The Malfoy Familiy马尔福家族史

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'I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been.' — Draco Malfoy

The Malfoy name comes from old French and translates as ‘bad faith’. The Malfoy family consisted of an ancient line of pure-blood wizards, most of whom attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and were traditionally sorted into Slytherin House. Like many other progenitors of noble English families, the wizard Armand Malfoy arrived in Britain with William the Conqueror as part of the invading Norman army. Having rendered unknown, shady (and almost certainly magical) services to King William I, Malfoy was given a prime piece of land in Wiltshire, seized from local landowners, upon which his descendants have lived for ten consecutive centuries.

“马尔福”此名来自旧法语，翻译为“奸诈”。Malfoy家族由一系列古老的纯血巫师组成，其中大多数人参加了Hogwarts魔法学校，传统上被分类到Slytherin学院里。像许多其他贵族英国家庭的祖先一样，Armand Malfoy巫师与征服者威廉一起抵达英国，作为入侵诺曼军队的一部分。在为威廉一世国王提供了未知，阴暗（几乎肯定是神奇的）服务后，马尔福伊在威尔特郡获得了一块主要土地，从当地的土地所有者手中夺走，他的后代连续十个世纪生活在那里。

Their wily ancestor Armand encapsulated many of the qualities that have distinguished the Malfoy family to the present day. The Malfoys have always had the reputation, hinted at by their not altogether complimentary surname, of being a slippery bunch, to be found courting power and riches wherever they might be found. In spite of their espousal of pure-blood values and their undoubtedly genuine belief in wizards’ superiorit