哈利·波特：一段魔法史

但据我所知 他从未成功隐形过
but as far as I know, I don’t think he ever disappeared.
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“用你对人类的仁慈
“By the mercy which you bear upon mankind,
使我遁入无形”
make me to be invisible.”
“他出发了 走的时候把隐形斗篷
“He set off, drawing the invisibility cloak tight around him
紧紧拉在身边
as he walked.
图书馆漆黑得可怕
The library was pitch-black and very eerie.
哈利点亮了灯 在书架中穿行”
Harry lit a lamp to see his way along the rows of books.”
将J.K.罗琳如此宏伟的魔法世界呈现出来
Conveying the rich imaginary world of JK Rowling
对管♥理♥员♥们来说是个巨大的挑战
is a huge challenge for the curators.
他们邀请了
To help them,
《哈利·波特》的插画家吉姆·凯
they’ve enlisted Harry Potter illustrator
来助一臂之力
Jim Kay,
他的画作活灵活现
whose drawings and paintings will bring to life the links
将文学幻想与历史事实完美结合在一起
between literary fantasy and historical fact.
2013年我第一次为《哈利·波特》
So I first started illustrating Harry Potter
吉姆·凯
插画家
创作插画时
back in 2013,
那时我想
and back then I thought,
“完成第一部的插画要花上约六个月”
“Well, it’d take about six months to do all of book one,”
而实际上我用了两年半才完成
and it actually took me two and a half years
而且是一周七天都在工作
working seven days a week,
通常一天要工作十二小时
usually 12 hours at once, a day.
压力真的很大
It was terrible pressure
因为你不想毁掉
and you don’t want to mess up
世界上最成功的儿童读物
the world’s most successful children’s book.
大英图书馆团队挑选了一些吉姆的作品
The British Library team are selecting examples of Jim’s work
在展览中展出
to feature in the show.
-这是谁 -麦格教授
– Who is this? – McGonagall.
实际上这幅画大致基于我爱人的形象
It’s actually based loosely on my partner,
必须强调一下 这里我把她老化了
who I aged for this painting, I must stress.
吉姆最有趣的插画作品
Jim’s most intriguing illustrations
是这些长相奇特的标本
are these curious-looking specimens.
曼德拉草根和它们的幼苗
Mandrake roots and their seedlings.
你可能会想 看起来人畜无害的
Harmless enough, you might think,
但这些曼德拉草根必须要小心对待
but these roots must be handled with care.
“哈利戴上耳罩
“Harry snapped the earmuffs over his ears.
《哈利·波特与密室》 1998年
完全听不到外面的声音了
They shut out sound completely.
斯普劳♥教♥授自己戴上一副粉绒绒的耳罩
Professor Sprout put a pink, fluffy pair over her own ears,
卷起她长袍的袖子
rolled up the sleeves of her robes,
紧紧抓住一丛曼德拉草 用力拔出
grasped one of the tufty plants firmly and pulled hard.
哈利发出一声惊讶的喘息声 却无人听见
Harry let out a gasp of surprise that no-one could hear.
从土中拔出的不是草根
Instead of roots,
而是一个浑身是泥 长相极丑的小婴儿
A small muddy and extremely ugly baby popped out of the earth.
叶子就长在他脑袋上
The leaves were growing right out of his head!
他的皮肤是斑驳的浅绿色
He had pale-green mottled skin
显然在声嘶力竭地哭喊
and was clearly bawling at the top of his lungs.
斯普劳♥教♥授从桌下拿出一个大花盆
Professor Sprout took a large plant pot from under the table
把曼德拉草塞进去
and plunged the mandrake into it,
埋在黑暗潮湿的肥料里
burying him in dark, damp compost,
直到只看得见丛生的叶子
until only the tufted leaves were visible.
斯普劳♥教♥授拍了拍手上的泥
Professor Sprout dusted off her hands,
朝他们竖起大拇指 并摘掉了自己的耳罩
gave them all the thumbs-up and removed her own earmuffs.
‘我们的曼德拉草还只是幼苗
‘As our mandrakes are only seedlings,
‘它们的哭声不会致命’ 她平静地说
‘their cries won’t kill yet,’ she said calmly,
就好像她刚刚只是
as though she’d just done nothing more exciting
在给秋海棠浇水
than water a begonia.
‘但是它们也能使你昏迷几小时’ ”
‘However, they will knock you out for several hours.’ ”
在关于草药的传说中
In herbal folklore,
曼德拉草令人毛骨悚然的尖叫声
the bloodcurdling scream of the mandrake
被认为能杀掉或者弄疯它的听众
was thought to kill or send its listener mad.
