The author of the book series A Song of Ice and Fire already announced that he wouldn't be writing an episode for the upcoming fifth season of the HBO series.

作者本人已经声明不会再执笔即将播出HBO的第五季。

announce 宣称，声明(officially tell people about something)

upcoming 即将来临的，即将发生的(happening soon)

Martin took to his personal blog on Friday to announce that he won't be penning an episode for "Game of Thrones" Season 6 either, saying he made the decision so he can devote more time to finishing his book.

根据Martin周五的博客上的消息，他也不会参与改编剧《权力的游戏》第六季剧本，以便可以投入更多时间去完成他的系列小说。

devote time/effort/attention on sth. 把时间/精力/注意力倾注在某事上( to use all or most of your time/effort/attention in order to do sth.)

Fans know Martin has been hard at work finishing up the series' next novel, The Winds of Winter. He's so eager to finish that he's canceled appearances at two upcoming conventions

粉丝们都清楚Martin在日夜不停地努力完成他的系列小说的下一部，《凛冬的寒风》。 由此他不得不取消出席最近的两次见面会。

eager 形容词，表示热切的，渴望的(very keen and excited about something is going to happen or you want to do)

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