J.K. Rowling is working in secret...

J.K.羅琳正在秘密工作中...

...on the final chapters of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...

哈利波特：死神的聖物，最後一章

...in a hotel room in Edinburgh.

在愛丁堡某一間飯店的房間

Yeah, I've helpfully made the note for myself:

對，我在寫對我會很有幫助的筆記

"This will need very serious planning."

"這需要很謹慎地計畫"

I don't know when I wrote that.

我不知道我何時寫下他們的

And I was quite right in that.

但我知道我當時做得很對

The Harry Potter series has taken 17 years to write.

哈利波特系列總共花了17年撰寫完成

It's an epic saga of childhood confusion, danger and adventure.

是一套英雄史詩劇作，有關孩童的迷惑、危險、冒險

But it's more than just a children's story.

但這不僅僅只是小孩的故事

Behind the witchcraft and the wizardry lies an intensely moral fable...

在巫術魔法的背後，有著強烈道德寓意....

...about good and evil, love and hatred, life and death.

有關善與惡，愛與恨，生與死

My name is James Runcie.

我叫詹姆士 蘭西

I'm a writer and a filmmaker.

我是一個作家和電影工作者

And I want to find out the secret of J.K. Rowling's success.

我想找出J.K.羅琳成功的祕訣

How has she done it?

她是怎麼做到的？

And where has it all come from?

是基於甚麼原因？

- You look really nice, Jo. - Oh. Thank you.

你看起來真好，喬。喔，謝謝你。

J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

J.K.羅琳：輝煌的一年

By: www.dementor.ir

由www.dementor.ir 提供

Extracted By: gharibi6 [at] yahoo.com

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This is J.K. Rowling's country house in Perthshire.

這是J.K.羅琳在Perthshire郊區的房子

Once inside, I decided to start the film by asking a few direct questions.

進入後，我決定以快問快答作為影片的開始

- What's your favorite virtue? - Courage.

你最喜歡的美德？勇氣

- What vice to do you most despise? - Bigotry.

相對來說最為之鄙棄？盲從

- What are you most willing to forgive? - Gluttony.

你最能夠原諒的是？貪吃

- What's your most marked characteristic? - I'm a trier.

你最為顯著的特色？我很努力

- What are you most afraid of? - Losing someone I love.

你最害怕的是？失去我愛的人

What's the quality you most like in a man?

你最喜歡男人身上的甚麼特質？

Morals.

道德

What's the quality you most like in a woman?

你最喜歡女人身上的甚麼特質？

Generosity.

寬容

What do you most value about your friends?

你最看重朋友身上的甚麼特質？

Tolerance.

容忍

What's your principal defect?

你最大的缺點是？

Short fuse.

易怒

What's your favorite occupation?

你最喜歡的職業？

- Writing. - What's your dream of happiness?

寫作。你夢想的幸福是？

Happy family.

快樂的一家人

The desire for a happy family comes, in part, from a difficult childhood.

對於幸福一家人的渴望，部分是因為辛苦的童年

Like her orphaned hero, Harry Potter...

就像她無雙親的英雄，哈利波特

...Joanne Rowling was brought up on a suburban British street.

喬安娜 羅琳是在英國郊區的一條小街長大

First in Yate, just outside Bristol...

一開始是在葉特街，靠近布里斯托外圍

...and then a few miles down the road, in Winterbourne.

沿著這條街往前走幾哩就是溫特伯恩

The house even had a cupboard under the stairs.

這間房子甚至在樓梯下有一個碗櫥

But unlike Harry Potter, Jo wasn't made to sleep there.

但不像哈利波特，喬並不睡在那

She shares the same birthday as Harry Potter, the 31st of July.

她跟哈利波特的生日一樣，七月三十一

And together with her sister, Di, endured similar childhood economies.

和她的妹妹，黛，一起度過貧窮的童年

- What were your haircuts like? - Oh.

-你小時候的髮型如何？- 喔

-That's- That's just not- That's just wrong. - They were terrible.

-那，別提，那是個錯誤-簡直太可怕

- Honestly. This is child abuse. - They were terrible.

-講真的，這是小孩時的失誤-看起來真是太糟糕

I've got it here.

我這裡有一張

- That's not- That- Look at my fringe. - But I was-

喔不，看看我的瀏海，但我

I don't think anyone can stomach that for long.

我不認為有人可以忍受這那麼久

If you're wondering, Jo is the one on the right.

如果你感到迷惑，喬是右邊那一個

If you weren't used to cutting hair...

如果你不習慣剪髮...

...wouldn't you approach it in a gentle, slow manner?

