When Neville Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool.
当点到尼维尔·兰博顿，那个曾经丢失癞蛤蟆的男孩的名字时，他跑上前时还摔了一跤。
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.”
帽子花了很长时间才作出决定，当它终于宣布是格林芬顿的时候，尼维尔连帽子都不忘得脱便往下跑，所以在众人的哄笑声中被拉了回来，才把帽子传给了莫拉格·麦卡多高尔。
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!
马尔夫大摇大摆地走上前，并马上实现了心愿：帽子刚碰到他的头发便大声宣布"史林德林！"
Malfoy went to join his friends Crabbe and Goyle, looking pleased with himself.
马尔夫走到他的两个朋友克来伯和高尔那里，看起来十分高兴。
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 —
现在，台上的新生已所剩无几了。"门思"……"诺特"……"帕金斯"…然后是一对孪生姐妹，……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，但台下的说话声就像开了锅一样。
Potter, did she say?
她刚才是说波特吗？
The Harry Potter?
那个哈利·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.
双眼被帽子遮住机线前，哈利看见台下的人都伸长了脖子想看清楚他。
Next second he was looking at the black inside of the hat. He waited.
接着，他所能看见的是帽子里的漆黑一片。他耐心地等待着。
Hmm, said a small voice in his ear. “Difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either.
嗯…耳边一个很小的声音在说话，"看来很难决定哟。你很勇敢，也是个好人
There's talent, A my goodness, yes — and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting… So where shall I put you?”
很有才华，噢，天啊，是的——渴望证明自己的价值，真有意思…那么，我该把你分到哪儿呢？
Harry gripped the edges of the stool and thought, Not Slytherin, not Slytherin.
哈利紧握住凳子边缘，心里想，"千万不要是史林德林，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？那个声音说，"你肯定？你也许能成为伟大的魔法师，你拥有别人没有的天份，史林德林能够助你成功的。你不想改变主意吗？不？那么，如果你已经下定决心，就去格林芬顿吧！
Harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole hall. He took off the hat and walked shakily toward the Gryffindor table.
哈利听见帽子向全场宣布自己去格林芬顿后，脱下帽子，战战兢兢地走向格林芬顿那桌学生。
He was so relieved to have been chosen and not put in Slytherin, he hardly noticed that he was getting the loudest cheer yet.
没被分配到史林德林，他感到如释重负，因此没有留意到欢呼声比刚才任何一次都要响亮。
Percy the Prefect got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the Weasley twins yelled, “We got Potter! We got Potter!”
班长伯希站起来，用力地和他握手。威斯里双胞胎高呼："波特！波特！"