IT ALL began with a set of Venetian blinds.

这一切要从一套威尼百叶窗帘说起。

He designed this lake with Venetian gondolas in mind.

他在设计这个湖时就想到了威尼的贡多拉。

The Venetian gazette was a precursor to the modern newspaper.

《威尼公报》是现代报纸的先驱。

There were about half a dozen Venetian gondolas here, giving rides.

这里有六艘威尼贡多拉，供搭乘。

Thousands of mask-wearing revelers fill the Venetian streets and attend special masked balls.

上千名戴着面具的狂欢者涌进了威尼大街，参加特殊的假面舞会。

Venetian traveler Marco Polo would've probably been familiar with this kind of ship.

威尼旅行者马可波罗很可能就很熟悉这种。

The Venetian gazette fit all the characteristics that I just listed, except for one.

《威尼公报》符合我刚才列出的所有特征，只有一个例外。

Marco Polo, the famed Venetian explorer, thought cloves came from China and nutmeg from Java.

著名的威尼探险家马可·波罗认为丁香来自中国，肉豆蔻来自爪哇。

They're mobile storm surge gates that rise to separate the Venetian lagoon from the sea.

它们是移动式风暴潮闸门，闸门升起后，威尼泻湖将会与大海隔开。

And we did the walls in this like Venetian plaster which is so smooth and soft.

我们用威尼的灰泥刷墙，它非常光滑、柔软。

Today, its courtyards, apartments and chambers are a museum, which celebrates centuries of Venetian achievement and glory.

今天，它的庭院、房间和隔室都成为博物馆，彰显威尼纪的成就与荣耀。

And many of these refugees sought the precious safety that was offered inside of the Venetian lagoon.

许多难民都在威尼泻湖内寻求得之不易的安全保护。

Ca' Masser, a Venetian agent posing as a merchant, learned a lot by loitering on the waterfront in Lisbon.

加马赛是一名伪装成商的威尼特工，他通过在里本的海滨地区闲逛就了解到了很多信息。

For centuries this Venetian Gothic masterpiece was the seat of the republic's power and prestige.

数百年来，这座威尼哥特式雄伟建筑一直是共和国政权及威望之所在。

In 1203, an army of French and Venetian Crusaders made a deal with a man named Alexios Angelos.

1203 年，法国和威尼的十字军军队和一个名叫亚历克西·安哲洛的达成了协议。

Proud of these islands gradually evolved the absurdly rich Venetian Republic and her massive maritime commercial empire.

以这些岛屿为傲的威尼共和国及其庞大的海上商业帝国逐渐发展起来。

Before starting his own firm, he headed the security at the Venetian, the world's second biggest Hotel and Casino.

在创办自己的公司前，大卫曾是威尼酒店安保部门的负责。威尼酒店是界上第二大酒店和娱乐场所。

In September 1797 Napoleon Bonaparte's troops stripped a huge 16th-century painting by Paolo Veronese from the wall of a Venetian monastery.

1797年9月，拿破仑·波拿巴的军队从威尼一座修道院的墙上夺走了一幅由保罗·委罗内塞创作的16纪巨幅油画。

Before starting his own firm, he headed the security at the Venetian, the world’s second biggest Hotel and Casino.

在他创业前，他负责威尼酒店的安全工作，威尼酒店是界上第二大的酒店和娱乐场所。

He was a Venetian printer around 1500.

他是 1500 年左右的威尼印刷商。