Languages in East Asia tend to have tonal vowels, and those of the north-eastern Caucasus are known for consonantal complexity: Ubykh has 78 consonant sounds.

东亚的语言往往有带声调的元音，而东北高加索地区的语言以辅音复杂而闻名：尤比克语有78个辅音。

Today Georgia has reinvented itself as the star of the Caucasus.

今天，格鲁吉亚把自己重新塑造成高加索地区一颗新星。

A fresh spate of killings hit Chechnya, in Russia's north Caucasus.

位于俄罗斯北部高加索的车臣境内又发生一起大量人员死亡事件。

For most people outside the Caucasus, it is more of a forgotten one.

对于高加索地区外的大部分人而言，这更像个被遗忘的问题。

What in your opinion sparked the conflict in the Caucasus last year?

在您看来，什么引发了这场高加索地区的冲突呢？

Second, he imposed peace in Chechnya and across the north Caucasus.

第二，他给车臣和北高加索强行带去了和平。

Georgia is situated to the east of the Black Sea in the southern Caucasus.

克鲁吉亚位于黑海东部，高加索山南部。

Some regard Georgia and the Caucasus as small, faraway and so unimportant.

有些人认为格鲁吉亚和高加索地区不单渺小、遥远而且重要性很低。

yet the problems in the north Caucasus are largely of Russia's own making.

事实尽管如此，但北高加索却是俄罗斯自己惹的麻烦。

Eleven years on, the north Caucasus is still one of Russia's biggest headaches.

11年以来，北高加索地区仍然是俄罗斯最头疼得问题之一。

But it has barely noticed what is happening in Russia's troubled north Caucasus.

但是却很少有人注意到在俄罗斯问题多多的北高加索地区正在发生的事情。

Georgia counts in the Caucasus; it also has vl pipelines that cross its territory.

格鲁吉亚在高加索地区举足轻重，境内也有重要的输油管道穿过。

Russia has issued a blunt challenge to the West to stay out of its Caucasus backyard.

俄罗斯直截了当地向西方发难，要它们远离俄罗斯的高加索后院。

Georgia counts in the Caucasus; it also has vital pipelines that cross its territory.

格鲁吉亚在高加索地区至关重要；同时生死攸关的能源管线贯穿其疆土。

That's true; yet the problems in the north Caucasus are largely of Russia's own making.

这是真的，但是北高加索地区的问题很大程度是俄罗斯咎由自取。

Meanwhile the repercussions of this small war in the Caucasus will spread a lot wider.

高加索上此次小战注定带来远为广泛的影响。

The north Caucasus may take up only a small space on the map, but it looms large for Russia.

北高加索在地图上或许微不足道，但是对俄罗斯来说至关重要。

People in the north Caucasus feel they are treated like aliens rather than Russian citizens.

北高加索地区的人们感觉自己被像外星人而非俄罗斯公民一样对待。

In August 2008, Mr Bush and Mr Putin talked in Beijing about the worsening situation in the Caucasus.

2008年8月，布什和普金就高加索地区不断恶化的局势在北京举行会谈。

The same applies the more recent and better-known conflict in the Caucasus—between Russia and Georgia.

这同样适用于更近期发生的、更广为人知的俄罗斯与格鲁吉亚在高加索地区的冲突。

Most worryingly, the violence in the North Caucasus has spread from Chechnya to the rest of the region.

更让人忧虑的是，北高加索地区的动乱从车臣扩散到其他地区。

But even as the world's attention is fixed on Georgia, Russian citizens keep dying in the north Caucasus.

但是，正当世界的目光都集中在格鲁吉亚的时候，北高加索地区的俄罗斯民众却在无辜丧生。

Mr Medvedev has described the situation in the north Caucasus as one of the greatest threats facing Russia.

梅德韦杰夫先生已将北高加索局势形容为俄罗斯面临的最大威胁之一。

He said that Armenia is an important cooperation partner and reliable friend of China in the outer Caucasus.

他说，亚美尼亚是中国在外高加索地区的重要合作伙伴和可靠朋友。

But as a clear, brief guide to the countries of the south Caucasus, it would be hard to do better than this book.

但是作为一本介绍南高加索的指南书，它既清晰又明了，实为一本难以逾越的佳作。

The scientists focused on Mezmaiskaya Cave, a key site in the northern Caucasus Mountains within European Russia.

科学家重点研究玛兹梅斯卡亚洞穴，俄罗斯欧洲北高加索山脉上的一个关键地点。