Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites 奥林匹斯山列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录，希腊举国欢庆

After a 12-year wait, Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the ancient Greek gods, has been inducted into a hall of more modern fame as Unesco announced it would be added to its world heritage list.

译经过十二年的等待，古希腊诸神的神话居所奥林匹斯山（Mount Olympus）跻身一座更具现代声望的殿堂——联合国教科文组织（Unesco）宣布将其列入世界遗产名录。

Greece’s highest mountain made the list alongside the second world war D-day landing beaches in northern France and the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara. South Sudan’s Boma-Badingilo landscape, host to one of the world’s largest land mammal migrations, also won a designation - a first for the east African country.

译希腊这座最高峰与法国北部第二次世界大战诺曼底登陆海滩以及日本古都飞鸟、藤原一同入选。南苏丹的博马—巴丁吉洛（Boma-Badingilo）地貌也获得认定，该地是世界上规模最大的陆地哺乳动物迁徙之一的所在地，这是这个东非国家首次有遗产入选。

The nominations were among dozens reviewed at a Uneso committee meeting in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday.

译上述申报项目是周日在韩国釜山举行的教科文组织委员会会议上审议的数十个项目之一。

In the case of Olympus, inscribed as a mixed world heritage site in recognition of its cultural and natural significance, the news was met with near euphoria in Greece.

译奥林匹斯山因其文化与自然双重价值被列为世界混合遗产，这一消息在希腊引发了近乎狂喜的反响。

Immortalised as the seat of Zeus, king of the 12 Olympian deities, the mountain rising 2,918 meters from a base near sea level had been on a tentative list of sites since 2014.

译这座山因作为十二位奥林匹亚神祇之王宙斯的居所而名垂不朽，自近海平面的山脚拔地而起，高达2918米，自2014年起一直位列世界遗产预备名单。

The head of Greece’s Unesco delegation in Busan, Georgios Koumoutsakos, hailed the decision as one that would ensure the site’s preservation.

译希腊驻釜山教科文组织代表团团长格奥尔基奥斯·库穆察科斯盛赞这一决定，称其将确保该遗产地得到保护。

“It reaffirms our unwavering commitment to safeguarding Mount Olympus for the benefit of present and future generations,” he said. “As Greek mythology wisely reminds us, it is always best to remain on good terms with the gods.”

译他说：“这重申了我们为今世后代守护奥林匹斯山的坚定承诺。正如希腊神话睿智地提醒我们的那样，与诸神保持良好关系总是上策。”

The region’s mayor, Evangelos Geroliolios, said before the announcement that the site’s induction would “place greater responsibility on our part to protect the [local] environment,” not least its extraordinary biodiversity.

译该地区市长埃万盖洛斯·耶罗利奥利奥斯在结果宣布前表示，该遗产地的入选将“使我们肩负更大的责任去保护（当地）环境”，尤其是其非凡的生物多样性。

The committee’s annual meeting, which ends on Wednesday, is expected to examine about 30 nominations. Those successful will join 1,428 sites across 170 countries admitted to the world heritage list for their “outstanding value to humanity”.

译委员会年度会议将于周三闭幕，预计将审议约30个申报项目。成功入选者将加入分布于170个国家、因其“对人类的突出价值”而被纳入世界遗产名录的1428处遗产地行列。

Inscribed monuments become legally protected – a vital boost for their preservation - under an international treaty overseen by Unesco, which also gives advice and financial support. Other world heritage sites include the Acropolis in Athens, the Great Wall of China, the pyramids of Giza in Egypt and the Taj Mahal in India.

译根据教科文组织监督执行的一项国际条约，列入名录的古迹将受到法律保护——这对其保存是至关重要的助力——教科文组织还提供咨询与资金支持。其他世界遗产地包括雅典卫城、中国长城、埃及吉萨金字塔和印度泰姬陵。

As with Mount Olympus, efforts to get the D-day beaches in Normandy inscribed had gone back years.

译与奥林匹斯山一样，推动诺曼底登陆海滩入选的努力也已持续多年。

Included in the French bid were all five of the beaches - Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juno - where more than 150,000 allied troops came ashore on 6 June 1944, and the Pointe du Hoc cliff that was also a focal point of the assault.

