作为同代人中最好的魔法师之一，哈利・波特(Harry Potter) 就读的是大名鼎鼎的霍格沃兹魔法学校(Hogwarts School)。对于那些魔法天赋不高的孩子，中国的河北省目前提供了一个备选学校。
Located in the industrial city of Shijiazhuang, the Hebei Academy of Fine Arts may not havegames of Quidditch, talking paintings or classes in wand-waving. But its campus does havevarious castle-like qualities similar to the school at the heart of J.K. Rowling's hit 'Harry Potter'series--including tall turrets and a 100-meter bell tower--that have earned it the nickname'Asia's Hogwarts.'
位于工业城市石家庄的河北美术学院(Hebei Academy of Fine Arts)或许没有魁地奇球赛(Quidditch)、会说话的图画或学习使用魔杖的课程，但是它的校园里有着各种各样的城堡，与J.K.罗琳(J.K. Rowling)《哈利・波特》系列小说中的校园如出一辙，核心建筑包括高耸的塔楼和100米高的钟楼，由此赢得了亚洲霍格沃兹的称号。
The school didn't return calls for comment.
该学院未予置评。
State broadcaster CCTV paid a recent visit to the campus and spoke to the principal, ZhenZhongyi, who said that the campus's design was based merely on European Gothicarchitecture; that is, not intended to hew too closely to the realm of Harry Potter. Thecampus cost nearly 400 million yuan ($64 million), the broadcaster reported, and will enroll itsfirst students this fall.
中央电视台(CCTV)最近访问了这个学院，并采访了校长甄忠义。甄忠义说，校园设计仅仅是汲取了欧洲哥特式建筑的风格；也就是说，并不想模仿哈利・波特书中的魔法学校。据CCTV报道，校园的建设耗资接近人民币4亿元(合6,400万美元)，今年秋季即将迎来首批学生。
Like most other countries around the world, the Chinese love for the bespectacled Harry Potteris legion, and has sprouted a whole genre of fan fiction by turns amusing and strange,including 'Harry Potter and the Waterproof Pearl,' 'Harry Potter and the Porcelain Doll' and 'Harry Potter and the Chinese Overseas Students,' the last in which Chinese wizards fightVoldemort alongside Harry Potter. The book has also found an audience amongTibetan-language readers, following the efforts of one translator, who renamed the maincharacter Harry Podder, which in Tibetan means 'brave.'
和世界大多数国家一样，哈利波特在中国也有大批粉丝，他们还创作了一系列有趣古怪的粉丝作品，比如《哈利・波特与防水珍珠》(Harry Potter and the Waterproof Pearl)、《哈利・波特与瓷娃娃》(Harry Potterand the Porcelain Doll) 、《哈利・波特与中国留学生》(Harry Potter and the Chinese OverseasStudents)等等，最后这本小说讲述了中国魔法师与哈利波特一同对抗伏地魔(Voldemort)的故事。这本书在西藏地区广受欢迎，源于一位译者将主人公的名字改为Harry Podder，在藏语里意为勇敢。
So deeply has the novel penetrated Asia that earlier this year, even a diplomatic spat betweenChina and Japan was littered with references to Ms. Rowling's series. The incident kicked off inJanuary, when the Japanese ambassador to the U.K. penned an article declaring that China risksplaying 'the role of Voldemort' in Asia, citing concerns about Chinese movements in the EastChina Sea. For his part, meanwhile, the Chinese ambassador to the U.K. retorted with his ownfantasy allusion, saying that the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo--home to a number of war criminalsbut still regularly visited by Japanese officials, and more recently Justin Bieber--was 'a kind ofhorcrux, representing the darkest parts of that nation's soul.'
这些小说早已深入亚洲读者的内心，甚至今年早些时候中国和日本之间的一场外交争端中也夹杂着罗琳作品的痕迹。事件始于1月份，日本驻英国大使发表文章，对中国在东中国海（中国称东海）的举动表示担心，认为中国有成为亚洲“伏地魔”的风险。与此同时，中国驻英国大使反驳了上述言论，他表示，东京的靖国神社(Yasukuni Shrine)是藏匿日本这个国家灵魂最黑暗部分的魂器。靖国神社供奉着日本许多战犯，但日本官员仍定期参拜，最近贾斯汀・比伯(Justin Bieber)也前往参观。
No word yet on how tough the competition is to get into Hebei's Hogwarts-like campus. In themeantime, Chinese Internet users are lavishing their affections on another school, one in theU.S. that's free and whose acceptance rates rival Harvard's--which, coupled with an unusualpedagogy, they see as having its own kind of magic.
目前尚不清楚进入这所河北霍格沃兹学校的难度有多大。而中国网民更青睐另一所美国的学校，这所学校不仅免费入学，而且录取率堪比哈佛大学(Harvard)，再加上不同寻常的教学方式，都使这所学校看上去魔力四射。
