巴黎凯旋门穿上新'外套'

After three months of construction work at Paris' famed Arc de Triomphe, the 160-foot-tall war monument has been completely concealed. The landmark, built during Napoleon's reign, has been outfitted in 270,000 square feet of silver-blue polypropylene fabric bound with red ropes.

施工了三个月后，巴黎名胜古迹凯旋门被完全包裹了起来，用掉了27万平方英尺的银蓝色聚丙烯布料并用红绳固定。凯旋门高160英尺(49米)，是建于拿破仑统治时期的地标性建筑。

Encasing the Arc de Triomphe in cloth was a longstanding vision of the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- one that finally came into focus this summer.

给凯旋门"穿上衣服"是已故艺术家克里斯托和珍妮-克劳德的多年愿景，今夏终于付诸实践。

It began with 400 tons of steel beams erected like a metal jacket around the structure, followed by the wrapping, which was conducted by a team of climbers over the course of a few days.

400吨重的钢梁像一件金属夹克一样矗立在建筑周围，并由一个攀爬队在几天内将其包裹起来。

Following the project's completion on Thursday, the arch will remain transformed for just 16 days.

9月16日该项目完工后，这一新貌只能保持16天。

Originally scheduled for spring 2020, the project was first delayed out of concern for nesting kestrel falcons in the arch, and then because of the ongoing pandemic.

这一项目原定在2020年春季动工，先是出于担心在凯旋门上筑巢的红隼鹰而被耽搁，而后又因为疫情而拖延。

Vladimir Yavachev, Christo's nephew and the project's director of operations who worked with the artist for 30 years, explained that the shimmering color of the fabric and vivid ropes are Christo's "poetic interpretation" of the blue, white and red of the French flag.

这一项目的运营总监、克里斯托的侄子弗拉基米尔•亚瓦切夫解释道，闪闪发光的布料和鲜艳的绳子是克里斯托对法国蓝白红国旗的"诗意解读"。亚瓦切夫和叔叔克里斯托共事长达30年。