七神信仰的教会叫做The Holy Faith神圣信仰,简称the Faith。最高神职人员叫做总主教the High Septon,尊称为His High Holiness,后来被瑟曦叫the High Sparrow大麻雀。其实我觉得翻译成”教宗“和”圣座大人“会更合适些。总主教总让我有”zong书记“这种不好的联想。
然后是类似红衣大主教的Most Devout(总主教由他们闭门投票选出,得票数不够不让出来,是不是很眼熟啊),修士Septon,修女Septa,见习修士novice(终于不是自造词儿了)。典籍叫Seven Pointed Star(米有错,是《七芒星圣经》,不是《七星圣经》,不知道省略”芒“字意义何在,是四个字看起来比较有气势吗?)
我仍然怀念琼恩雪诺他们发下的誓言,庄严而肃穆:“Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come”(“长夜将至,我从今开始守望,至死方休。我将不娶妻、不封地、不生子。我将不戴宝冠,不争荣宠。我将尽忠职守,生死于斯。我是黑暗中的利剑,长城中的守卫。我是抵御寒冷的烈焰,破晓时分的光线,唤醒死者的号角,守护王国的铁卫。我将生命与荣耀献给守夜人,今夜如此,夜夜皆然”)