门钥匙 Portkeys By J.K. Rowling
Originally published on pottermore on Aug 10th 2015
Wizards who cannot Apparate (dematerialise and reappear at will), who wish to travel by daylight (meaning that broomsticks, Thestrals, flying cars and dragons are inappropriate), or whose destination has no fireplace (rendering Floo powder useless) will have to resort to the use of a Portkey.
那些不能幻影移形(消失并随意重现)、希望在白天旅行(意味着扫帚、夜骐、飞行汽车和龙是不合适的)、或者目的地没有壁炉(意味着飞路粉无用)的巫师将不得不求助于门钥匙。
Almost any inanimate object can be turned into a Portkey. Once bewitched, the object will transport anyone who grasps it to a pre-arranged destination. A Portkey may also be enchanted to transport the grasper (or graspers) only at a given time. In this way, the arrivals and departures of great numbers of witches and wizards can be staggered, enabling such events such as the Quidditch World Cup to take place with few security breaches.
几乎所有没有生命的物体都可以变成门钥匙。 一旦被施了魔法，这个东西就会把任何抓住它的人送到一个预先安排好的目的地。 门钥匙也可能被设定成只在给定的时间内传送。 通过这种方式，大量巫师和女巫的到来和离开可以交错进行，使得像魁地奇世界杯这样的活动能够在只有少数漏洞的情况下举办。
When secrecy is paramount, and mass movement is planned, the chosen Portkey will be a nondescript object secreted in an out-of-the-way place, so that it will be taken for a piece of unimportant debris by Muggle passers-by. Accidents have occurred, however; two Muggle dog-walkers found themselves accidentally transported to a Celestina Warbeck concert in 2003, because their dogs had run off with an old trainer on Clapham Common (leaving an anguished crowd of witches and wizards to look frantically for their Portkey on a stretch of empty grass, hopefully seizing old crisp packets and cigarette ends). One of the Muggle dog-walkers was even invited on stage by Celestina to perform a duet of ‘A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love’. While the Memory Charm placed upon him by a harried Ministry official seemed to take at the time, he has since written a popular Muggle song that bears an uncanny resemblance to Celestina’s worldwide hit (Ms Warbeck is not amused).
当保密是第一条，并且计划进行大规模运动时，选定的门钥匙一般是一个不起眼的物体，隐藏在一个偏僻的地方，以便麻瓜路人把它当作一个不重要的杂物。然而，事故还是发生了。2003年，两名麻瓜遛狗者意外地被送到了塞莱斯蒂娜 · 沃贝克的演唱会现场，因为他们的狗在克拉彭公园跑向一只旧球鞋(留下一群痛苦的巫师和女巫，疯狂地在一片空草地上寻找他们的门钥匙 ，希望他们能捡到旧的香烟盒和烟头)。
The sensation of travelling by Portkey is universally agreed to be uncomfortable, if not downright unpleasant, and can lead to nausea, giddiness and worse. Healers recommend that the elderly, pregnant and infirm avoid using Portkeys. The suggestion of arranging Portkeys for the transportation of annoying relatives has saved many a wizarding family Christmas.
人们都认为，用门钥匙旅行的感觉是不舒服的（要不然就是彻头彻尾的不舒服）还可能导致恶心、眩晕甚至更严重的情况。 治疗师建议老年人、孕妇和体弱者避免使用门钥匙。 安排门钥匙运送烦人的亲戚的建议拯救了许多巫师家庭的圣诞节。
The name ‘Portkey’ comes from the French ‘porter’ – to carry – and the word ‘key’, in the sense of secret or trick. I don’t like to boast, but I own a real Portkey – the key to the US city of LaPorte – which was given to me by Emerson Spartz, the founder of the fansite Mugglenet.com.
“ Portkey”这个名字来源于法语中的“ porter” ，意思是随身携带，而“ key”这个词，意思是“秘密”或“诡计”。 我不喜欢吹嘘，但我拥有一把真正的 Portkey ——美国城市拉波特的钥匙——这把钥匙是粉丝网站 mugglenet 的创始人艾默生•斯帕茨送给我的。
