《指环王》精讲57

I pass the test.

我通过考验了。

I will diminish¹ and go into the West and remain Galadriel.

我会退隐到西方，继续当凯兰崔尔女王。

I cannot do this alone.

我一个人无法摧毁它。

You are a Ring-bearer, Frodo. To bear a Ring of Power is to be alone.

你是魔戒持有者，佛罗多，持有至尊魔戒就必须孤单一个人。

This is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant².

这是钻石魔戒南雅。

And I am its keeper.

我就是这颗魔戒的持有者。

This task was appointed to you.

这是你的天命。

And if you do not find a way, no one will.

如果你办不到也没有人可以。

Then I know what I must do.

我知道该怎么做了。

It's just. I'm afraid to do it.

只是。我感到害怕。

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

再渺小的人也能改变未来。

Do you know how the Orcs first came into being?

你知道半兽人是怎么来的吗？

They were Elves once.

她们曾经是精灵。

Taken by the Dark Powers tortured³ and mutilated.

但是却被黑暗力量折磨到不成人形。

A ruined and terrible form of life. And now perfected.

她们是被扭曲的可怕生物。现在达到完美境界。

My fighting Uruk-hai, whom do you serve?

我的强兽人战士，你的主人是谁？

Saruman!

萨鲁曼！

Hunt them down. Do not stop until, they are found.

猎杀他们。找不到绝不罢手。

You do not know pain. You do not know fear.

你们没有痛苦。也没有恐惧。

You will taste Man-flesh!

你们只会杀人！

1 diminish   

vi.变少，变小，降低；vt.减少，减小，降低

参考例句：

• We should try to diminish the cost of production.我们应尽力减少生产成本。
• He likes to diminish the skill of others.他喜欢贬低别人的技术。

2 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

3 tortured   

使痛苦( torture的过去式和过去分词 )； 使苦恼； 使焦急

参考例句：

• There were several problems which tortured the elderly man. 有几个问题折磨着那老人。
• They tortured the man to make him confess his crime. 他们拷打那个人，使他招认他的罪行。