿尼以及西莫的魔杖下三人組被拯救了！
Like Hermione, Ron isn’t directly threatened with a Dementor’sKiss, but he has several close and frightening encounters. The worst could be said to be during the Battle of Hogwarts, following the tragic death of his beloved brother Fred. Hungrily seeking out grief and despair, the Dementor’s find Ron,Harry and Hermione easy targets. Thank goodness for Dumbledore’s Army then: the trio were saved at the wands of Luna, Ernie and Seamus.

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然後此篇標題雖然看起來有些可怕，但翻起來覺得蠻有趣ＷＷＷ
護法咒也真是好＞／／／＜