J.K. Rowling is the pen name she uses as a writer. The J is for Joanne, her real first name, but she prefers to be called Jo. Apparently, people only call her Joanne when they're angry with her. The K is made up. Her publisher asked her to write using a name with two initials, but she didn't have a middle name.
J.K.罗琳是她作为作家的笔名。“J”是乔安妮的缩写，她真名中的第一个名字，但她更愿被叫做乔。很显然，人们只有对她生气时才会叫她的全名。她的出版商叫她使用带有两个首字母的笔名，但她真名中没有中名，所以“K”是编造的。
Jo did a few different things before she struck upon the idea of writing children's books. She worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and as an English teacher in Portugal. The idea for the Harry Potter novels came from nowhere while she was on a train to London. She said,"The characters and situations came flooding into my head".
在她有写儿童书的想法前，乔做过几份不同的工作。她做过调查员、国际特赦组织的双语秘书，在葡萄牙做过英语老师。她在去伦敦的火车上萌生了创作哈利·波特的想法。她说“人物形象和情景涌入了脑海。”
Seven Potter novels later and Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. In fact, she is the first novelist ever to become a billionaire from writing. Her rags to riches story is a fantasy story in itself. She was on government handouts while writing her first novel. Her last four books broke records for the fastest sellers in literary history.
七部哈利·波特小说出版后，罗琳成为世界上最富有的女人之一。事实上，她是有史以来第一位因为写作成为百万富翁的作家。她白手起家的故事本身就是一个奇幻故事。罗琳写第一部小说时在政府宣传部门工作，她的后四部小说打破了文学史上卖得最快的畅销书记录。
Today she devotes much of her time to many charitable causes. She famously demanded that Coca-Cola donate $18 million to the Reading is Fundamental charity if it wanted a tie-up with the Potter movies. The future? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue writing for children because that's what I enjoy".
现在罗琳在许多慈善事业上倾注了大量时间。最著名的是，她高调要求可口可乐公司向“阅读是基础”基金会捐献180万美元，如果可口可乐想通过哈利波特电影宣传。未来罗琳会做什么？2008年3月，罗琳说“我会继续为孩子们写故事，因为这是我非常享受的事情。”
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