哈利·波特真愛粉們可能要為這個(gè)消息感到興奮了。一本由JK羅琳親手書寫的哈利·波特故事下個(gè)月將在倫敦拍賣，出價(jià)達(dá)到了50萬(wàn)英鎊。

　　The bejewelled copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard could fetch up to 500,000 pounds when offered for sale at Sotheby's London next month.

　　在下個(gè)月倫敦索思比舉行的一場(chǎng)拍賣會(huì)上，這本鑲嵌著珠寶的《詩(shī)翁彼豆故事集（The Tales of Beedle the Bard）》將被開出50萬(wàn)英鎊的高價(jià)。（注：《詩(shī)翁彼豆故事集》故事情節(jié)與《哈利·波特》系列緊密相關(guān)又獨(dú)立成篇。它是《哈利·波特與死亡圣器》中霍格沃茨魔法學(xué)校校長(zhǎng)阿不思·鄧布利多留給赫敏·格蘭杰的一本書，包含幫助哈利和朋友打敗伏地魔的重要線索。）

　　Rowling originally gave it to Barry Cunningham, who accepted the first Harry Potter book for publication.

　　JK羅琳最初將這本書贈(zèng)與了巴里·坎寧安，后者當(dāng)時(shí)接受了哈利·波特系列第一本書的出版工作。

　　He now plans to sell it with her blessing and said he will donate some of the profits to her charity Lumos.

　　而現(xiàn)在巴里·坎寧安則計(jì)劃出售這本帶著羅琳祝福的書，他還表示說(shuō)將把部分拍賣所得捐給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)Lumos。

　　The Tales of Beedle the Bard was originally released in 2007 as a spin-off from the main Harry Potter series.

　　《詩(shī)翁彼豆故事集》最初發(fā)布于2007年，故事情節(jié)與《哈利·波特》系列緊密相關(guān)又獨(dú)立成篇。

　　Cunningham's copy includes illustrations drawn by Rowling as well as a personal inscription.

　　巴里·坎寧安的這本書里有羅琳親手繪制的插圖和題詞。

　　The author wrote: "To Barry, the man who thought an overlong novel about a boy wizard in glasses might just sell...THANK YOU".

　　羅琳在這本書中寫道：“贈(zèng)與巴里--一個(gè)認(rèn)為一本關(guān)于一個(gè)戴著眼鏡的小巫師的冗長(zhǎng)小說(shuō)能夠大賣的人。謝謝你！”

　　The book is bound in brown morocco leather and is adorned with semi-precious stones and a sterling silver mounted skull.

　　這本書外面蒙著棕色的摩洛哥皮革，封面裝飾著半寶石和純銀制的骷髏頭。

　　The editor, who now runs his own publishing house, played an instrumental role in launching Rowling's career as an international best-selling author.

　　巴里·坎寧安現(xiàn)在經(jīng)營(yíng)著自己的出版社，他在JK羅琳成為國(guó)際暢銷作家的過(guò)程中扮演了重要的角色。

　　The manuscript of the wizarding tales is one of only seven unique copies that exist.

　　這本魔法故事手稿是世界上僅有的7份獨(dú)一無(wú)二的手稿之一。

　　Six were personally produced by Rowling for friends while a seventh was made specifically for sale at auction. It was sold for 1.95m pounds in 2007.

　　其中六本是羅琳親手書寫的，用來(lái)贈(zèng)與自己的朋友。而第七本則是專門用來(lái)拍賣的，2007年的時(shí)候那本手稿賣出了195萬(wàn)英鎊的高價(jià)。