Jul 1, 2008 14:00
16 yrs ago
English term

oldest continously inhabited city

English to Chinese Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
**, with a history stretching back 7,000 years, is the oldest continously inhabited city on Earth.

请教oldest continously inhabited city怎么翻译? 直译为地球上最古老的人类持续居住的城市.

Proposed translations

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人类持续居住时间最长的城市

That is how I understand "oldest" in this context.
Peer comment(s):

agree William He
11 hrs
agree Jason Ma
15 hrs
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+3
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人類長期聚居的最古老城市

是這意思吧!
Peer comment(s):

agree Li Xiaojie
10 hrs
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agree Jason Ma
14 hrs
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agree Gertrude Tsau : "古老"含有年歲或歷史長久的意義.
15 hrs
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+1
10 hrs

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自始至終一直有人居住的最古老的城市
人類居住活動從未中斷的最古老的城市
Peer comment(s):

agree Jason Ma : The secon version is better, IMHO.
5 hrs
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