Turkey-Syria death toll tops that of devastating 1999 quake
土耳其地震死亡人数超过1999年大地震
Rescue efforts hampered by freezing weather but convoy of UN trucks manages to reach northern Syria。
根据周四公布的数据，土耳其和叙利亚已有逾1.75万人死亡。寒冷天气影响了救援工作，但运送援助物资的联合国车队终于进入叙利亚。
The total death toll from this week’s earthquake in southeastern Turkey has exceeded that of the devastating İzmit quake in 1999, underlining the scale of the unfolding disaster as rescue workers continued to pull bodies from the rubble.
本周土耳其东南部地震造成的总死亡人数已超过1999年发生的伊兹米特大地震(İzmit quake)，这突显出正在发生的灾难的规模。目前救援人员继续在废墟中发现尸体。
More than 17,500 people have died in Turkey and neighbouring Syria, according to the latest figures released on Thursday by authorities in the affected area. This takes the tally of deaths above the 17,118 recorded for the huge quake that ravaged north-western Turkey almost 25 years ago.
根据灾区当局周四公布的最新数据，土耳其和邻国叙利亚已有超过1.75万人死亡，超过近25年前重创土耳其西北部的大地震的死亡人数（1.718万人）。
The quake in İzmit, about 70 miles from Istanbul, carries particular resonance in Turkey as it is the worst in many people’s living memory. A massive earthquake in 1939 that struck Erzincan in the east of the country killed nearly 33,000.
伊兹密特距离伊斯坦布尔约70英里。那次地震让土耳其人尤其难以忘却，因为那是许多人记忆中最严重的一次。1939年，土耳其东部的埃尔津詹(Erzincan)发生大地震，造成近3.3万人死亡。
