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oldest continously inhabited city

Chinese translation: 人类持续居住时间最长的城市


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14:00 Jul 1, 2008
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: oldest continously inhabited city
**, with a history stretching back 7,000 years, is the oldest continously inhabited city on Earth.

请教oldest continously inhabited city怎么翻译? 直译为地球上最古老的人类持续居住的城市.
Kinkin
Chinese translation:人类持续居住时间最长的城市
Explanation:
That is how I understand "oldest" in this context.
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Bin Tiede
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3 +3人類長期聚居的最古老城市
pkchan
4 +1TRYjyuan_us
3 +2人类持续居住时间最长的城市
Bin Tiede


  

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人类持续居住时间最长的城市


Explanation:
That is how I understand "oldest" in this context.

Bin Tiede
Germany
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agree  William He
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agree  Jason Ma
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人類長期聚居的最古老城市


Explanation:
是這意思吧!

pkchan
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jackylee
10 hrs
  -> 感謝

agree  Jason Ma
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  -> 感謝

agree  Gertrude Tsau: "古老"含有年歲或歷史長久的意義.
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TRY


Explanation:
自始至終一直有人居住的最古老的城市
人類居住活動從未中斷的最古老的城市


jyuan_us
United States
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agree  Jason Ma: The secon version is better, IMHO.
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