" Keep your seat, " said his father warningly, in Parseltongue.

“坐好了别动！”他父亲用蛇佬腔警告他。

Quietly, Harry tried to say something in Parseltongue.

哈利悄悄地试着用蛇佬腔说话。

" Potter can speak Parseltongue, " reveals Draco Malfoy, a Hogwarts fourth year.

“波特会说蛇佬腔，”霍格沃茨四年级学生德拉科·马尔福透露说。

" I'm going to ask it to open, using Parseltongue, " said Harry.

“我打算叫它自己打开，用蛇佬腔。”哈利说。

Quietly, Harry tried to say something in Parseltongue. The words wouldn't come out.

哈利悄悄地试着用蛇佬腔说话，但怎么也说不出来。

Parseltongue, the ability to converse with snakes, has long been considered a Dark Art.

蛇佬腔（即与蛇对话的能力）一向被视为黑魔法。

“You can speak Parseltongue, Harry, ” said Dumbledore calmly, “because Lord Voldemort, who is the last remaining descendent of Salazar Slytherin, can speak Parseltongue.

“哈利，你会说蛇佬腔，”邓布利多平静地说，“是因为伏地魔会说蛇佬腔。他是萨拉查斯莱特林的最后一个继承人。

" But how did you get in there? " he asked, staring from the fangs to Ron. " You need to speak Parseltongue! "

“你们怎么进去的呢？”哈利把目光从蛇怪挪到罗恩身上，问道，“需要说蛇佬腔呀！”

However, if he was frightening or impressing fellow Slytherins with displays of Parseltongue in their common room, no hint of it reached the staff.

或许他在公共休息室里用蛇佬腔吓唬过斯莱特林的同学或让他们佩服起他来，然而，这些一点也没有传到教员们那里。

Parseltongue, the ability to converse with snakes, has long been considered a Dark Art. Indeed, the most famous Parselmouth of our times is none other than You-Know-Who himself.

蛇佬腔（即与蛇对话的能力）一向被视为黑魔法。事实上，当代最著名的蛇佬腔正是神秘人本人。

The snake's cage was rolling through the air, and before Snape could do anything more than yell, it had encased him, head and shoulders, and Voldemort spoke in Parseltongue.

装着蛇的笼子滚动着穿过空中，在斯内普除了喊叫外来不及做其他任何事之前，笼子包住了他的头和肩膀。伏地魔用蛇佬腔说话了。

If only he had the stone, he could ask Dumbledore these questions in person… and Harry murmured words to the Snitch in the darkness, trying everything, even Parseltongue, but the golden ball would not open…

如果他得到了那石头，他就能问问邓 布利多关于那些个人的问题… … 哈利在黑暗中对着飞贼低语，他用了各种方法，甚至蛇老腔，但是那金色的小球仍没有打开。