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'You can speak Parseltongue, Harry,' said Dumbledore calmly,
“哈利，你會說蛇佬腔，”鄧布利多平靜地說道，
'because Lord Voldemort who is the last remaining descendant of Salazar Slytherin can speak Parseltongue.
“是因為伏地魔會說蛇佬腔。他是薩拉查斯萊特林的最后一個繼承人。
Unless I'm much mistaken, he transferred some of his own powers to you the night he gave you that scar.
如果我沒有弄錯的話，他在給你留下傷疤的那天晚上，把他自己的一些法術也轉移到了你的身上。
Not something he intended to do, I'm sure...'
他不是有意這么做的，我可以肯定……”
'Voldemort put a bit of himself in me?' Harry said, thunderstruck.
“伏地魔把他自己的一部分轉移到了我身體里？”哈利驚訝得目瞪口呆。
'It certainly seems so.'
“顯然是這樣的。”
'So I should be in Slytherin,' Harry said, looking desperately into Dumbledore's face.
“這么說我應該在斯萊特林，”哈利絕望地盯著鄧布利多的臉，說道，
'The Sorting Hat could see Slytherin's power in me, and it'
“分院帽可能在我身上看到了斯萊特林的一些本領，它就……”
'Put you in Gryffindor,' said Dumbledore calmly. 'Listen to me, Harry.
“把你放在了格蘭芬多。”鄧布利多不緊不慢地說，“聽我說，哈利。
You happen to have many qualities Salazar Slytherin prized in his hand-picked students.
你碰巧具有薩拉查斯萊特林精心挑選學生時特別看重的許多素質。
His own very rare gift, Parseltongue... resourcefulness... determination...
他自已的一些罕見天賦，蛇佬腔……足智多謀……意志堅強……
a certain disregard for rules,' he added, his moustache quivering again.
還有某種對法律條規的藐視。”他說，銀白色的胡須又在微微顫抖，
'Yet the Sorting Hat placed you in Gryffindor.
“可是分院帽把你放在了格蘭芬多，
You know why that was. Think.'
你知道為什么會這樣嗎？好好想想。”
'It only put me in Gryffindor,' said Harry in a defeated voice, 'because I asked not to go in Slytherin...'
“它之所以把我放在格蘭芬多，”哈利用一種心灰意冷的口氣說，“是因為我提出不去斯萊特林……”
'Exactly,' said Dumbledore, beaming once more.
“正是這樣，”鄧布利多說，臉上又露出了笑容。
'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle.
“這就使你和湯姆·里德爾大不一樣了。
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'
哈利，表現我們真正的自我，是我們自己的選擇，這比我們所具有的能力更重要。”
