For the next few weeks, Venetian males are giving saliva swabs to try and determine where the natives of the area came from.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The Dutch economy, the equivalent would be the decline of the Venetian economic power in the Mediterranean-- and trade with the East diminishes.

而荷兰经济的崩溃,有点类似于地中海威尼斯的经济下降,他们和东方的贸易往来也锐减

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The hope of all those who took part in both the DNA tests and the funeral procession is that a databank will be created of the real Venetian, who risks becoming extinct.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The more pessimistic Venetian residents say the countdown has begun and that if the exodus continues at this rhythm, in 2030 Venice will have become a ghost city with no more citizens, just hordes of tourists.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27