15 million people live nearby the shores of the Bosphorus.

1500 万人居住在博斯普鲁斯海峡沿岸附近。

Turkey spans continental lines, the Bosphorus Strait separates the Asian part from the European part.

土耳其横跨大陆线, 博斯普鲁斯海峡分隔亚洲和欧洲部分。

The Bosphorus Strait is vitally important for several industries and resources but perhaps none are as important as wheat.

博斯普鲁斯海峡对许多产业和资源都至关重要，但也许没有哪个产业和资源比小麦更重要。

About the same number of transits that are currently just passing through the Bosphorus.

大约与目前刚刚通过博斯普鲁斯海峡的过境数量相同。

The Bosphorus is basically the only way for these large Russian oil tankers to get out into the world's oceans.

博斯普鲁斯海峡基本是这些俄罗斯大型油轮进入世界海洋的唯一途径。

And they plan to make the Bosphorus wait times even worse to encourage the canal's use a little more.

他们还计划让博斯普鲁斯海峡的等待时间变得更糟，以推动更多人选择使用运河。

So from an engineering perspective, the Bosphorus Canal is totally doable.

所以从工程的角度来看，博斯普鲁斯运河是完全可行的修建项目。

As one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, the Bosphorus Strait is almost always massively congested with traffic.

作为世界上最繁忙的航道之一，博斯普鲁斯海峡几乎总是水泄不通。

Merchant ships are still going to be guaranteed free and unrestricted access to the Bosphorus even after the canal is built.

即使在运河建成后，仍能保证商船自由且不受限制地进入博斯普鲁斯海峡。

The Montreux Convention grants Turkey the authority to screen all ships passing through the Bosphorus for sanitary and environmental safety.

《蒙特勒公约》授权土耳其对通过博斯普鲁斯海峡的所有船只进行卫生和环境安全检查。

This is because technically, the restrictive terms of the Montreux Convention only apply to the Bosphorus strait itself, or so argues Turkey.

这是因为严格来说，《蒙特勒公约》的限制性条款只适用于博斯普鲁斯海峡本身，或者说至少土耳其是这么认为的。

It would also help divert a lot of the dangerous cargo passing through the Bosphorus right next door to the Istanbul city center.

它还有助于将大量通过博斯普鲁斯海峡的危险货物转移到伊斯坦布尔市中心。

But Montreux limits their ability to send any significant large ships through the Bosphorus like say aircraft carriers and submarines.

但《蒙特勒公约》限制了他们通过博斯普鲁斯海峡派遣任何重要大型船只的能力，比如航空母舰和潜艇。

A cargo ship en route from Ukraine to Istanbul has run aground in the Bosphorus Strait, resulting in the waterway's closure to traffic.

一艘从乌克兰驶往伊斯坦布尔的货船在博斯普鲁斯海峡搁浅，导致该航道交通关闭。

The Bosphorus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and separates Europe and Asia.

博斯普鲁斯海峡连接黑海和马尔马拉海，分隔欧洲和亚洲。

Immediately after the war ended, the Soviets demanded joint control with Turkey over the Bosphorus and a permanent Soviet military presence there.

战争结束后，苏联立即要求与土耳其共同控制博斯普鲁斯海峡，并且要在那里永久驻军。

Istanbul became a city on both sides of a narrow body of water called the Bosphorus.

伊斯坦布尔成为博斯普鲁斯海峡两岸的一座城市。

MCLEAN (voice over): Across the Bosphorus on Istanbul's Asian side people are stocking up on Iftar essentials this Ramadan freshly baked P-day fish and meat.

在博斯普鲁斯海峡另一侧，伊斯坦布尔的亚洲一侧，人们正在备足斋月必备品——新鲜烘焙的佩热鱼和肉类。

Melting glaciers caused catastrophic flooding as the Mediterranean Sea spilled over the Bosphorus into the adjacent lowlands, forming what is now known as the Black Sea.

融化的冰川造成了灾难性的洪水，地中海溢出博斯普鲁斯海峡，流入邻近的低地，形成了现在被称为黑海的水域。

The Turkish defense minister says the Center will guarantee the safe passage of vessels from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea and the Bosphorus Strait to global markets.

土耳其国防部长表示，该中心将保证船只从乌克兰港口通过黑海和博斯普鲁斯海峡安全抵达全球市场。