THROUGH the long Ottoman era, Turks and Russians fought many bloody wars.

在奥斯曼帝国的漫长历史上，土耳其与俄罗斯多次交手，战况惨烈。

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Some grumble that old families from the Turkish Ottoman era, such as the Bugaigis and the Gherianis, related by marriage, are getting too many of the jobs in the budding new set-up;

有些抱怨，包括Bugaigis和Gherianis等通过婚姻关系联结的古老世家得到的新生就业机会太多了。

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It's a place where you can see the cost of the struggle, like the Ottoman-era buildings with their roofs blown off and sea walls raked by machine-gun fire.

在这里你可以亲眼看到战争必须付出的代价：奥特曼时代的古老建筑被炮火掀去了屋顶，墙壁上到处是机关枪留下的累累弹痕。

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For the church, built over a cave which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, the biggest problem is water damage from unrepaired leaks and the reluctance of the Greek, Armenian and Roman Catholic hierarchs to agree on any repair plan that might disrupt the Ottoman-era system for sharing access to the building.

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