" Sorry, but what is a diadem? " asked Ron.

“对不起，什么是冠冕呀？”罗恩问。

" I stole the diadem from my mother."

“我从我母亲那里偷走了冠冕。”

" Yes, he's trying to re-create the lost diadem of Ravenclaw. "

是啊，他想再造一个拉文克劳的花冠。

" I stole the diadem." repeated Helena Ravenclaw in a whisper.

“我偷了冠冕，”海莲娜·拉文克劳又轻声说了一遍。

They seemed to have run out of earshot, searching for the diadem.

似乎他们已经为了找王冠跑出了听力范围之外了。

" Well, there's her lost diadem. I told you about it, remember, Harry? "

恩，是丢失的金冕。我告诉过你的，记得吗, 哈利？

" You are hardly the first student to covet the diadem." she said disdainfully.

“你不是第一个垂涎冠冕的学生，”她轻蔑地说。

A bloodlike substance, dark and tarry, seemed to be leaking from the diadem.

一种深色柏油样，像血的东西从王冠上渗出来。

" I know what the diadem looks like, and I know where it is, " said Harry, talking fast.

“我知道冠冕是什么样子了，也知道它在哪儿。”哈利快速地说。

Who could have told him where to look, when nobody had seen the diadem in living memory?

活着的人没有谁看到过那个王冠，是谁告诉他去哪里可以找到的？

" Yeah, but the lost diadem, " said Michael Corner, rolling his eyes, " is lost, Luna. "

是的，但是那个丢失的金冕，" 麦克尔科纳转了转眼珠说" 已经丢了啊，卢娜。

He pulled the diadem from his wrist and held it up.

他把冠冕从手腕上褪下来举在手里。

How was it possible that Voldemort, the Slytherin, had found the diadem that had eluded generations of Ravenclaws?

伏地魔，一个斯莱特林，他是怎么找到拉文克劳家族中失传了几代的王冠？

" Please, I need some help. I need to know anything you can tell me about the lost diadem."

“求求你，我需要帮助。我需要你把失踪的冠冕的情况都告诉我。”

" Yeah, but the lost diadem, " said Michael Corner, rolling his eyes, " is lost, Luna. That's sort of the point."

“对，可是那失踪的冠冕，”迈克尔·科纳翻着眼睛说，“已经失踪了呀，卢娜。这似乎才是关键呢。”

" This is urgent." he said fiercely. " If that diadem's at Hogwarts, I've got to find it, fast."

事情很紧急，”哈利焦躁地说，“如果那个冠冕在霍格沃茨，我必须找到它，马上。”

So, Voldemort had managed to wheedle the location of the lost diadem out of the Gray Lady.

不错，伏地魔已经从格雷女士这里套出了丢失王冠藏匿的地点。

You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

你在耶和华的手中要作为华冠，在你　神的掌上必作为冕旒。

" He hid the diadem in the castle, the night he asked Dumbledore to let him teach! " said Harry.

“他来请求邓布利多让他教书的那天晚上，把冠冕藏在城堡里！”哈利说。

Generations of students had failed to find the diadem; that suggested that it was not in Ravenclaw Tower - but if not there, where?

那么多届的学生都没有找到那个王冠；那就说明它不在拉文克劳塔里… … 但是它不在那儿，又会在哪儿呢？