When Neville Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool.
當點到尼維爾·蘭博頓，那個曾經丟失癩蛤蟆的男孩的名字時，他跑上前時還摔了一跤。
The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, “GRYFFINDOR,” Neville ran off still wearing it, and had to jog back amid gales of laughter to give it to “MacDougal, Morag.”
帽子花了很長時間才作出決定，當它終于宣布是格林芬頓的時候，尼維爾連帽子都不忘得脫便往下跑，所以在眾人的哄笑聲中被拉了回來，才把帽子傳給了莫拉格·麥卡多高爾。
Malfoy swaggered forward when his name was called and got his wish at once: the hat had barely touched his head when it screamed,SLYTHERIN!
馬爾夫大搖大擺地走上前，并馬上實現了心愿：帽子剛碰到他的頭發便大聲宣布"史林德林！"
Malfoy went to join his friends Crabbe and Goyle, looking pleased with himself.
馬爾夫走到他的兩個朋友克來伯和高爾那里，看起來十分高興。
There weren't many people left now. “Moon"…, “Nott"…, “Parkinson"…, then a pair of twin girls, “Patil” and “Patil"…, then “Perks, Sally-Anne"…, and then, at last —
現在，臺上的新生已所剩無幾了。"門思"……"諾特"……"帕金斯"…然后是一對孿生姐妹，……然后中沙莉安。帕克斯，然后，最后——
Potter, Harry!
哈利·波特！

As Harry stepped forward, whispers suddenly broke out like little hissing fires all over the hall.
哈利走上前，但臺下的說話聲就像開了鍋一樣。
Potter, did she say?
她剛才是說波特嗎？
The Harry Potter?
那個哈利·波特？
The last thing Harry saw before the hat dropped over his eyes was the hall full of people craning to get a good look at him.
雙眼被帽子遮住機線前，哈利看見臺下的人都伸長了脖子想看清楚他。
Next second he was looking at the black inside of the hat. He waited.
接著，他所能看見的是帽子里的漆黑一片。他耐心地等待著。
Hmm, said a small voice in his ear. “Difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either.
嗯…耳邊一個很小的聲音在說話，"看來很難決定喲。你很勇敢，也是個好人
There's talent, A my goodness, yes — and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting… So where shall I put you?”
很有才華，噢，天啊，是的——渴望證明自己的價值，真有意思…那么，我該把你分到哪兒呢？
Harry gripped the edges of the stool and thought, Not Slytherin, not Slytherin.
哈利緊握住凳子邊緣，心里想，"千萬不要是史林德林，我不去史林德林。"
Not Slytherin, eh?said the small voice. “Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that — no? Well, if you're sure — better be GRYFFINDOR!”
啊？不去史林德林？那個聲音說，"你肯定？你也許能成為偉大的魔法師，你擁有別人沒有的天份，史林德林能夠助你成功的。你不想改變主意嗎？不？那么，如果你已經下定決心，就去格林芬頓吧！
Harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole hall. He took off the hat and walked shakily toward the Gryffindor table.
哈利聽見帽子向全場宣布自己去格林芬頓后，脫下帽子，戰戰兢兢地走向格林芬頓那桌學生。
He was so relieved to have been chosen and not put in Slytherin, he hardly noticed that he was getting the loudest cheer yet.
沒被分配到史林德林，他感到如釋重負，因此沒有留意到歡呼聲比剛才任何一次都要響亮。
Percy the Prefect got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the Weasley twins yelled, “We got Potter! We got Potter!”
班長伯希站起來，用力地和他握手。威斯里雙胞胎高呼："波特！波特！"