The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.
狹長的小路豁然開朗，進入眼簾的是一個黑色的大湖。一個建有許多角樓和高塔的巨大的城堡坐落在兩座峻嶺之間，窗戶的玻璃在滿天的星空下耀耀生輝。
“No more'n four to a boat!” Hagrid called, pointing to a fleet of little boats sitting in the water by the shore. Harry and Ron were followed into their boat by Neville and Hermione.
"一只船只能坐四個人。"哈格力指著泊在岸邊的一列小船說道。哈利、羅恩、尼維爾和荷米恩坐上了同一只船。
“Everyone in?” shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself. “Right then — FORWARD!”
"是不是全都上了船？"一人獨坐一只船的哈格力喊道："那好，咱們出發(fā)！"
And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Everyone was silent, staring up at the great castle overhead. It towered over them as they sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood.
一字排開的船隊同時啟程，仿佛是一起在水平如鏡的湖面滑行。所有的孩子都默不作聲，抬頭仰望著那宏偉的古堡。當(dāng)船隊越來越接近古堡所在的峭壁時，孩子們感覺古堡仿佛就屹立在自己的頭頂上一樣。
“Heads down!” yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff; they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face. They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.
"低下頭！"當(dāng)船來到峭壁邊緣的時候，哈格力大聲喊道。孩子們都非常聽話地照著命令做。小船載著他們穿越了峭壁表面上面遮住人口的一層長青藤幕簾，沿著一條穿行于古堡正下方的黑色水道前進。良久，他們才抵達(dá)一個地下港。在那里，他們下了船，便沿著滿是巖石和鵝卵石的山路向上攀爬。

“Oy, you there! Is this your toad?” said Hagrid, who was checking the boats as people climbed out of them.
"嘿，那個孩子！這是你的癩蛤蟆嗎？"正在檢查船只的哈格力發(fā)現(xiàn)了失蹤多時的癩蛤蟆。
“Trevor!” cried Neville blissfully, holding out his hands. Then they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid's lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle.
"謝天謝地！"尼維爾高興得高舉雙手，活蹦亂跳。孩子們在哈格力的燈光引導(dǎo)下，繼續(xù)沿著岸石間的一條通道向上攀登，最后終于來到了古堡陰影下一塊潮濕而平整的草地。
They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak front door.
他們走上一段石梯，聚集在古堡巨大的橡木正門前。
“Everyone here? You there, still got yer toad?”
"人都到齊了嗎？嘿，小伙子，你們的癩蛤蟆還在嗎？"
Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door.
哈格力舉起他那巨大的拳頭用力在大門上敲了三下。