位于俄罗斯北部高加索的车臣境内又发生一起大量人员死亡事件。
A fresh spate of killings hit Chechnya, in Russia's north Caucasus.
冷战结束后，俄、美两国围绕外高加索的争夺愈演愈烈。
When the Cold War ended, the struggle between Russia and the United States was becoming so intensified.
但是作为一本介绍南高加索的指南书，它既清晰又明了，实为一本难以逾越的佳作。
But as a clear, brief guide to the countries of the south Caucasus, it would be hard to do better than this book.
Atropatene总督的辖地以及高加索的阿尔巴尼亚在公元前4世纪被建立，包括阿塞拜疆现在大部分的领土以及Dagestan以南的部分。
The satrapies of Atropatene and Caucasian Albania were established in the 4th century BC and included the approximate territories of present-day Azerbaijan and southern parts of Dagestan.
“这些文件显示的只是40 000年前尼安德特人在高加索的什么地方生活着，”没有参加这项新研究的芬雷森说：“不等于他们那时就走向灭绝了。”
"All this paper shows is that Neanderthals lived somewhere in the Caucasus about 40,000 years ago," said Finlayson, who did not take part in this new study. "Doesn't mean they went extinct then."
“这些文件显示的只是40 000年前尼安德特人在高加索的什么地方生活着，”没有参加这项新研究的芬雷森说：“不等于他们那时就走向灭绝了。”
"All this paper shows is that Neanderthals lived somewhere in the Caucasus about 40, 000 years ago," said Finlayson, who did not take part in this new study. "Doesn't mean they went extinct then."
有一天，他们偶然从收音机里听到了有关高加索石室冢墓的故事，于是决定去那里。
One day, they accidentally heard on the radio the story about the dolmens on the Caucausus and decided to go there.
东亚的语言往往有带声调的元音，而东北高加索地区的语言以辅音复杂而闻名：尤比克语有78个辅音。
Languages in East Asia tend to have tonal vowels, and those of the north-eastern Caucasus are known for consonantal complexity: Ubykh has 78 consonant sounds.
部分差异在于地理：车臣位于令俄罗斯倍感头疼的高加索边缘，这使它更容易受到外国极端主义的影响。
Part of the difference is geography: Chechnya is on Russia's fraying Caucasian edge, which made it more susceptible to foreign extremism.
难道“没有高加索血统”这样的用词与种族没有关系吗？
Doesn't that term "non-Caucasian heritage" have just a little bit to do with race?
如果不采取更为严格的监视和疾病防治策略，这一病毒会成为高加索地区的地方病并且将最终蔓延到其他区域。
Without a more vigorous surveillance and disease control strategy the virus could become endemic in the Caucasus and could eventually make its way to other regions.
比这些西部巴尔干国家和土耳其更为攸关的是：从长远来看从乌克兰到高加索地区的其它国家也将会申请入盟。
More than the western Balkans and Turkey are at stake: watching in the wings are other would-be applicants, from Ukraine to the Caucasus.
然而最大的谜团就是这骸骨不是土著种族的，更不是较矮小的高加索人的。
Yet the greatest mystery is that the remains are not of the indigenous race, but rather of a small human with Caucasian characteristics.
近几年内，北部高加索地区的激进分子频频在俄罗斯首都发动袭击。
The Russian capital has been repeatedly rocked by attacks over the last years blamed on militants from its Northern Caucasus region.
这张图片显示了不同人中的头发厚度，左边的头发是高加索白人女性的头发，右边是亚洲男性的头发。
This image shows the difference in thickness of human hair between different ethnic groups. The strand of hair on the left is that of a Caucasian blond female.
这同样适用于更近期发生的、更广为人知的俄罗斯与格鲁吉亚在高加索地区的冲突。
The same applies the more recent and better-known conflict in the Caucasus—between Russia and Georgia.
但是，正当世界的目光都集中在格鲁吉亚的时候，北高加索地区的俄罗斯民众却在无辜丧生。
But even as the world's attention is fixed on Georgia, Russian citizens keep dying in the north Caucasus.
二十年后，纳尔·戈诺·卡拉巴赫时常被被称为“冻土上的冲突”。对于高加索地区外的大部分人而言，这更像个被遗忘的问题。
Twenty years later, Nagorno-Karabakh is often called a "frozen conflict". For most people outside the Caucasus, it is more of a forgotten one.
这条消息对于年轻富裕、生活在高加索地区的俄罗斯女孩不啻于天籁之音。
这是真的，但是北高加索地区的问题很大程度是俄罗斯咎由自取。
That's true; yet the problems in the north Caucasus are largely of Russia's own making.
他说，亚美尼亚是中国在外高加索地区的重要合作伙伴和可靠朋友。
He said that Armenia is an important cooperation partner and reliable friend of China in the outer Caucasus.
对于高加索地区外的大部分人而言，这更像个被遗忘的问题。
For most people outside the Caucasus, it is more of a forgotten one.
“非洲猪瘟病毒向高加索地区的蔓延给家畜健康带来极大的威胁并有可能导致出现严重局面，”粮农组织首席兽医官约瑟夫·多梅内奇说。
"The spread of the African Swine Fever virus to the Caucasus region poses a very serious animal health risk and could lead to a dramatic situation," said FAO Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech.
在您看来，什么引发了这场高加索地区的冲突呢？
What in your opinion sparked the conflict in the Caucasus last year?
科学家们还分析了从西班牙、英国和高加索地区的古人类遗址处出土的骨骼化石。
The scientists also analyzed fossilized bone collections from ancient hominid sites in Spain, the U.K. and the Caucasus region.
科学家们还分析了从西班牙、英国和高加索地区的古人类遗址处出土的骨骼化石。
The scientists also analyzed fossilized bone collections from ancient hominid sites in Spain, the U.K. and the Caucasus region.
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