你不是最後也會用另一種和緩的方式達成？

- Wouldn't you go to a hairdresser? - Well, maybe they couldn't-

那你不會去找剪髮師嗎？- 恩，或許他們沒辦法

Wouldn't you just cut it slowly and not attack it like a hatchet?

你不也會一樣不大刀闊斧反而慢慢地剪？

I do think you've- Mine was always crooked, always.

我認為你..我的瀏海總是歪的，總是

- Did you wear similar clothes? - Oh, God, yes.

-你們穿相同的衣服？- 喔，天啊，是的

- Different colors, but... - Yeah, you always had pink.

-不同顏色，但...- 對，你總是粉紅色

And I always had blue.

我總是藍色

- Because you were the boy, Jo? - Yeah.

因為你是男孩嗎，喬？- 對

- Because you were the eldest? - Yeah, and I was supposed to be a boy.

-因為你是最年長的？-對，而我當時被期待成男孩

- So- - Simon John.

所以，賽門約翰

I was supposed to be Simon John. I even know who I was supposed to be.

我應該是賽門約翰。而我甚至知道這件事

- Had they told you? - Oh, yeah.

-他們告訴你的？-喔，對呀

- She was a massive disappointment. - Yeah.

-她當時超失落的 -對

And so then I said quite hopefully:

然後我抱著期待地問

"And when Di came along, were you disappointed too?"

所以當黛生出來時，你們也失望嗎？

"No."

不

I said, "Was that because you found out it was quite nice to have a girl?"

我說，是不是因為你們發現有一個女兒也不錯

"No."

不

So then I just went upstairs and wept.

然後我就上樓開始哭

When Jo was 9 years old, the family moved to a village outside Chepstow...

當喬九歲時，他們一家搬到切普斯托外圍的小村落

...on the edge of the Forest of Dean.

在汀森林

Here was a location that offered a whole range of imaginative possibilities...

這是一個能讓想像盡情揮灑的地方

...magical creatures, mystery and intrigue.

魔法生物，神秘，陰謀

I'm very drawn to forests.

我被森林深深吸引著

And it's my favorite part of the Hogwarts grounds.

所以這是霍格華茲裡我最喜歡的地方

The advantage of a forest is it can be so many things.

森林的優點是它有無限的可能

It can be a place of enchantment.

這是個很有魅力的地方

You never imagine a crowd in a forest. It's a solitary place.

你不能想像森林中有一大群人，它是個遺世獨立的地方

Is it because it used to be a place of shelter and safety to us, I suppose.

可能因為它曾經是供人居住和避難的地方，我猜

So I think- I'm very drawn to them. Even though they can be spooky.

所以我非常著迷於它們，雖然有時候森林有點毛骨悚然

Jo wrote stories from an early age.

喬從很小的時候就在寫故事了

There was resonant material all around her.

她住的地方充滿了靈感的元素

She even lived next door to a graveyard.

她住在墳墓的旁邊

The family lived in this house.

一家人住在這間房子

Jo and her sister, Di, earned extra pocket money...

喬和她的妹妹，黛，賺一些零用錢

...as part-time cleaners of St. Luke's church.

在路克教堂打掃當臨時工時

I cannot overstate how cold it got...

不誇張，你無法想像多冷

...in this church in winter when we were cleaning it. It was freezing.

當我們在這間教堂打掃時，尤其是冬天，超級凍

For a pound each. It's tragic, really.

每一次一磅，真悲慘，真的

We must be in here loads.

我們一定會在這裡裝載貨物

Because we used to sign this book all the time.

因為我們總習慣在這個書上簽名

Oh, God, I know- Oh, look, it's me. There I am.

喔，天啊，看，真的有我，在這

Me and Di together.

我和黛一起

"Joanne Rowling, age 12. Dianne Rowling, age 10."

喬安娜 羅琳，12歲，黛安娜 羅琳，10歲

Ah. There's a name I stole for Harry Potter.

啊，我在這偷了一個名字放進哈利波特

For an unpleasant character as well.

是一個不是很好的角色

Hide the book. Lock it away.

趕快把它藏起來，鎖上它

Heh, heh. Forgotten about that.

嘿，大家就忘了它吧！

Yes.

是的

Jo was the only member of the family to attend church services regularly...

喬是家裡唯一一位定期參加教會活動的人

...and was baptized here at the age of 11.

並且在11歲時在這裡受洗

Do you believe in God?

你相信神嗎？

Yes.

是的

I do- I do struggle with it.

我曾經掙扎過

I couldn't pretend that I'm not doubt-ridden about a lot of things...

我不能假裝我沒有懷疑過很多事

...and that would be one of them. But I would say yes.

而這是其中一個問題，但我還是會回答是的

Do you think there's a life beyond this of some kind?

你認為有一個世界嗎？

Yes, I think I do.

