史蒂芬·弗莱 | 神奇动物纪录片问答

I have it on the highest authority there is that I am, and always will be, a Hufflepuff. And I'm proud to be a Hufflepuff, I may say.

据知情人士透露，我永远都是，赫奇帕奇的一员。能成为赫奇帕奇的一员我感到非常自豪。

What’s your favourite magical creature?

你最喜欢哪个神奇动物？

I did like Buckbeak enormously. And I think, like a lot of people, I just have a fantasy of just getting on the back of some enormous flying beast and flying away and looking down on the world. And I think that's the thing that most thrilled me.

我非常喜欢巴克比克（鹰头马身有翼兽）。而且和很多人一样，我就是有个幻想，就是骑在一些巨大的飞行兽的背上，飞上天俯视世界。我觉得这是最让我激动的事情。

Are there any animals found in the Muggle world that should be in the magical world?

麻瓜世界里有没有本该在魔法世界里出现的动物？

The extraordinary thing about nature is that no matter how hard we try and imagine a peculiar animal, nature has got there first and it's more peculiar. It can be an insect that, you know, rolls up dung. Well, I mean what writer would come up with something like a dung beetle?

大自然的非凡之处在于，无论我们多么努力想象一种奇特的动物，它早就创造出来了，还可能比我们想象的更加奇特。它可以是一种昆虫，它可以卷起粪便。我的意思是，哪个作家会想出像蜣螂这样的东西？

And yet, these are beautiful animals that do extraordinary work that helps the area in which they live. Things like that which you feel really do. They've slipped through the curtain between the wizarding world and the Muggle world somehow.

但这些都是美丽的动物，它们做着非凡的工作，给予它们的居住地很大帮助。就像那些你真正喜欢做的事情一样。它们已经不知不觉穿过了魔法世界和麻瓜世界之间的帷幕了。

Our ancestors thousands of years ago would have happened on dinosaur fossils. And they must have wondered what they were. And they had no way of knowing if they saw a skull of some huge and frightening beast. They had no way of knowing that beast was extinct. Extinct for millions of years.

几千年前，我们的祖先会遇到恐龙化石。他们一定很想知道它们是什么。他们无从知道他们是否看到了某个巨大恐怖的野兽头骨。他们根本不知道那种野兽已经灭绝了，灭绝了数百万年之久。

As far as they knew, it was around the next mountain and buried in a cave. And that suddenly made sense as to why there are dragon myths all over the world. Everywhere there seems to be this idea that there were once beasts like that.

据他们所知，野兽被埋在附近的一个山洞里。所以为什么世界各地突然间都有龙的神话是有道理的。各地的人们似乎都认为，曾经有这样的野兽。

Why do you think the wizarding world is so loved today?

你为什么认为魔法世界在今天如此受欢迎？

When I was young, we didn't really think about myths, and dragons and fantasy nearly as much as we did as computing became big.That's when, you know, Lord of the Rings and things like that, and of course, Harry Potter really made their mark on the world.

当我年轻的时候，我们对神话、龙以及幻想的思考并不像我们在计算机大行其道时那样多。那时候，《指环王》和诸如此类的东西，当然还有《哈利·波特》真正在世界留下了它们的印记。

At exactly the time that silicon valley was exploding. And I don't think that's a coincidence. I think it's a reaction. We want to... Of course we love our toys, our shiny gadgets. But we want to return to a world too, where it is not everything is explained by mathematics, and geeks, and programming, and coding. But there's another kind of magic. That's my theory.

那时正值硅谷爆发。我不认为这是巧合，我认为这是一种反应。我们想……当然，我们喜欢我们的玩具，闪闪发亮的小玩意。但我们也想回到一个世界，一个不是所有的东西都用数学、极客、编程和代码来解释的世界。还有另一种魔法，这就是我的理论。

What would your Boggart be?

你的博格特会是什么？

My Bogart would be an enormous moth. I know moths are beautiful and I know they're lovely, but for some reason I've always been terrified of them. I think because when I was young, all I did was read through the night. Because I found it difficult to get to sleep.

我的博格特是一只巨大的飞蛾。我知道飞蛾很美，它们很可爱，但出于某种原因，我总是对它们感到恐惧。我想是因为在我年轻的时候，在夜间我能做的一切就是阅读。因为我发现我很难入睡。

And it was in the countryside and were very hot at the top of the house where my bed was. So I'd open the window to make it cooler. But if you open the window and you've got the light on to read, moths come in.