大英图书馆发现了
The British Library have uncovered
一幅与这则传说有关的特别插画
an unusual illustration of the myth.
应该说是非常特别的插画
A very unusual illustration indeed.
我的曼德拉草可不是那样的
My mandrakes aren’t quite like that.
我看到了一个裸体小男人…
I’m seeing a little naked man…
长着叶子
..with leaves and…
他的头上长着叶子
With leaves coming out of his head
叶子上还顶着断肢
with dismembered hands on them,
一只狗正把他从土里往外拖
and a dog is dragging him out of the earth.
这太有趣了
Oh, this is so interesting.
这绝对不是普通的人
This is no ordinary man.
他是曼德拉根茎
He’s a mandrake root.
曼德拉草 没错 很美
Mandragora. Yeah, it’s beautiful.
收获曼德拉草的过程可能会很危险
Harvesting a mandrake might be fraught with risk,
但这份十六世纪意大利的手稿中
but this manuscript from 16th-century Italy
记录了一种不寻常的安全方法
has an unusual method to keep a person safe.
“把曼德拉草系在狗身上
“Tie the mandrake to a dog,
用土堵住你的耳朵
stuff your ears with earth,
然后吹响号♥角
then blow a horn.
当狗受惊跑开时
As the startled dog runs away,
它就会拔出曼德拉草
it’ll pull up the mandrake
而它的尖叫也不会伤到你”
without its scream causing you harm.”
总而言之 我借鉴了那则传说
Broadly speaking, I adopted the myth with some tweaks.
很像 不过我的故事里没有狗
Very similar, no dogs involved in mine, though.
是靠人把它们扯出来
Humans did actually pull them up
曼德拉根是那年霍格沃茨
and Mandrake root was an essential component
制♥作♥恢复药剂的重要材料
in a restorative potion that was needed at Hogwarts that year.
曼德拉草真的存在 而且根是人形的
There are real mandrakes and the root is human-shaped,
所以我觉得传说就是这样来的 不是吗
so I think that’s where the myth came from, isn’t it?
人们往往会
As often happens, people
根据现实事物发挥想象
extrapolated from the real object.
曼德拉草再也不普通了
The mandrake is no longer commonplace.
然而与它有关的精彩民间故事
Yet the elaborate folklore that surrounds it all came down
都能归结到这个又小又脏的块茎上
to this rather small, grubby root.
这些根茎肯定有特别之处
There’s definitely something in these roots that…
没错 像人一样
Yeah, anthropomorphic.
这很像个大肚子
It’s almost like a sort of pot belly.
你还可以有更鼓的肚子
So you could have a more distended stomach
一直垂到双腿
leading to legs…
我还挺喜欢的
which I quite like.
曼德拉草根总是让人着迷
There’s always been a fascination around mandrake roots
它们含有非常强的化学成分
by the fact that they have a very powerful chemical compound
当你吃下它后
in which has effects on people when you eat it
它能让你产生幻觉
that can be hallucinogenic.
它们能改变你的心率 让你的瞳孔扩张
They can change your heart rate, they can make your eyes dilate,
让你觉得口渴
they give you a dry mouth.
都是很糟糕的副作用
There’s all sorts of terrible things
但正是这些致幻性
but it’s the hallucinogenic properties
一直以来迷惑着人们
that have mystified people for a long time.
这种根茎既看上去像人
So the combination of this anthropomorphic, human-looking root
又含有强力精神成分
along with this really powerful psychoactive compound inside,
理所当然地
I mean, it’s just inevitable
人们会把这二者结合起来
that people would put one and the other together
创造出关于这种植物的奇特传说
and create this wonderful mythology around the plant.
致幻 很合理啊
Hallucinogenic. That figures, right?
没错 非常合理
Yeah. That definitely figures.
我努力不在霍格沃茨设置致幻性药物
I tried to steer clear of hallucinogenic drugs in Hogwarts.
我就是觉得那样最好
I just felt that was wisest.
发生了足够多的事了
Well, there was enough going on, honestly,
他们不需要再靠药物刺♥激♥让生活更精彩了
they didn’t need drugs to make life exciting!
曼德拉草不仅仅会带来嗑药般的快♥感♥
The mandrake didn’t just provide drug-fuelled highs.
这些断肢也说明了
These severed hands symbolise its use
它在截肢手术中被用作麻醉剂
as an anaesthetic in amputations.
这些中世纪草药展现了惊奇与神秘的【接下
Medieval herbals like these reveal the wonder and mystery
这些中世纪草药
Medieval herbals like these
体现了由植物所激发的奇观和秘闻
reveal the wonder and mystery inspired by plants.
在这个时期 大部分人都无法
This is a time when most people couldn’t get
接触到任何形式的药物