是，我相信

Jo's religious belief...

喬的宗教信仰

...and her thoughts about love, death and the afterlife were severely tested...

和她的觀念有關愛，死亡，來世，被嚴重地考驗著

...when her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1980.

當她的媽媽被診斷出有多發性硬化症在1980年

I was 15 when she was diagnosed.

她被診斷出時我才15歲

But we now know that she was showing signs...

但我們現在知道她當時就有一些徵兆了

...probably from when I was about 10 or 11.

可能從我10、11歲時

She would have odd losses of feeling in limbs.

她會突然失去四肢的一些感覺

Her balance- Her balance actually was poor for a long time.

她的平衡一直都很差

And then it just got worse and worse and she decided it was time to visit the doctor...

而且愈來愈嚴重，所以她覺得應該去找醫生看看了

...but she wasn't expecting to hear anything.

但她沒預期會聽到這些

And then, you know, a year of tests and there we were.

然後，你知道的，經過一年的診斷，我們知道了

She had a very virulent form of the illness.

她得到一種非常致命的病

And at that time there were no drug treatments at all.

而那時候沒有任何藥物能治療

They said, "Well, you've got multiple sclerosis. See you. "

他們只說"嗯，你得到多發性硬化症，再見"

The illness was to have a devastating impact on the two girls.

這個病對兩個小女孩來說簡直是世界末日

Particularly as they found their father difficult.

特別是她們與父親處的不和睦

One of the reasons Harry Potter is so full of idealized father figures...

其中一個原因，哈利波特裡充滿了理想爸爸的形象

...Hagrid, Dumbledore and Sirius Black...

海格、鄧不利多、天狼星 布萊克...

...is that Jo's relationship with her own father was far from ideal.

是因為喬和爸爸之間的關係很不理想

I was very frightened of my father for a very long time.

有好長一段時間我很怕我爸爸

And- But also tried-

但我還是試著

Well, it's a common combination, isn't it?

嗯，這種事情很自然，是不？

I also tried desperately to get his approval...

我想盡辦法得到他的認同

...and make him happy, I suppose.

討他歡心，我想是這樣

And then there came a point, quite shamingly late in life...

然後明白，可惜是很晚以後

...where I couldn't do that anymore.

明白我再也做不了

And so I haven't had any contact with my father now for a few years.

所以我跟我爸爸已經好幾年沒聯絡了

The absence of any meaningful relationship with her father...

缺少與父親好的關係

...and the long, slow loss of her mother...

長期以來慢慢地失去母親

...are two of the most important influences on Jo's writing.

是影響喬的作品很重要的兩個因素

Ann Rowling died in 1990.

安 羅琳死於1990

She never knew about Harry Potter...

她從來不知道哈利波特

...or the phenomenal success her daughter was about to enjoy.

也無法與她女兒享受那傑出的成就

The death of Joanne Rowling's mother was to have a profound effect on her writing.

媽媽的去世對喬安娜的寫作有著深遠的影響

In many ways, the whole of Harry Potter is one giant attempt to reclaim a childhood.

在其他方面，整部哈利波特試圖在重述童年

"You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us?

"你認為那些我們曾經愛過的人們去世後，真的離開我們了嗎？

You think that we don't recall them more clearly then ever in times of great trouble?"

你認為在困頓時我們想起他們，那影像不會更加清晰嗎？

I'd been writing for six months before she died.

在她去世前的六個月我都在寫作

The weird thing is the essential plot didn't change after my mother died.

奇怪的是，在我母親去世後，那些基本情節並沒有絲毫改變

But everything deepened and darkened.

只是所有事變得更深層和黑暗

Harry was always going to lose his parents.

哈利總是沉浸在失去父母的漩渦中

And it was always going to be a quest, really...

總是在進行調查

...to avenge them, but to avenge everyone against this creature...

想要替他們報仇，替所有曾經與那個生物抗衡的人報仇

...this being who believes that he can make himself immortal by killing other people.

那個認為可以殺死其他人造就自己不朽的生物

So that's something I created before she died...

那個已經是我在她去世前就創造出來的

...but, yes, it seeped into every part of the books.

但，對的，牠滲透在書裡的每個部份

I think, in retrospect, now I've finished, I see just how much it informed everything.

我覺得從現在完成後回憶起，我發現這些都解釋了很多事

Was she the first person you saw dead?

她是你第一個看到死亡的人嗎？

No.

不

Because I didn't see her dead.

因為我沒看見她死去

Which was in difference to my father's wishes.

當時我爸爸跟我的意見相斥

I wanted to see her and he didn't want me to see her...

我想見她，但他不希望我去見她

...and I, mistakenly, as I look back...

然後相當錯誤地，當我回首

...I agreed not too.

