(ウクライナ)

Ukraine

(ぶんかざい)

cultural property

(カバー)

cover

(とる)

to take

(はじめる)

to begin, start

(ロシア)

Russia

(こうげき)

attack

(つづく)

to continue

(ふるい)

old (things)

(たてもの)

building

(いし)

stone

(ぞう)

statue, image

(き)

tree / wood

(てつ)

iron

(いた)

board / bar / plate

(まもる)

to protect

(しかし)

however, but

(たたかい)

battle, fight

(ながい)

long

(なか)

inside

(おんど)

temperature

(しつど)

humidity

(たかい)

expensive; high

(なる)

to become

(いろ)

color

(わるい)

bad

(しんぱい)

worry / concern

(でる)

to come out; to occur

(そこで)

and so, therefore

(キーウし)

the city of Kyiv

(いちぶ)

part, portion

(さぎょう)

work, operation

(いじょう)

more than; beyond this

(こわれる)

To break; to be destroyed

(し)

city

(むずかしい)

difficult

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

(そして)

and; and then

(ぶんか)

Culture

(れきし)

history

(しる)

to know, learn

(みせる)

to show; to display

(たいせつ)

important

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

such as / etc.

Used to give examples from a larger group.

because of ~ / for the sake of ~

ため after a noun or plain form indicates reason or purpose. Used twice: once for 'because of bear worries' and once for 'for the children's safety'.

come toward (action approaching)

Indicates motion toward the speaker or a location. Here it describes rocks flying toward people.

until / as far as

Indicates an end point in space or time. Here it expresses how far the balls flew.

even if; even though

Used to express concession or hypothetical situation.

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns verbs into nouns — changing one's awareness (意識を変えること), not over-buying (買いすぎないこと), and using leftovers well (使うこと).

quotative particle

Marks the content of what someone said or reported. Used with 言う here.

have someone do (for me)

Expresses receiving a favor/action from someone.

ウクライナ　文化財のカバーを取り始めた

Ukraine has begun removing the covers from its cultural treasures

ロシアの攻撃が続いているウクライナでは、古い建物や石の像などの文化財を、木や鉄の板でカバーしていました。

In Ukraine, where Russian attacks are continuing, cultural treasures such as old buildings and stone statues had been covered with boards of wood and iron.

攻撃から守るためです。

This was in order to protect them from attack.

しかし、戦いが長く続いたため、板の中の温度や湿度が高くなり、石の像の色が悪くなる心配が出てきました。

However, because the fighting went on for a long time, the temperature and humidity inside the boards rose, and concern grew that the colour of the stone statues would deteriorate.

そこでキーウ市は、一部の文化財のカバーを取る作業を始めました。

So the city of Kyiv has begun work to remove the covers from some of the cultural treasures.

キーウ市では、これまでに200以上の文化財が攻撃で壊れました。

In Kyiv, more than 200 cultural treasures have been destroyed by attacks so far.

市は、カバーをしても攻撃から守ることは難しいと考えています。

The city believes that even with covers it is difficult to protect them from attack.

そして、文化や歴史を知ってもらうために、文化財を見せることも大切だと考えています。

It also believes that showing the cultural treasures matters, so that people can come to know the culture and history.