阿兹卡班囚徒

[42]"How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter," Snape said suddenly, his eyes glinting. "He too was exceedingly arrogant. A small amount of talent on the Quidditch field made him think he was a cut above the rest of us too. Strutting around the place with his friends and admirers... The resemblance between you is uncanny."

“你跟你父亲真是像极了，波特，”斯内普突然说，眼睛里射出冷光，“他也是极其傲慢的，魁地奇球场上一点小小的才能就让他以为自己比我们大家都高出一筹。带着一帮朋友和崇拜者趾高气扬地到处招摇……你们两个真是相像得不可思议。”

[43]"Your father didn't set much store by rules either," Snape went on, pressing his advantage, his thin face full of malice. "Rules were for lesser mortals, not Quidditch Cup-winners. His head was so swollen --"

“你父亲也不大重视法规。”斯内普乘胜追击，瘦削的脸上充满恶意，“法规是给小人物遵守的，不是给魁地奇冠军遵守的。他的脑袋膨胀得——”

[44]"What did you say to me, Potter?"

“你刚才对我说什么，波特？”

[45]"And did the headmaster tell you the circumstances in which your father saved my life?" he whispered. "Or did he consider the details too unpleasant for precious Potter's delicate ears?"

“校长有没有告诉你，你父亲是在什么情况下救了我的命？”他低声问，“或者他认为那些细节对于宝贝波特那娇贵的耳朵来说太不中听？”

[46]I would hate for you to run away with a false idea of your father, Potter," he said, a terrible grin twisting his face. "Have you been imagining some act of glorious heroism? Then let me correct you -- your saintly father and his friends played a highly amusing joke on me that would have resulted in my death if your father hadn't got cold feet at the last moment. There was nothing brave about what he did. He was saving his own skin as much as mine. Had their joke succeeded, he would have been expelled from Hogwarts."

“我可不愿意让你带着对你父亲的错误认识离开，波特。”他说，一个可怕的笑容扭曲了他的面孔，“你是不是想象出了某种英雄壮举？那么让我来纠正你一下——你那神圣的父亲和他的朋友对我开了一个非常有趣的玩笑，要不是你父亲在最后一刻胆怯了一下，那会置我于死地。他们的玩笑如果成功了的话，他就会被霍格沃茨开除。”