But a hundred years on, the durability of that post-Ottoman state system should not be taken for granted.

不过在一百年之后，后奥斯曼国家体系的耐久性却成为问题。

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There's also an effort to streamline the legal system-a quilt of Ottoman, Jordanian, Israeli and British mandate laws.

这同样是使土耳其人、约旦人、以色列人和英国人创制的法律系统合理化的一种努力。

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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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