Severus Snape, Potions master, Head of Slytherin and Death Eater has been voted the number one world favourite character from the Harry Potter novel.

　　西弗勒斯·斯內普，魔藥課教授，斯萊特林學院和食死徒領袖，被選為哈利波特系列最受歡迎的角色。

　　In May 2011 the publishing house Bloomsbury launched the vote to find out which character was the favourite among Harry Potter fans. More than 70,000 votes were cast.

　　2011年5月Bloomsbury出版社發起了一個投票來選出哈迷心中最受歡迎的角色，有超過七萬人參加投票。

　　The result was announced today with Severus Snape gaining 20% of the votes at just under 13,000.

　　今天投票結果公布，占投票總數20%的選票，即近13000票投給了斯內普。

　　Hermione Granger took second place and Sirius Black came in third. The boy wizard landed fourth place and Lord Voldemort only just made the top twenty at number 17. Voters could choose from a list of 40 characters or suggest their own.

　　赫敏·格蘭杰位列第二，而小天狼星布萊克贏得第三。哈利波特位列第四，而伏地魔則在前二十名中排第17位。參加投票的人可在一份40人的名單中選擇，或是給出自己的選項。

　　Asked who her favourite character was, J.K. Rowling said: ‘Harry, although I believe I am unusual in this, Ron is generally more popular (I love him too, though) Now that I have finished writing the books, the character I would most like to meet for dinner is Dumbledore. We would have a lot to discuss, and I would love his advice; I think that everyone would like a Dumbledore in their lives.’

　　當問及J.K. 羅琳誰是她最喜愛的角色時，羅琳說道：“哈利，雖然我覺得自己通常會選擇他，但羅恩看起來更受歡迎(即使我也很愛他)。現在我完成了該系列的所有創作，我最愿意共進晚餐的角色是鄧布利多。我們有很多話題可以互相探討，我將非常樂意傾聽他的建議。我想每個人都想在生活中有一個鄧布利多。”

　　Severus Snape appears in all the Harry Potter novels and accompanies Harry through many a magical adventure.

　　西弗勒斯·斯內普貫穿哈利波特系列小說，他陪伴哈利走過了很多魔法冒險歷程。