哈利波特迴歸 羅琳萬聖節發佈番外

JK Rowling is set to publish a special Harry Potter story on her website as a Halloween surprise for fans.

JK羅琳表示，她將於萬聖節當天在網站上發佈哈利·波特系列的一篇短篇小說，作爲給粉絲們的萬聖節驚喜。

The original tale will focus on cruel Hogwarts professor Dolores Umbridge, the witch who first appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix as the Minister for Magic's Senior Undersecretary, played by Imelda Staunton in the films.

這篇小說將筆觸集中在討人厭的多洛雷斯·烏姆裏奇教授身上。她第一次出現是在《哈利·波特與鳳凰令》中擔任魔法部的高級官員，在電影中由艾美達·斯丹頓飾演。

Umbridge memorably ordered young wizard Harry to use a Blood Quill and scar himself with the phrase, "I must not tell lies".

烏姆裏奇曾用血液羽毛筆在哈利波特手上刻下“我不能撒謊”。

"Umbridge is not only one of the most malicious Potter characters, she is the only person other than Lord Voldemort to leave a permanent physical scar," reads a statement on Pottermore.com.

Pottermore網站上稱，“烏姆裏奇不僅是最厭惡哈利波特的人物之一，還是除伏地魔之外唯一在哈利波特身上留下永久疤痕的人。”

The website dropped a few hints for fans, promising a "rich, 1700-word back story about Umbridge's life, filled with many new details, as well as Rowling's revealing first-person thoughts and reflections about the character".

網站上還給了粉絲一些提示：“這篇短篇小說細節的東西很多，羅琳會以第一人稱角度談到多洛雷斯·烏姆裏奇的背景故事，也會有羅琳對角色的想法。”

The story is expected to appear online on Friday 31 October.

這篇短篇小說將於本週五10月31日上傳到網上。

Rowling released another Harry Potter story online last July, which saw a 33-year-old, greying Harry reunite with Ron Weasley, Hermione Grainger, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom for the final of the Quidditch World Cup. It attracted so much traffic that Pottermore temporarily crashed.

羅琳在去年7月份的時候也在網上發佈了一篇哈利波特的故事，其中33歲的、已有銀髮的哈里·波特與羅恩、赫敏、盧娜和隆巴頓等相聚在魁地奇世界盃的決賽上。當時因爲訪問量過大，一度造成了Pottermore網站的暫時癱瘓。

Earlier this week, Rowling was forced to debunk rumours that she has recently finished a romantic novel.

近期有謠言稱羅琳已完成了一部愛情小說，本週初，羅琳對此作出了澄清。

Instead, Rowling is "halfway through" writing another novel, which is not a romance and believed to be a follow-up to 2011's The Casual Vacancy.

不過，羅琳確實有一部小說已經完成了一半，但不是愛情小說，而是其創作於2011年的《偶發空缺》的續集。