译法国的申报项目涵盖全部五处海滩——奥马哈、犹他、宝剑、黄金和朱诺——1944年6月6日，超过15万盟军将士在此登陆；此外还包括同为进攻焦点的奥克角（Pointe du Hoc）悬崖。

The largest amphibious operation ever mounted in which 4,000 soldiers died, was decisive in the battle to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.

译这场有史以来规模最大的两栖作战行动共有4000名士兵阵亡，对于将欧洲从纳粹占领下解放出来的战役具有决定性意义。

France first nominated the 50-mile (80km) stretch of coastline in 2008. Reacting to the decision, the country’s permanent delegate to Unesco, Ahlem Gharbi, said the designation carried particular weight at a time of such international tensions.

译法国于2008年首次为这段50英里（80公里）长的海岸线提出申报。法国常驻教科文组织代表阿赫勒姆·加尔比在回应该决定时表示，在当前国际局势如此紧张之际，这一认定具有特殊分量。

The president of the Normandy region, Hervé Morin, who had championed the cause, maintained that inclusion on the list would represent “immense recognition” for the soldiers who had sacrificed so much to defeat Nazism.

译曾大力推动此事的诺曼底大区主席埃尔韦·莫兰坚称，入选名录将是对为击败纳粹主义而付出巨大牺牲的将士们的“崇高认可”。

Echoing Greek officials, he said: “This decision places a responsibility upon us. It compels us to preserve this site, to protect it, to cherish it even more, and to promote its value.”

译他呼应希腊官员的表态说：“这一决定赋予了我们一份责任。它要求我们保存这一遗产地，保护它，更加珍视它，并弘扬其价值。”

The international council on monuments and sites, one of the bodies that recommends additions to the Unesco list, had previously warned of the threat posed to the Normandy sites by tourism, climate change, rising sea levels and nearby windfarm development, and had called for stronger monitoring and preservation.

译国际古迹遗址理事会是向教科文组织名录推荐新增项目的机构之一，此前曾警告旅游业、气候变化、海平面上升及附近风电场开发对诺曼底诸遗址构成威胁，并呼吁加强监测与保护。

The coastline is covered with extensive remnants of the time of the landings, including concrete German bunkers and gun positions, sunken vessels and allied installations.

译这段海岸线上遍布登陆时期的大量遗迹，包括德军混凝土碉堡和炮位、沉船以及盟军设施。

Unesco said in a statement that the beaches formed an “exceptional cultural landscape shaped both by the events of 1944 and by their enduring remembrance”, all of which justified further protection. As with Mount Olympus, the landing points have attracted record numbers of tourists in recent years.

译教科文组织在一份声明中表示，这些海滩构成了“由1944年的历史事件及其绵延不绝的纪念共同塑造的独特文化景观”，凡此种种均证明有必要加以进一步保护。与奥林匹斯山一样，这些登陆地点近年来吸引的游客人数屡创纪录。

The agency’s move to include places associated with conflict has fuelled controversial debate over whether “sites of memory” are befitting of world heritage status and Unesco’s stated mission to “foster a world of greater equality and peace”.

译该机构将与战争冲突相关的地点纳入名录的做法，引发了争议性辩论：“记忆之地”是否与世界遗产地位以及教科文组织“建设一个更加平等与和平的世界”的既定使命相称。

Three sites used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime for torture and execution were given inscribed last year.

译去年，柬埔寨红色高棉政权曾用于酷刑和处决的三处场所被列入名录。

After so many years of campaigning, Greek officials said Sunday’s decision had been made all the sweeter given signs of further delays.

译经过多年的争取，希腊官员表示，鉴于此前曾出现可能进一步推迟的迹象，周日的决定更显得来之不易、格外甘甜。

In the draft agenda of this week’s meeting, Unesco had signalled the Mount Olympus file would be referred back to the country for further details, spurring fears that proved to be baseless when the nomination won unanimous support.

译在本周会议的议程草案中，教科文组织曾暗示奥林匹斯山的申报材料将退回该国以补充详情，一度引发担忧；但当申报获得一致支持时，这些担忧被证明毫无根据。