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An albatross delivered your invitation, you've acquired your wand, ridden the enchanted zeppelin, made some fast friends,
一只信天翁送来了你的入学通知书，你买好了魔杖，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: your first day at Magnificent Marigold's Magical Macademy.
终于准备迎接你一生都在梦想的冒险：你在梦幻墨菊魔法魔院（MMMM）的第一天。
But before you can learn your first spell you must get through the most nerve-wracking moment of the year: the sorting ceremony.
但在学习第一个魔咒之前，你必须先经历这一年最令人紧张的时刻：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. Every year I choose one student for a special challenge, and I choose you.
“啊，你很有意思。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, and they established our four houses two by two by two by two. I alone know which witches founded which.
魔法魔院有八名创始人，他们两两一组，创设了我们的四个学院。只有我知道哪位巫师建了哪个学院。
But there was once a mysterious fifth house, lost to time but full of secrets and powerful artifacts. MMMMMM?
但曾经有过一个神秘的第五学院，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。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, I'll let you sort into it, and you'll inherit everything you discover.
但是，如果你还能告诉我神秘的第五学院的名字，我就可以让你分进那个学院，你就能继承你发现的所有宝物。
The two founders of each house wore different colored hats with non-matching symbols. No founder started more than one house.
每个学院的两位创始人戴的帽子颜色不同、符号相异。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 and the other of Longmous.
Funflame（趣焰）和Imaginez（幻响）两人，其中一位创立了Gianteye（巨目学院），另一位创立了Longmus（龙穆学院）。
And of Miraculo and Rimbleby, one established Longmous and the other Meramaid. Finally, Septimus didn't found Vidopnir.
Miraculo（奇吉）和Rimbleby（灵蜂），其中一位建立了Longmus，另一位建立了Meramaid（仁鱼学院）。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？
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, so the next best thing would be to combine a pair of rules to learn something.
没有哪一个条件本身足以确认任何创始人的学院，那么退而求其次，下一步是将两个条件组合以得知信息。
4 and 5 are good candidates to try that with, because they contain a lot of constraints and both mention Longmous.
第四和第五条比较适合进行组合，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, which means that no matter who ends up in Longmous, moons will be accounted for.
Miraculo和Rimbleby的帽子上都有月亮，也就是说无论哪位属于Longmus，Longmus中都有月亮图案。
That means Imaginez, who also has moons, can't have founded Longmous, so she's in Gianteye and Funflame founded Longmous.
也就是说同样有月亮的Imaginez不可能是Longmus的创始人，所以她在Gianteye，那么Funflame就创办了Longmus。
Miraculo's hat is red, so he can't be there, so he must be in Meramaid and Rimbleby in Longmous. Halfway there!
Miraculo的帽子是红色的，那么他不可能是Longmus的，那么他只有可能在Meramaid，而Rimbleby是Longmus的。解开一半了！
Now we can place Septimus –– rule 6 keeps him out of Vidopnir, and his yellow hat out of Gianteye, so he must be in Meramaid.
那么我们现在能分派Septimus了--第六条说他不在Vidopnir，他的黄帽子不能在Gianteye，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, taking up the remaining space in Gianteye and leaving one spot open in Vidopnir, which Tremenda must fill.
那么他们肯定属于不同学院，他们占去了Gianteye剩下的位置，这样Vidopnir还剩一个空位，必须是Tremenda的。
Tremenda's blue hat keeps Deepmire out of Vidopnir, so we can easily place her and, finally, Hypnotum.
Tremenda的蓝帽子从Vidopnir排除了Deepmire，那么我们能轻松地分派她，最后是Hypnotum。
Now that those founders are sorted, we can start to search for the secret house.
至此把创始人们分好，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。
One good strategy for a puzzle like this is to look for patterns or unusual pieces of information.
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。
First of all, there's the school's obsession with the letter M, right down to its motto, which translates from Latin to "M is a magic letter."
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”。
Curiously, every founder has exactly one M in their name, and each M is in a different position.
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。
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 about the connection between the founders and their houses.
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。
Here's where a pattern emerges: every founder and house have exactly the same number of letters.
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。
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, but let's look at the M's in the names again and the letters they line up with: M, I, N, O, T, A, U, R.
首字母什么都拼不出，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。
You shout out "MINOTAUR" to a stunned dining hall, and a secret passage grinds open.
你对着目瞪口呆的大饭堂喊出“MINOTAUR”，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 would come at a high price: loneliness. So which will it be: riches or friendship?
但成为秘密学院第一位也是唯一一位住客，将伴随高昂的代价：孤独。那你会怎样选择呢：财富，还是友情？
