This eagerly anticipated, two-part, five-hour-plus sequel to J. K. Rowling's best-selling, seven-volume series of "Harry Potter" novels is the kind of play that you want to describe in detail, if only to help you figure out how it achieves what is does.

But nearly 20 million people have purchased Chinese versions of J.K. Rowling's novels about the boy wizard since they were first available across the Pacific 16 years ago.

但是自从16年前JK罗琳小说《哈利·波特》第一次在太平洋地区发售以来，已经有近2000万中国人购买了它的中译本。

This upgraded our trip into a kind of literary quest. We would set off in search of British editions, Roald Dahl-based theater, Harry Potter adventure and Rick Riordan-inspired mythology.

于是，我们的旅行成了文学主题的探索，启程就是为了寻找各种书籍的英国版本、罗尔德·达尔（Roald Dahl）的戏剧作品、哈利·波特历险故事和雷克·莱尔顿（Rick Riordand）的神话传说。

J.K. Rowling was awarded a rare distinction by the royal family-so extraordinary that there are only 64 other people currently holding the title.

日前，《哈利·波特》原作J·K·罗琳被英国皇室授予“荣誉勋爵”，这是英国的勋章和爵位的最高等级，除了罗琳以外，目前只有64人获此殊荣。

J.K.Rowling, author of Harry Potter Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling's life has the luster of a fairy tale.

J.K.罗琳的生活展现出童话般的光芒，如同她所创造的魔法小巫师—哈利·波特。

The Harry Potter author, 52, was made a Companion of Honor by Prince William at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday for her contributions to literature and philanthropy.

12月12日，52岁的《哈利·波特》作者J·K·罗琳在白金汉宫被威廉王子授予“荣誉勋爵”，以奖励她在文学和慈善上的贡献。

J. K. Rowling: Who Gave Birth to Harry Potter

J.K.罗琳：赋予哈利·波特生命的人

Harry Potter was created by J. K. Rowling, one of the leading contemporary writers in England.

《哈利·波特》是当代著名的英国作家J·K·罗琳的系列作品。

But when the same passage is written by J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series and one of the most successful authors of all time, the words cannot help having a far greater impact.

但同样的话如果是由哈利·波特（harry potter）系列的作者，也是史上最成功的作家之一J·K·罗琳写下来的，影响力可就大多了。

Emma, who plays Hermione Granger, unveiled the new poster for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1, the penultimate film adaptation of the JK Rowling books which will show at cinemas from November 19.

电影哈利·波特与死亡圣器（上）即将在11月19日上映，女主角艾玛·沃特森饰演片中的Hermione Granger。

The Harry Potter Series, JK Rowling

《哈利·波特》系列，J·K·罗琳

But he argued that the technology could be applied to an array of other applications, creating a real-life equivalent to the magical newspaper from the "Harry Potter" books.

但他认为，这项技术还可以有其他一系列用途，比如创造出《哈利·波特》（Harry Potter）小说中那种魔法报纸似的东西。

If J. K. Rowling never leaves our minds while reading "The Silkworm," the world of Harry Potter, to Rowling/ Galbraith's credit, never enters it.

如果在在阅读《蚕》的时候，J·K·罗琳从未离开你的脑海，那么，值得称道的是，罗琳或加尔布雷思从未让哈利·波特的世界进入这本书。

Harry Potter might receive lessons in defense against the dark arts, but fans of J.K.Rowling's books will be helpless in the face of the most powerfully marketed book in British publishing history.

哈利·波特可能会在魔法学校学到如何对抗邪恶势力，但面对这本英国出版史上促销力度最大的书，J·K·罗琳的追随者们却无计可施。

Daniel Radcliffe has said that a "fear of failure" stopped him from taking an acting break when the Harry Potter film series ended.

丹尼尔·雷德克里夫（Daniel Radcliffe）说“对于失败的恐惧”让他在《哈利·波特》（Harry Potter）系列结束后立刻马不停蹄地投入了新片的拍摄。

Our Harry Potter walking tour was conducted by London Walks, the same tour company I'd patronized when I'd lived there in the' 90s, though my walks were centered on slightly more mature subjects like Churchill's London and the Inns of Court.

我们的哈利·波特主题游是伦敦远足公司（London Walks）组织的，90年代我也曾惠顾过这家机构，但当年去的都是更成熟的景点，比如丘吉尔伦敦办公室和律师学院。

The Hogwarts Express has its own dedicated page of information of the Rowling's Pottermore website and is a very special part of the series.

霍格沃茨特快列车在罗琳的波特魔（Pottermore）网站上有专栏介绍，是哈利·波特系列中很重要的一部分。

Many of the students around us were members of China's urban elite, wealthy and worldly young adults armed with iPhones, frequent-flier cards and a nuanced understanding of "Harry Potter" and "The Big Bang Theory."

我们周围的很多学生都来自中国城市的精英阶层，他们富裕、谙熟世事、使用iPhone手机、拥有航空公司的里程卡，而且对《哈利·波特》（Harry Potter）和《生活大爆炸》（The Big Bang Theory）有详细的了解。

J.K. Rowling's-who wrote Harry Potter-her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published.

JK罗琳——《哈利·波特》第一部在出版之前被退稿12次。

Hoping to receive "totally unvarnished feedback," the "Harry Potter" author adopted the pseudonym Robert Galbraith when she published "The Cuckoo's Calling," a book for adults, in 2013.

这位《哈利·波特》（Harry Potter）的作家希望得到“不加修饰的反馈”，于是在2013年以罗伯特·加尔布雷思（Robert Galbraith）为笔名出版了《布谷鸟的呼唤》这本书，这本书是写给成年人看的。

In fact, nearly every novel begins and ends with a trip on the Hogwarts Express from Platform 9 ¾ at London's King's Cross Station.

事实上，《哈利·波特》每部小说的开头和结尾都发生在伦敦国王十字车站（King's Cross Station）九又四分之三号站台的霍格沃茨特快列车上。