《HP官方资料翻译集（人物篇）》霁随心

198、奎里纳斯·奇洛

　　【生日】9月26日（年份不明）
　　【魔杖】桤木（赤杨木），独角兽毛，9英寸长，柔韧
　　【学院】拉文克劳
　　【爱好】旅行、pressing wild flowers（谁能告诉我press在这里是啥意思？）
　　【血统】混血
　　【职业】根据罗琳访谈，奇洛在做黑魔法防御术教师之前，已在霍格沃茨就职超过一年，但是是教麻瓜研究的。

　　【海格对奇洛的评价】
　　“哦，是的。倒霉的家伙。头脑聪明极了，上学的时候书也读得很好。可后来他休了一年学，为了要获得一些第一手的实践经验..据说，他在黑森林里遇到了吸血鬼，一个老巫婆又使他遭到了很大麻烦，从那以后，他就完全变成了另外一个人。害怕学生，害怕自己教的科目……”

　　我手头的txt版本是这么翻译的（我也说不好这是不是正版的翻译，手头现在没实体书），不过我感觉翻译有误。他应该是在教麻瓜研究教了一段时间以后休假去环球旅行（结果碰上了伏地魔），hp wikia也持这种观点，详情见下面Pottermore上详细介绍。

　　【Pottermore上详细介绍】
　　哈利的第一个黑魔法防御术老师奇洛是个非常有才的年轻巫师，在来霍格沃茨任教前曾经环游过世界。当哈利第一次见到他时，他就养成了每天都戴着一条头巾的习惯。他说话结结巴巴，并且宣称这个头巾在大蒜汁里跑过，有助于驱赶吸血鬼，这使得他显得很神经质。

　　我（罗琳）认为奇洛是个有天赋却又腼腆的男孩，他的腼腆和神经紧张使他在学校的时候总是被人戏弄。感觉到自身的不足并为了让自己更强大，他转向了黑魔法（最初仅限于理论层面）。正如大多数渴望受到重视和尊敬的人一样，奇洛希望通过这个方法让自己变得更加引人注目。
　　奇洛开始探索黑魔法一部分是由于好奇，一部分是因为想要获得更强大的力量。奇洛幻想着他可以至少成为那个追踪到伏地魔的人，不过能从伏地魔那里学到更多的魔法技巧就更好了，这样他就永远不会再被人嘲笑。

　　虽然海格说奇洛“头脑聪明极了”说的不错，他认为自己可以在碰到伏地魔的时候控制局面就未免太天真自大，即使那时候伏地魔正处于很虚弱的状态。当伏地魔发现奇洛在霍格沃茨任教，他立即控制了奇洛，而奇洛根本无力防抗。

　　虽然奇洛并没有失去他的灵魂，但他已经完全被伏地魔所控制，这令奇洛的身体发生了很可怕的突变：伏地魔通过他的后脑勺监视外面的动静，支配他的行动，甚至强迫他去谋杀。奇洛有时候尝试进行很脆弱的抵抗，但是伏地魔对于他来说实在太强大。

　　奇洛实际上已经变成伏地魔的一个临时魂器。因为同体内那比他强大的多的邪恶灵魂搏斗，他的身体受到了极大的劳损。奇洛和哈利对抗的时候，因为哈利母亲为哈利死的时候在哈利皮肤上留下了保护力量，奇洛的身体上出现烧伤和水泡。当奇洛和伏地魔共用的躯体被与哈利的接触强烈地烧灼的时候，伏地魔及时逃跑了，留下虚弱受损的奇洛衰竭并死去。

　　罗琳的想法：
　　奇洛（Quirrell）这个名字来源于Quirinus，是罗马神话中一个不怎么出名的神，但是通常被认为与战争有关，这个名字也暗示着奇洛并不像他表面上看过去那么唯唯诺诺。Quirrell这个词长的跟squirrel（松鼠）很像，一种又小又可爱的无杀伤力的动物，而颤抖（quiver）一词又反映出奇洛天生的神经质的特点。

　　Pottermore原文：
Harry’s first Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher is a clever young wizard who took a ‘Grand Tour’ around the world before taking up his teaching post at Hogwarts. When Harry first meets Quirrell, he has adopted a turban for everyday wear. His nerves, expressed most obviously in his stammer, are so pronounced that it is rumoured the turban is stuffed full of garlic, to ward off vampires.
I saw Quirrell as a gifted but delicate boy, who would probably have been teased for his timidity and nerves during his school life. Feeling inadequate and wishing to prove himself, he developed an (initially theoretical) interest in the Dark Arts. Like many people who feel themselves to be insignificant, even laughable, Quirrell had a latent desire to make the world sit up and notice him.
Quirrell set out deliberately to find whatever remained of the Dark wizard, partly out of curiosity, partly out of that unacknowledged desire for importance. At the very least, Quirrell fantasised that he could be the man who tracked Voldemort down, but at best, might learn skills from Voldemort that would ensure he was never laughed at again.
Though Hagrid was correct in saying that Quirrell had a ‘brilliant mind,’ the Hogwarts teacher was both naive and arrogant in thinking that he would be able to control an encounter with Voldemort, even in the Dark wizard's weakened state. When Voldemort realised that the young man had a position at Hogwarts, he took immediate possession of Quirrell, who was incapable of resisting.
While Quirrell did not lose his soul, he became completely subjugated by Voldemort, who caused a frightful mutation of Quirrell's body: now Voldemort looked out of the back of Quirrell's head and directed his movements, even forcing him to attempt murder. Quirrell tried to put up feeble resistance on occasion, but Voldemort was far too strong for him.
Quirrell is, in effect, turned into a temporary Horcrux by Voldemort. He is greatly depleted by the physical strain of fighting the far stronger, evil soul inside him. Quirrell’s body manifests burns and blisters during his fight with Harry due to the protective power Harry's mother left in his skin when she died for him. When the body Voldemort and Quirrell are sharing is horribly burned by contact with Harry, the former flees just in time to save himself, leaving the damaged and enfeebled Quirrell to collapse and die.
J.K. Rowling's thoughts
Quirinus was a Roman God about whom there is not much information, although he is commonly associated with war - a clue that Quirrell is not quite as meek as he appears. ‘Quirrell,’ which is so nearly ‘squirrel’ - small, cute and harmless - also suggested ‘quiver,’ a nod to the character's innate nervousness.