Can you solve the sorting hat riddle? - Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal

翻译人员: Wanting Zhong 校对人员: Yolanda Zhang

An albatross delivered your invitation, you’ve acquired your wand,

一只信天翁送来了你的入学通知书， 你买好了魔杖，

ridden the enchanted zeppelin, made some fast friends,

坐上了魔法飞艇， 迅速结交了一些朋友，

and are finally ready for the adventure you’ve dreamed of your entire life:

终于准备迎接 你一生都在梦想的冒险：

your first day at Magnificent Marigold’s Magical Macademy.

你在梦幻墨菊魔法魔院 （MMMM）的第一天。

But before you can learn your first spell

但在学习第一个魔咒之前，

you must get through the most nerve-wracking moment of the year:

你必须先经历这一年 最令人紧张的时刻：

the sorting ceremony.

分院仪式。

When you put on the sorting hat, you hear a voice.

当你戴上分院帽时， 你听见了一个声音。

“Ah, you’re an interesting one.

“ 啊，你很有意思。

Every year I choose one student for a special challenge, and I choose you.

每年我都会挑选一名学生接受一项 特别的挑战，今年我选中了你。

The Magical Macademy had 8 founders,

魔法魔院有八名创始人，

and they established our four houses two by two by two by two.

他们两两一组， 创设了我们的四个学院。

I alone know which witches founded which.

只有我知道哪位巫师 建了哪个学院。

But there was once a mysterious fifth house,

但曾经有过一个神秘的第五学院，

lost to time but full of secrets and powerful artifacts.

虽已在岁月长河中销声匿迹， 却充满了秘密与强力的魔法物件。

MMMMMM?

嗯？

If you can tell me who founded each house, I’ll sort you into whichever you want.

如果你能说出每个学院的创始者， 我就会把你分进想去的任何学院。

However, if you can also tell me the name of the secret 5th house,

但是，如果你还能告诉我 神秘的第五学院的名字，

I’ll let you sort into it,

我就可以让你分进那个学院，

and you’ll inherit everything you discover.

你就能继承你发现的所有宝物。

“The two founders of each house wore different colored hats

每个学院的两位创始人 戴的帽子颜色不同、

with non-matching symbols.

符号相异。

No founder started more than one house.

没有任何创始人 建立了一个以上的学院。

Of Funflame and Imaginez, one was a founder of Gianteye

Funflame（趣焰）和 Imaginez（幻响）两人， 其中一位创立了 Gianteye（巨目学院），

and the other of Longmous.

另一位创立了 Longmus （龙穆学院）。

And of Miraculo and Rimbleby,

Miraculo（奇吉）和 Rimbleby（灵蜂），

one established Longmous and the other Meramaid.

其中一位建立了 Longmus， 另一位建立了 Meramaid（仁鱼学院）。

Finally, Septimus didn’t found Vidopnir.”

最后，Septimus（庚子）没有创立 Vidopnir（神雉学院）。”

So… who founded what, and what’s the name of the secret house?

那么……哪位巫师创立了哪个学院， 神秘学院的名字又是什么？”

Pause the video now to figure it out for yourself!

请暂停视频，尝试自己解答吧！

[ 想要发现神秘学院， 必须先将创始人与学院对上号，

然后另辟蹊径地思考； 3:47 处有提示。]

Answer in 3

[ 倒数 3、 校训："M 乃魔法" ]

Answer in 2

[ 2、 校训："M 乃魔法" ]

Answer in 1

[ 1！ 校训："M 乃魔法" ]

The hardest part of solving this logic puzzle is knowing where to start.

解答这个逻辑谜题的最难点， 在于找到入手之处。

No rule by itself is enough to assign a founder to his or her house,

没有哪一个条件本身 足以确认任何创始人的学院，

so the next best thing

那么退而求其次，下一步是 将两个条件组合以得知信息。

would be to combine a pair of rules to learn something.

4 and 5 are good candidates to try that with,

第四和第五条比较适合进行组合，

because they contain a lot of constraints and both mention Longmous.

因为它们包含了很多限制条件， 且都提到了 Longmus 学院。

Miraculo and Rimbleby’s hats both have moons,

Miraculo 和 Rimbleby 的 帽子上都有月亮，

which means that no matter who ends up in Longmous,

也就是说无论哪位属于 Longmus， Longmus 中都有月亮图案。

moons will be accounted for.