因为在乡下，我的床所在房间的顶部非常热。所以我就把窗户打开，让它变得凉快些。但如果你打开窗户，开着灯看书，飞蛾就会飞进来。

And they get in my hair! I just freaked out. And they were big and leathery somehow. And Agh! So a huge moth I'm afraid would just completely make me turn to jelly.

它们还钻进了我的头发里！我会被吓一跳。不知为何，我觉得它们又大又皮实。而且......呃，所以一只巨大的飞蛾恐怕会让我两腿发软。

Which character in the wizarding world are you most drawn to?

魔法世界里的哪个角色最吸引你？

We all want a mentor. Don't we? Even, believe me, when you're as old as I am! You think it would be nice to have a mentor. Someone you could say, “What should I do now? And give me advice.” 

我们都想要一个导师，不是吗？甚至，相信你和我一样年纪的时候，你认为有一个导师会很好。有人会说：“我现在该怎么办？请给我些建议。”

Someone you could trust. Because we live in a world where there aren't many people we can look up to and trust. David Attenborough is about the only one, when you think about it. So, maybe that's the answer I think. Dumbledore.

一个你可以信任的人。因为我们生活的这个世界，可以仰望和信任的人不多。仔细想想，大卫·爱登堡就只有一个。所以，也许这就是我认为的答案——邓布利多。

Which two characters would you choose to help you defeat Voldmort?

你会选择哪两个角色来帮你打败伏地魔？

I think it's no surprise that the... Some of the simpler characters. I don't think the way to beat evil is sophistication. I think the way is simple goodness. And so, Hagrid and Neville Longbottom are heroic. And Harry is heroic.

一些更简单的角色，我想这并不奇怪。我不认为战胜邪恶的方法是复杂的，我认为方法很简单。因此，海格和纳威·隆巴顿是英勇的，哈利也是英勇的。

Sheer goodness. Sheer stoutness of heart, as they used to say, is really what's required in the world. Not sophistication. So those are the two I'd choose. I think I'd choose Harry and Hagrid.

就像他们说的，纯粹的善良，坚定不拔的内心，才是世界上真正需要的东西。不需要那么复杂。所以我要选择的两个人，会是哈利和海格。

How can we change our world for the better?

我们如何才能让这个世界变得更好？

The loss of any species is a kind of crime against nature and time. Extinction is built into the world as we have it. There's no question about that. We were talking about dinosaurs. They went extinct and it wasn't our fault.

任何物种的消失都是对自然和时间的一种犯罪。毫无疑问的，灭绝是建立在我们拥有这个世界上的。我们在谈论恐龙，它们灭绝了，这不是我们的错。

Somehow a new twist has happened in the history of evolution. That we have a consciousness that is aware, and counts, and lists and gives names to all of nature. We have this gift. This gift to to be curious and to inquire. And it's a vital gift. And it means we know what's happening.

不知什么原因，在进化史上出现了一个新的转折。我们有一种意识，能够察觉、计算、列出并给所有的自然界命名。我们有这种天赋，这个天赋就是好奇和探究。这是一个重要的天赋，它意味着我们知道正在发生什么。

So we can change our behavior and be a guardian of creation. It's an arrogant thing to be, perhaps. But it's the duty we owe to the way we've evolved. And I think it's so important that we use that knowledge. We use that curiosity to do what we can to be, as I say, those guardians. So that's my hope.

我们可以改变自己的行为，成为创造的守护者。这也许是一件自大的事情，但这是我们对自身进化方式所负有的责任。而且我认为，利用这种知识是非常重要的。我们利用这种好奇心，尽我们所能，如我所说，成为那些守护者。这是就是我希望的。

Note:

Have it on the highest authority

to have been told something by someone who knows the truth 据知情人士透露

I have it on the highest authority that they are getting a divorce.

我听知情人士说他们正要离婚。

Turn to jelly

to suddenly feel weak because you are frightened, nervous, or ill（由于害怕、紧张或生病等）突然感到虚弱；发颤

As she knocked on the director's door, her legs turned to jelly.

她敲主任的门时，感到两腿发软。