早在1900年，就有数座城市角逐20世纪“世纪之都”的称号。
In 1900 there were several contenders for the title of capital of the 20th century.
不清楚是什么人创造了这个词，不过法国几世纪以来都是非官方的世界浪漫之都。
It's unclear who coined the phrase, but France has been the unofficial romance capital of the world for centuries.
在20世纪70年代，作为美国的金融之都的纽约破产，同时金融业工资接近其最低点。这可能是不是偶然的。
It may be no accident that New York City, the country's financial capital, went broke in the 1970s as financial industry wages approached their low point.
虽然已不复英国棉花之都的美名，曼彻斯特仍保持着19世纪城市的壮丽景观；
As the capital of Britain's long-gone cotton trade, the city is particularly well-endowed with 19th-century civic grandeur;
我终于到达了荷兰的郁金香之都——利登。十五世纪时这里还是一座纺织城市，伦勃朗就在这里出生并学习绘画。
I finally arrive in the tulip capital of the Netherlands, Leiden, a 15th century textile city where 1 Rembrandt was born and learned how to paint.
上世纪50年代前后，他们带着一种可谓“叛逆”的心情来到当时的艺术之都巴黎，成为艺术界探索“中西合璧”的先驱。
Around 1950s, they went to Paris, at that time the center of arts in the world, with a rebellious heart, searching for the freedom embodied in western arts.
上世纪50年代前后，他们带着一种可谓“叛逆”的心情来到当时的艺术之都巴黎，成为艺术界探索“中西合璧”的先驱。
Around 1950s, they went to Paris, at that time the center of arts in the world, with a rebellious heart, searching for the freedom embodied in western arts.
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