| 哑炮 SQUIBS 作者：J.K.罗琳 |
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自从我在《密室》中第一次介绍这个概念以来，就一直被问到与哑炮有关的各种问题。哑炮与麻瓜出身者几乎正好相反：他或她是父母至少有一个会魔法、自己却没有魔法能力的人。哑炮很少见：魔法是一种显性且带着复原力的基因。 |
I have been asked all sorts of questions about Squibs since I first introduced the concept in 'Chamber of Secrets'. A Squib is almost the opposite of a Muggle-born wizard: he or she is a non-magical person born to at least one magical parent. Squibs are rare; magic is a dominant and resilient gene. |
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哑炮不能作为学生进入霍格沃茨就读。他们通常注定要经历一段相当悲惨的半衰期（是的，你应该替费尔奇感到遗憾），因为他们的出身通常意味着他们会接触到魔法社会——即便没有沉浸其中——却永远无法真正融入进去。有时候他们能找到适应的方法：费尔奇在霍格沃茨为自己开辟了一片天地，而阿拉贝拉·费格则是成为了邓布利多在魔法世界和麻瓜世界之间的联络人。这两个角色都不能施展魔法（费尔奇的快速念咒课程根本没用），但他们依然在魔法世界中发挥作用，因为他们可以利用某些可以帮到他们的魔法物品和生物（阿拉贝拉·费格的杂交猫狸子事业生意兴隆，要是你还不知道猫狸子是什么，那就太丢脸了）。顺便说一句，阿拉贝拉·费格从未见到袭击哈利和达力的摄魂怪，但她的魔法知识足以让她正确识别出它们在小巷中营造的感觉。 |
Squibs would not be able to attend Hogwarts as students. They are often doomed to a rather sad kind of half-life (yes, you should be feeling sorry for Filch), as their parentage often means that they will be exposed to, if not immersed in, the wizarding community, but can never truly join it. Sometimes they find a way to fit in; Filch has carved himself a niche at Hogwarts and Arabella Figg operates as Dumbledore's liaison between the magical and Muggle worlds. Neither of these characters can perform magic (Filch's Kwikspell course never worked), but they still function within the wizarding world because they have access to certain magical objects and creatures that can help them (Arabella Figg does a roaring trade in cross-bred cats and Kneazles, and if you don't know what a Kneazle is yet, shame on you). Incidentally, Arabella Figg never saw the Dementors that attacked Harry and Dudley, but she had enough magical knowledge to identify correctly the sensations they created in the alleyway. |