Shame about not finding Flamel, though.

唉，真惭愧，我们还没有找到勒梅的资料。

He had almost forgotten about Flamel.

他差不多把勒梅忘到了脑后。

" Ten weeks, " Hermione snapped. " That's not ages, that's like a second to Nicolas Flamel."

“十个星期，”赫敏反驳道，“不是好几百年，对尼可勒梅来说，只是一眨眼的工夫。”

Once the holidays had started, Ron and Harry were having too good a time to think much about Flamel.

放假以后，罗恩和哈利玩得太开心了，没有多少心思去想勒梅。

But then, Flamel, he'll die, won't he?

但那样的话勒梅会死的，不是吗？

He had been wondering for a while if Flamel wasn't somewhere in there.

他在这里想了好一会儿勒梅是否在这里呢。

“Aha! ” said Harry, “so there's someone called Nicolas Flamel involved, is there? ”

“啊哈！”哈利说，“这么说还牵涉到一个名叫尼可·勒梅的人，是吗？”

“And you could ask your parents if they know who Flamel is, ” said Ron.

“你也可以问问你的父母，他们是不是知道勒梅这个人。”罗恩说。

He'd be able to read as long as he liked, as long as it took to find out who Flamel was.

他可以尽情地阅读，直到弄清勒梅是何许人。

He, Ron, and Hermione had already agreed they'd better not ask Madam Pince where they could find Flamel.

他和罗恩、赫敏一致认为，最好别向平斯夫人打听在什么地方能找到勒梅。

“That's not ages, that's like a second to Nicolas Flamel.”

“不是好几百年，对尼可·勒梅来说，只是一眨眼的工夫。”

But the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera-lover.

但目前惟一仅存的一块魔法石属于著名炼金术士和歌剧爱好者尼可·勒梅先生。

“Anyway, maybe it only shows dead people. Shame about not finding Flamel, though. Have some bacon or something, why aren't you eating anything? ”

“不过，镜子里或许只能出现死人。唉，真惭愧，我们还没有找到勒梅的资料。你吃点熏咸肉或别的什么吧，你怎么什么也不吃？”

The trouble was, it was very hard to know where to begin, not knowing what Flamel might have done to get himself into a book.

麻烦的是，他们很难知道从何处入手，不知道勒梅有什么突出成就，能够被写进书里。

There have been many reports of the Philosopher's Stone over the centuries, but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera lover.

许多世纪以来，关于魔法石有过许多报道，但目前惟一仅存的一块魔法石属于著名炼金术士和歌剧爱好者尼可勒梅先生。

They had indeed been searching books for Flamel's name ever since Hagrid had let it slip, because how else were they going to find out what Snape was trying to steal?

确实，自从海格说漏了嘴以后，他们一直在书里寻找勒梅的名字，除此之外，他们还有什么办法可以弄清斯内普想偷的是什么东西呢？

Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight) .

他去年庆祝了六百六十五岁生日，现与妻子佩雷纳尔（六百五十八岁）一起隐居于德文郡。

" And you could ask your parents if they know who Flamel is, " said Ron. " It'd be safe to ask them." " Very safe, as they're both dentists, " said Hermione.

“你也可以问问你的父母，他们是不是知道勒梅这个人。”罗恩说，“问问他们是很安全的。” “非常安全，因为他们俩都是牙医。”赫敏说。

Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.

1945年击败黑巫师格林德沃。发现龙血的12种用途，与合作伙伴尼可勒梅在炼金术方面卓有成效。

" The dog must be guarding Flamel's Philosopher's Stone! I bet he asked Dumbledore to keep it safe for him, because they're friends and he knew someone was after it, that's why he wanted the Stone moved out of Gringotts! "

“那条大狗一定是在看守勒梅的魔法石! 我敢说是勒梅请邓布利多替他保管的，因为他们是朋友，而且他知道有人在打魔法石的主意。所以他才把魔法石从古灵阁转移了出来。”