1. The Byzantines were as secretive as the Chinese, however, and for many centuries the weaving and trading of silk fabric was a strict imperial monopoly. 然而，拜占庭人和中国人一样神秘，在许多世纪里，丝绸织物的编织和贸易是严格的帝国垄断。
2. The secret of silk production reached the West only in the sixth century, from the Byzantines. 直至六世纪，经由拜占庭，西方人才了解丝绸生产的秘密。
3. Romans, Byzantines, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols and Ottomans – they have all passed through here and left their marks on the town. 罗马，拜占庭，亚述，阿拉伯，蒙古和奥斯曼，他们来了又去，在这旧镇里留下他们的痕迹。
4. The nearby town of Ohrid was once the capital of a sprawling Bulgarian empire ruled by Tsar Samuel and later conquered by the Byzantines. 离其不远的奥赫里德曾是保加利亚帝国的首都，当时整个帝国由特萨萨缪尔统治着，后来拜占庭帝国侵占了这片土地。
5. The font itself was set beneath a dome-shaped baldachin and encircled by columns and an ambulatory, features first used by the Byzantines. 洗礼盆放在一圆顶形的华盖下面，四周环绕着柱子和后堂回廊，这是由拜占庭人首先使用的建筑特色。
