the hideous traces of its power,

铭记其恐怖的破坏力
turning the babe into a changeling, at which the mother shuddered,

将婴儿变得面貌丑陋使其母亲战栗
and making the eyes and cheeks of the betrothed maiden

将订婚的少女的眼眸与脸颊
objects of horror to her lover."

变为令她的爱人恐惧的样子
Two of the most famous descriptions of smallpox in this century

在那个时期天花被形容为
were those that described it as "The speckled monster",

带斑点的怪物
and "The most terrible of all the ministers of death."

和所有死神中最恶劣的东西
Furthermore, like plague though,

此外就像瘟疫一样
smallpox was an airborne disease--

天花是由空气传染的
unlike plague--but like influenza.

也许并不像瘟疫而更像流行性感冒
And it was an affliction that was universal,

而且它的危害是广泛的
and had no predilection for any subset of the population,

并不偏好某种特定的人群