In modern times Turkey guarded NATO's southern flank against Soviet mischief.

现代以来，土耳其守卫着北约南翼，防备苏联来犯。

Nope, I said. I did it with one other young turk, and we went the southern way, on the southern flank of the desert, and on our own.

不，我说，我是和另 一个同伴去的，我们走的是南部的 路，在沙漠的南侧。