我當時竟然也同意他的話了

And I really, deeply regret that.

然後我現在深深地後悔著

I really, really, really wish I'd seen her.

我真的真的真的希望當時有見到她

It didn't matter what she looked like. I would have make it easier.

我不在乎她看起來怎麼樣，至少現在我會好過些

Because I do believe that the truth-

因為我相信一件事

Which is another theme in the books and certainly stems from my own past.

這是書裡另一個主題，同時也是我自己過往的分支

I think that the truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion.

我相信事實比謊言和逃避來的更容易

Easier to deal with.

更容易去面對

And easier to live with.

更容易與它共生

After her mother's death...

在她母親去世後

...Jo moved to Portugal to teach English as a Foreign Language.

喬搬去葡萄牙教英文

She married Jorge Arantes, a television journalist.

她嫁給喬治 阿蘭帝斯，一位記者

Together they had a daughter, Jessica.

他們有了一個女兒，潔西卡

But the marriage failed after two years.

但婚姻在兩年後破裂

Jo succumbed to depression.

喬陷入了沮喪

I'd had a short and really quite catastrophic marriage...

我有過一小段相當災難的婚姻

...and I'm left with this baby and I've got to get this baby back to Britain...

我帶的小孩離開，我必須要帶著她回英國

...and I've got to rebuild us a life.

我必須重建我們的生活

And adrenalin kept me going through that, and it was only when I came to rest...

腎上腺素讓我度過那陣子，當我靜下心來後

...that it hit me what a complete mess I had made of my life.

發現說我的人生竟然是一團糟

And that hit me quite hard.

那打擊我很大

We were as skint as you can be without being homeless.

我們身無分文只差沒無家可歸

In other words, we were existing entirely on benefits.

換句話說，我們當時完全倚靠社會救助

And at that point I was definitely clinically depressed.

而且當時我也被診出罹患臨床憂鬱症

And that's just characterized for me by a numbness, a coldness...

我當時麻木無感

...and an inability to believe that you will feel happy again...

不再相信自己可以再次感到開心

...or that you could feel lighthearted again.

或可以再次無憂無慮

It was just all the color drained out of life, really.

像我的人生瞬間變成黑白

And I loved Jessica very, very much...

我真的很愛很愛潔西卡

...and was terrified something was going to happen to her.

卻很怕自己做出甚麼傷害她的事

Because I think I got into that very depressive mindset...

因為我當時的心理狀況非常糟糕

...where everything's gone wrong...

每件事似乎都錯了

...so this one good thing in my life will now go wrong as well.

所以這件唯一在我人生中美好的事似乎也會消失

So it was almost a surprise to me every morning that she was still alive.

所以對我來說，每個早上能夠看到她還活著讓我很驚喜

I kept expecting her to die or- It was a bad, bad time.

我一直想著她會死，那真的是一段很糟糕的時期

Jo's depression inspired her creation of the Dementors in the Harry Potter series.

喬的憂鬱讓她創造了哈利波特系列中的催狂魔

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth.

催狂魔是這個地球上最骯髒的生物

They infest the darkest, filthiest places.

他們出沒於黑暗汙穢之地

They glory in decay and despair.

他們以腐化和使人絕望為樂

They drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them.

他們吸取四周的祥和、希望和快樂

Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory...

一旦接近催狂魔，所有好的感覺、美好的回憶

...will be sucked out of you."

就會從你身上被吸取走

The Harry Potter books may be located in an alternative fantasy world...

哈利波特系列可能存在於另一個奇幻世界

...but they're filled with the pain and dilemmas of real life.

但那裏同樣也充斥著現實生活的苦痛和矛盾

They address serious moral questions about the nature of trust...

他們講述了深刻的道德議題，關於信任

...loyalty, integrity, and the need to make a stand against evil.

勇氣、正直和對抗邪惡的必要

Through the series Harry Potter has to learn what it means to be a force for good...

哈利波特在書中需要去學習如何成為正義的力量

...against the dark arts of Lord Voldemort.

去對抗邪惡的佛地魔魔王

I think we all understand what an act of evil is.

我想我們都知道甚麼樣的行為是邪惡的

And Voldemort qualifies extravagantly for acts of evil.

佛地魔絕對夠資格代表邪惡的行為

He has killed not out of self-defense, not to protect...

他殺人不是出於自我防衛、保護

...not for any of the reasons that we might all be able to envisage...

也不是任何我們能想像出來的原因

...or most of us could envisage ourselves killing...

或大部分我們能想像到會殺人

...in certain extreme situations.

的一些極端狀況

If people we loved were threatened or in war.

如果我們愛的人被威脅或在戰爭中

He'd killed cold-bloodedly, sometimes for enjoyment...