| 马法尔达（火焰杯） Mafalda (Goblet of Fire) 作者：J.K.罗琳 |
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我之前曾经说过韦斯莱家远房表妹的事，她在《火焰杯》里的故事已经进行了相当久才被我删掉。我很喜欢她这个角色，不想把她牺牲掉，但她并没有起到应有的作用，所以不得不离开。 |
I have spoken before now about the Weasley cousin who made it quite a long way into 'Goblet of Fire' before I cut her. I really liked her as a character and did not want to sacrifice her, but she just wasn't doing the job she was supposed to do so she had to go. |
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马法尔达就是《魔法石》里面提到的当股票经纪人的“远房表兄”家的女儿。这个股票经纪人以前对韦斯莱夫妇非常无礼，但如今他和（麻瓜）妻子偏偏生出了一个女巫，只能回来找韦斯莱一家寻求帮助，让女儿在进入霍格沃茨之前了解一下巫师社会。韦斯莱一家人同意让她来过一段暑假，包括去看魁地奇世界杯赛，但几乎立刻就后悔了。韦斯莱夫人怀疑马法尔达的父母只是为了暂时摆脱她，因为她居然是韦斯莱夫人见过的最让人讨厌的孩子。 |
Mafalda was the daughter of the 'second cousin who's a stockbroker' mentioned in 'Philosopher's Stone'. This stockbroker had been very rude to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in the past, but now he and his (Muggle) wife had inconveniently produced a witch, they came back to the Weasleys asking for their help in introducing her to wizarding society before she starts at Hogwarts. The Weasleys agreed to taking her for part of the Summer, including the Quidditch World Cup, but regretted this almost immediately. Mrs. Weasley suspected that Mafalda's parents simply wanted to get rid of her for a while, because she turns out to be the most unpleasant child Mrs. Weasley has ever met. |
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马法尔达原本应该向哈利、罗恩和赫敏传达与食死徒有关的某些信息。作为一个好管闲事、喜欢偷听、爱吸引别人注意的斯莱特林，她可不会在偷听到食死徒子女们聊天后守口如瓶。不幸的是，不管我让她多聪明，一个被关在学校里的十一岁孩子能发现的东西显然还是有限，而丽塔·斯基特这个我随后为了实现马法尔达原本作用所创造的角色，则要灵活得多。 |
Mafalda was supposed to convey certain information about the Death Eaters to Harry, Ron and Hermione, because as a nosy, eavesdropping Slytherin who likes to impress, she does not keep her mouth shut when she overhears their sons and daughters talking. Unfortunately, however bright I made her, there were obvious limitations to what an eleven year old closeted at school could discover, whereas Rita Skeeter, whom I subsequently built up to fulfil Mafalda's function, was much more flexible. |
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马法尔达最好的一点在于她和赫敏是一对。让赫敏深恶痛绝的是，马法尔达很有才华，并且特别喜欢炫耀，于是赫敏在谴责违纪行为和渴望加入并击败她之间陷入了两难。 |
The best thing about Mafalda was that she was a match for Hermione. To the latter's horror, Mafalda was highly gifted and a real show-off, so that Hermione was torn between deploring the rule-breaking and longing to join in and beat her. |
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- 额外内容：马法尔达（火焰杯）. J.K.罗琳. J.K.罗琳的官方网站. （原始内容存档于2011年6月23日） （英语）.