That means Imaginez, who also has moons, can’t have founded Longmous,

也就是说同样有月亮的 Imaginez 不可能是 Longmus 的创始人，

so she’s in Gianteye and Funflame founded Longmous.

所以她在 Gianteye， 那么 Funflame 就创办了 Longmus。

Miraculo’s hat is red, so he can’t be there,

Miraculo 的帽子是红色的， 那么他不可能是 Longmus 的，

so he must be in Meramaid and Rimbleby in Longmous.

那么他只有可能在 Meramaid， 而 Rimbleby 是 Longmus 的。

Halfway there!

解开一半了！

Now we can place Septimus––

那么我们现在 能分派 Septimus 了——

rule 6 keeps him out of Vidopnir, and his yellow hat out of Gianteye,

第六条说他不在 Vidopnir， 他的黄帽子不能在 Gianteye，

so he must be in Meramaid.

那么他肯定在 Meramaid。

Of the founders left, Deepmire and Hypnotum both have stars.

剩下的创始人中，Deepmire 和 Hypnotum 都有星星。

So each must go into a different house,

那么他们肯定属于不同学院，

taking up the remaining space in Gianteye and leaving one spot open in Vidopnir,

他们占去了 Gianteye 剩下的位置， 这样 Vidopnir 还剩一个空位，

which Tremenda must fill.

必须是 Tremenda 的。

Tremenda’s blue hat keeps Deepmire out of Vidopnir,

Tremenda 的蓝帽子 从 Vidopnir 排除了 Deepmire，

so we can easily place her and, finally, Hypnotum.

那么我们能轻松地分派她， 最后是 Hypnotum。

Now that those founders are sorted,

至此把创始人们分好，

we can start to search for the secret house.

我们就能开始寻找神秘学院了。

If you don’t have it yet, here are a few hints:

还没想出来的话，这里有几个提示： [ 1. 神秘学院有八个字母 ]

Pause the video now if you want to figure it out yourself!

[ 2. 学校的校徽、名字和校训 ]

[ 3. 创始人名字的共同点 ]

[ 4. 共同点能提示 所需字母和顺序 ]

[5. 创始人和学院名字长度相同]

[6. 神秘学院以“M”开头]

One good strategy for a puzzle like this

对于这种谜题，一个较好的策略是 寻找规律或非同寻常的信息。

is to look for patterns or unusual pieces of information.

First of all, there’s the school’s obsession with the letter M,

首先，学校对字母 “M” 异常执着， 连校训都是拉丁文“M 是一个魔法字母”。

right down to its motto, which translates from Latin to “M is a magic letter.”

Curiously, every founder has exactly one M in their name,

神奇的是，每位创始人的名字里都恰好 有一个 “M”，且每个 “M” 都在不同的位置。

and each M is in a different position.

That means that the M’s can put them in order, 1 through 8.

也就是说能根据 “M” 的位置 对八人进行排序。

We know we needed to solve the logic puzzle before finding the secret house,

我们知道必须要先解出逻辑谜题 才能找到秘密学院，

so there must be something critical

因此创始人和各自的学院之间 一定有什么至关重要的联系。

about the connection between the founders and their houses.

Here’s where a pattern emerges: every founder and house

这里就出现了规律： 每位创始人和学院名字中的

字母个数都刚好相等。

have exactly the same number of letters.

This allows the founders to line up with their houses quite nicely.

这就能让创始者们 和自己的学院完美对齐。

The first letters don’t spell anything,

首字母什么都拼不出，

but let’s look at the M’s in the names again and the letters they line up with:

但让我们再看看名字中的 “M” 以及它们所对齐的字母：

M, I, N, O, T, A, U, R.

M, I, N, O, T, A, U, R。（弥诺陶， 希腊神话中迷宫里的牛头怪物）。

You shout out “MINOTAUR” to a stunned dining hall,

你对着目瞪口呆的大饭堂 喊出 “MINOTAUR”，

and a secret passage grinds open.

接着，一条秘密通道轰隆隆地打开了。

The wonders of house Minotaur are yours if you want them.

如果你想的话，牛首学院的 奇珍异宝都能归你所有。

But being the first and only resident of the secret house

但成为秘密学院第一位 也是唯一一位住客，

would come at a high price: loneliness.

将伴随高昂的代价：孤独。

So which will it be: riches or friendship?

那你会怎样选择呢： 财富，还是友情？