Because G-Translate really lacks the nuance, here's the translation:
Older brother, Before we heard of this competition, Draco imparted to me his intention to attract Our Lord's attention and ensure that he could take the Mark. He told me because he wished to warn me that he will be distancing himself from me moving forward.
I am sure he hopes that by currying favour, he will ... atone ... for my indiscretions - my ... shaken faith - and thereby not only restore the family's honour but also affect a reconciliation between Our Lord and myself.
You know, as I do, how much Our Lord enjoys knowing that He instills fear and uncertainty in all around Him. He must feel that joy intensely whenever any poor servant who doubted Him enters His presence. There is the uncomfortable sensation that any moment might be the one in which He reveals His certain knowledge of treachery and forces an end. Surely, He finds that a just chastisement. But soon or late, there must be a reckoning.
So, it is perhaps understandable that Draco’s pronouncement brought me little happiness, only the fear he is willingly walking into a trap baited specifically to add to my punishment, and therefore without a hope of success in his quest ….
Oooh, thank you! I was kind of vaguely hoping someone would post a translation over here eventually, but I wasn't particularly expecting it from the source.
"When powerful people fight, it's the little guy that gets it." I don't know, my brother, but I will do everything I can to protect him.
What I can, at least. When I can. But Our Lord does not listen to me, not anymore. I have been working to change that, at least. I'll come by this weekend -- Sunday afternoon? -- and we'll talk.
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Date: 2014-01-10 11:33 pm (UTC)Older brother,
Before we heard of this competition, Draco imparted to me his intention to attract Our Lord's attention and ensure that he could take the Mark. He told me because he wished to warn me that he will be distancing himself from me moving forward.
I am sure he hopes that by currying favour, he will ... atone ... for my indiscretions - my ... shaken faith - and thereby not only restore the family's honour but also affect a reconciliation between Our Lord and myself.
You know, as I do, how much Our Lord enjoys knowing that He instills fear and uncertainty in all around Him. He must feel that joy intensely whenever any poor servant who doubted Him enters His presence. There is the uncomfortable sensation that any moment might be the one in which He reveals His certain knowledge of treachery and forces an end. Surely, He finds that a just chastisement. But soon or late, there must be a reckoning.
So, it is perhaps understandable that Draco’s pronouncement brought me little happiness, only the fear he is willingly walking into a trap baited specifically to add to my punishment, and therefore without a hope of success in his quest ….
I have no idea what to do. None.
Advise me, dearest brother.
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Date: 2014-01-10 11:53 pm (UTC)Thank you again.
Dolohov's reply (in English)
Date: 2014-01-11 04:49 am (UTC)What I can, at least. When I can. But Our Lord does not listen to me, not anymore. I have been working to change that, at least. I'll come by this weekend -- Sunday afternoon? -- and we'll talk.
Lucius' reply (in English)
Date: 2014-01-11 04:50 am (UTC)My God....