On April 15, 2019, the world stopped and watched in awe as the roof and central spire of Notre-Dame Cathedral burned and collapsed. The fire destroyed the spire and roof, which is central to upholding the structure.
2019年4月15日，当巴黎圣母院的核心支撑结构——屋顶及顶部塔楼尖端被大火吞噬并倒塌时，时间仿佛静止了，世界都陷入了惊恐。
So what must be done? At the time of the blaze, the storied church was nearing the end of a $6.8M renovation, and metal scaffolding had been put up to protect the 19th-century spire. The high temperatures generated by the flames engulfed the church’s wooden roof, fusing the scaffolding. As it stands, the most pressing obstacle is removing the warped metal. According to both existing restoration plans and the words of preservation experts, this is the first major step toward assessing and ultimately undoing the fire's damage.
该采取什么措施呢？大火发生时，近680万美元的翻新工程正在这座历史悠久的教堂中进行，且工程已经接近尾声，金属脚手架已经搭起以保护19世纪的尖顶。但火焰产生的高温吞噬了教堂的木质屋顶，也熔化了脚手架。因此，最为紧迫的障碍便是拆除扭曲的金属。根据已有的修复计划和保护专家的建议，这被确定为评估和最终完全修缮火灾破坏的第一个重要步骤。
“As the roof burned, it exposed the inner vaults that hold the cathedral walls together to outside forces, including some of the fused scaffolding, which fell on their thinnest structural points,” Krupali Uplekar Krusche, associate dean for research at the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture and founder of the Digital Historic Architectural Research and Material Analysis Lab, says. “This creates a concern about the structural stability and strength of the vaults.”
"随着屋顶的燃烧，将大教堂墙壁连接在一起的内部拱顶暴露在外，包括一些熔化的脚手架，它们落在了最薄弱的结构点上，"圣母大学建筑学院副院长、数字历史建筑研究和材料分析实验室创始人Krupali Uplekar Krusche说道，“这引起了人们对拱顶结构稳定性和强度的担忧。”
Two Years Later,
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两年后，巴黎圣母院修复的最新进展
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Now, two years later, the church is still going through a massive restoration. This jewel of Gothic architecture is being rebuilt with oak trees from local forests, as 200 construction workers operate on-site every day. The goal, according to French president Emmanuel Macron, is to have the church repaired before the city hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics, which is slated to begin on July 26, 2024, in Paris.
现在，两年过去了，这座教堂仍在进行大规模的修复。这座哥特式建筑的瑰宝正在用当地森林中的橡树重建，每天有200名建筑工人在现场施工。法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙表示，2024年夏季奥运会定于2024年7月26日在巴黎举行，目标是在此前完成巴黎圣母院的修复。
The first step for Notre-Dame‘s roof and spire reconstruction was the safety phase, which started in the summer of 2019 and lasted until November 2020. Scaffolding was built around the cathedral to restore the spire, tarp was installed above the vaults, gargoyles were wrapped, and the flying buttresses were reinforced. Construction continued until the pandemic hit. There was a three-month pause of the reconstruction in early 2020, but construction resumed June 8, 2020, with workers removing more than 300 tons of burned scaffolding that surrounded the spire, which took until December 2020.
黎圣母院屋顶和楼尖端重建的第一步是从2019年夏天持续到2020年11月的安全加固。施工团队在大教堂周围搭建了脚手架来修复尖顶，在拱顶上方安装了防水布，包裹了滴水嘴，加固了飞拱。这个工程一直持续到疫情爆发前。2020年初重建工作暂停了三个月。2020年6月8日，施工恢复，到2020年12月，工人们拆除了楼顶尖端周围300多吨被焚烧的脚手架。
The latest update from Notre-Dame is that all the burned timbers were removed. “We've made great progress in the past month, it's very encouraging,” says Picaud.
巴黎圣母院重建的最新消息是已经完成了所有被焚烧木质结构的清理。“我们上个月的工作取得了巨大的进步，这是十分鼓舞人心的。”巴黎圣母院院长皮考德说。
Today, there is still a hole on top of the church. They're also building a replica of the church’s spire that was initially designed by 19th-century architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, made of more than 1,000 donated oak trees from public and private forests from all over France. The trees are being cut and collected this spring before they sap and will be stored for 12 to 18 months to prepare them for the reconstruction phase, starting fall of 2022.
至今，教堂顶上还有一个未修复的洞，教堂尖顶的复制品正在建造中。这座教堂尖顶最初是由19世纪的建筑师Eugéne Viollet-le-Duc设计，由1000多棵来自法国各地公共和私人森林捐赠的橡树制成的。用于重建的树木将于今年春天衰老之前被砍伐和收集，并将储存12至18个月，为2022年秋季开始的重建阶段做好准备。
The goal is to store the wood at a low humidity level (below 30%). Each tree must be long enough to fit an overhead curve of 65 feet long to restore the roof’s framework. “The selection of these first oaks trees is an important step on the road to the rebirth of the cathedral,” says Dominique Jarlier, president of the National Federation of Forestry Municipalities. “It's part of a huge transformation.” But with all the hard work and determination, it appears the wait will be worth it.
储存的关键是将木材存放在低于 30%的湿度水平。每棵树必须足够长，以适应65英尺长的架空曲线，来恢复屋顶的结构。法国林业城市联合会主席多米尼克·贾利尔说：“第一批橡树的选择是大教堂重生道路上的关键。“这是浩大重建工程的一部分。”不过，巴黎圣母院的重建倾注了所有人的努力和决心，因此等待是值得的。
【热词整理】
awe n. 敬畏，惊叹
storied adj. 众所周知的，有名的；经常提及的
cathedral n. 大教堂
gothic adj.哥特式的
scaffolding n. 脚手架
nave n.中殿
federation n.联合；联邦
municipalitiy n.市民，自治市
编译 | 蒋吉衣 王慧琪 胡梦涵 毛彦文
排版 | 王一然