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The death of Joanne Rowling's mother was to have a profound effect on her writing.
喬安妮·羅琳母親的去世對她的寫作產(chǎn)生了深遠影響。
In many ways, the whole of Harry Potter is one giant attempt to reclaim a childhood.
從許多方面來說，哈利·波特整個系列就是一次試圖重述童年的嘗試。
"You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us?
“你覺得我們所愛的逝者真的離開我們了嗎？”
You think that we don't recall them more clearly then ever in times of great trouble?"
“你覺得困厄之時我們對他們的想念不會愈發(fā)清晰嗎？”
I'd been writing for six months before she died.
在她辭世前，我已經(jīng)寫作了六個月。
The weird thing is the essential plot didn't change after my mother died.
奇怪的是，關(guān)鍵情節(jié)在我母親去世后沒有改動。
But everything deepened and darkened.
但一切都深重而黯淡了起來。
Harry was always going to lose his parents.
哈利一直在失去他的親人。
And it was always going to be a quest, really to avenge them, but to avenge everyone against this creature this being who believes that he can make himself immortal by killing other people.
故事總會走向一種追尋，去為他們復仇，去為對抗魔頭的每個人復仇，那個魔頭相信通過殺人而能成就自己的永生。
So that's something I created before she died but, yes, it seeped into every part of the books.
這就是在她去世之前我的構(gòu)思，是的，這種想法滲透到了書中的每個部分。
I think, in retrospect, now I've finished, I see just how much it informed everything.
現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)寫完了，回想起來我看到這個想法預設了一切。
Was she the first person you saw dead? No.
她是第一個你眼見去世的人嗎？不是。
Because I didn't see her dead.
因為我沒有看著她去世。
Which was in difference to my father's wishes.
這有違我父親的意愿。
I wanted to see her and he didn't want me to see her and I, mistakenly, as I look back I agreed not too.
我想見她最后一面，但他不想讓我去，現(xiàn)在想來當時是錯的，我當時沒有去。
And I really, deeply regret that. I really, really, really wish I'd seen her.
我真的太后悔當時沒去了。我真的真的希望見她最后一面。
It didn't matter what she looked like. I would have make it easier.
不管她當時看上去怎么樣，我現(xiàn)在都會好過一點。
Because I do believe that the truth which is another theme in the books and certainly stems from my own past.
因為我相信真相。這也是書中的另外一個主題，當然也根植于我的過去。
I think that the truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion.
我相信真相總是比謊言和逃避來得更容易。
Easier to deal with. And easier to live with.
真相更容易應對。真相更容易讓我接受。
