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Titolo: An interview with JK Rowling

Enrico Il Pentolaio shouldn't  read this article if he hasn't finished
the seventh book yet :-)
That's the link: 
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19991430/
Can anyone help me with this excerpt?(Enrico, you can read this!)
"If her mother never knew the quest her daughter had set out on, a quest
that would consume 17 years of her life and make her wealthy and famous
beyond her dreams, she still had an enormous affect on the books."
If her mother was already dead when the books were published(as you can
see from the entire interview) , how could
she have had an affect for them?
I don't think I really understood that sentence :-)
How could I translate "If her mother never knew " in this case?

 How could I translate "If her mother never knew " in this case?
"if" also means "despite the possibility/the fact".
I would have written "Even if" or "Even though" but who am I to make 
suggestions? ;-)
Kiuhnm

 difference to".
Quindi ho capito male anche "affect on the books"(avevo capito
"affezionata ai libri" invece il senso era "ha influenzato i libri").
"Affect for" is totally wrong or can it be used meaning  "affetto,
attaccamento..." ?

 she have had an affect for them?
effect on them.
Her mother's influence had an effect on her writings, even after her mother
died.
Joe from Massachusetts

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There is a noun, "affect",  used with a very narrow meaning in psychology,
which has nothing to do with the present context, but I don't think you will
ever run across it or have the need to use it. If you need a noun in the
present context, it must be "effect".
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0003/ai_2699000362
Joe from Massachusetts

 There is a noun, "affect",  used with a very narrow meaning in psychology,
Infatti anche il mio Zanichelli dice cosi, ma quell'articolo usa proprio 
il sostantivo "affect", doveva essere "effect" quindi?

 the seventh book yet :-)
Ok!
Sono ancora a pagina 200.
:-/
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
-- 
She's not worth it. Or is she?

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Unfortunately I can't see Joseph's post, but the Concise Oxford 
Dictionary says:
affect
verb: have an effect on; make a difference to ; touch the feelings of.
Usage:
Affect and effect are commonly confused. Affect is primarily a verb 
meaning 'make a difference to'. Effect is used both as a noun and a 
verb, meaning 'a result' or 'bring about a result'.
Kiuhnm

 verb, meaning 'a result' or 'bring about a result'.
This dictionary is very clear, so whoever wrote that article used 
"affect" as a noun which is rare and used only in psychology....(my 
Zanichelli says: "n. (psic.) affezione; affetto; attaccamento")

 Unfortunately I can't see Joseph's post, but the Concise Oxford 
That's it:
"There is a noun, "affect",  used with a very narrow meaning in psychology,
which has nothing to do with the present context, but I don't think you will
ever run across it or have the need to use it. If you need a noun in the
present context, it must be "effect".
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0003/ai_2699000362
Joe from Massachusetts"
I have to correct myself, I think that "affect" in the article is 
definitely wrong, it should have been "effect"....
But as I'm more confused now than when I whote the first post....  :-)

 definitely wrong, it should have been "effect"....
I think you're right, but:
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=affect+on
(Is this the confusion the Oxford D. talks about?)
Anyway there are more occurrences of "effect on":
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=effect+on
Kiuhnm
P.S. The correct word for "affetto" should be "affection".