Finishing in time is a matter of " French pride" , says Mr Jost.

约斯特表示，按时完工关系到“法国人的自豪感”。

That promise may have sounded " a bit mad" , concedes Philippe Jost, who runs the public body in charge of the reconstruction project.

国家重建项目机构的负责人菲利普·约斯特承认，这个承诺听起来“有点疯狂”。

" This is not a monument like any other, and deserves not being distorted, " says Mr Jost: " We are restoring a cathedral that is 860 years old so that it can last for at least another 860 years."

“这不是随随便便的历史古迹，不应该受到扭曲，”约斯特说，“这座大教堂有860年历史，我们现在修复它，就是为了让它至少还能再留存860年。”