Source:迪安·托马斯的背景

迪安·托马斯的背景（密室）
Dean Thomas's background (Chamber of Secrets)
作者：J.K.罗琳

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同时读过美国版和英国版《魔法石》的任何人都会注意到，英国版的书中没有提及迪安·托马斯的出场，而美国版却有描写他的一行字（在“分院帽”一章）。	Anybody who has read both the American and British versions of 'Philosopher's Stone' will notice that Dean Thomas's appearance is not mentioned in the British book, whereas in the American one there is a line describing him (in the chapter 'The Sorting Hat').
这是英国版中的一个编辑删减；我的编辑认为那章太长了，于是删掉了他认为超出所需的内容。但在讨论到电影版《魔法石》的演员时，我告诉导演克里斯，迪安是个伦敦黑人。实际上，我认为克里斯对我拥有大量这个外围角色的信息一事感到有些吃惊。我有很多关于迪安的背景信息，但又从未找到合适的地方把它写出来。他的故事曾包含在《密室》的早期草稿中，但在最后被我删掉了，因为我认为那些只是不必要的题外话。现在我不认为他的故事真的能用在小说里。	This was an editorial cut in the British version; my editor thought that chapter was too long and pruned everything that he thought was surplus to requirements. When it came to the casting on the film version of 'Philosopher's Stone', however, I told the director, Chris, that Dean was a black Londoner. In fact, I think Chris was slightly taken aback by the amount of information I had on this peripheral character. I had a lot of background on Dean, though I had never found the right place to use it. His story was included in an early draft of 'Chamber of Secrets' but then cut by me, because it felt like an unnecessary digression. Now I don't think his history will ever make it into the books.
迪安起初一直以为自己有个纯麻瓜的家庭背景。他由母亲和继父抚养长大：迪安很小的时候，他的父亲就离开了家。他过着很快乐的家庭生活，有许多同母异父的兄弟姐妹。	Dean is from what he always thought was a pure Muggle background. He has been raised by his mother and his stepfather; his father walked out on the family when Dean was very young. He has a very happy home life, with a number of half-brothers and sisters.
在霍格沃茨寄来一封信时，迪安的母亲自然而然开始怀疑他的父亲是不是个巫师，但并没有人发现真相：迪安的父亲为了保护妻子，从未告诉她自己是什么人。而他在拒绝加入食死徒后便被杀害了。在原本的故事中，迪安在学生生涯中发现了这一切。我想我为了描写纳威的发现之旅，在某种程度上把迪安的情节牺牲掉了，因为那对中心情节更加重要。	Naturally when the letter came from Hogwarts Dean's mother wondered whether his father might have been a wizard, but nobody has ever discovered the truth: that Dean's father, who had never told his wife what he was because he wanted to protect her, got himself killed by Death Eaters when he refused to join them. The projected story had Dean discovering all this during his school career. I suppose in some ways I sacrificed Dean's voyage of discovery for Neville's, which is more important to the central plot.

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