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Recife

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State capital of Pernambuco (Brazil).

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Recife

The capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, located where the Beberibe River meets the Capibaribe River to flow into the Atlantic Ocean.

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“Like Venice, Recife is a city that emerges from water and is reflected in water; a city that feels the pulse of the ocean in its innermost parts.” —Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian statesman.
“Soos Venesië is Recife ’n stad wat uit water verrys en in water weerkaats word; ’n stad wat die polsslag van die oseaan in sy diepste dele voel.”—Joaquim Nabuco, Brasiliaanse staatsman.

By 1637, though, there was practically no vacant land left in Recife.
Maar teen 1637 was daar feitlik geen onbeboude grond in Recife oor nie.

At first glance, modern Recife, one of the largest industrial, financial, and tourist centers in Brazil, with over 1,300,000 inhabitants, bears no resemblance to the tiny fishing colony that served Olinda in the 16th century.
Met die eerste oogopslag lyk dit of daar geen ooreenkoms is tussen die klein visserskolonie wat Olinda in die 16de eeu bedien het en moderne Recife nie, wat een van die grootste industriële, finansiële en toeristesentrums in Brasilië is en meer as 1 300 000 inwoners het.

To the invaders Recife with its forts, neighboring islands, and rivers seemed safer than Olinda’s hills and open spaces.
Vir die invallers het Recife met sy forte, nabygeleë eilande en riviere veiliger as Olinda se heuwels en oop vlaktes gelyk.

Soon Recife was bustling with English officials, Swedish adventurers, Scottish traders, German and French businessmen —all drawn by the commerce of slaves, sugar, and brazilwood.
Kort voor lank het Recife gewemel van Engelse amptenare, Sweedse avonturiers, Skotse handelaars en Duitse en Franse sakemanne—wat almal gelok is deur die handel in slawe, suiker en brasielhout.

The Dutch West India Company fleet attacking Olinda (on the right) and Recife (on the left) in 1630
Die vloot van die Nederlandse Wes-Indiese Kompanjie val Olinda (regs) en Recife (links) in 1630 aan

So, on November 25, 1631, the Dutch burned Olinda to the ground and moved their administrative headquarters to Recife.
Op 25 November 1631 het die Nederlanders dus Olinda tot die grond toe afgebrand en hulle administratiewe hoofkwartier na Recife verskuif.

23 Recife —A City Made by Sugar
23 Recife—’n Stad gebou op suiker

Ironically, the district of Old Recife, site of the original settlement, which for centuries clung tenaciously to the mainland by a sliver of sand, was finally severed from the continent with the expansion of port facilities in 1960.
Wat ironies is, is dat Ou Recife, die ligging van die oorspronklike nedersetting, wat deur middel van ’n sandstrook eeue lank verbete vasgeklou het aan die vasteland, uiteindelik van die vasteland weggeskeur is toe die hawefasiliteite in 1960 uitgebrei is.

Forts were built on the isthmus between Recife and Olinda to deter subsequent attacks but to little avail.
Forte is op die ismus tussen Recife en Olinda gebou om verdere aanvalle te voorkom, maar tevergeefs.

Recife’s commercial center, which occupies the islands of Recife and Santo Antônio and the mainland district of Boa Vista, has lost much of its colonial architecture as a result of neglect and aggressive modernization.
Recife se handelsentrum, wat bestaan uit die eilande van Recife en Santo Antônio, asook Boa Vista op die vasteland, het baie van sy koloniale argitektuur weens verwaarlosing en aggressiewe modernisering verloor.

Nassau built his city on Antônio Vaz Island, several hundred feet [a few hundred meters] from Recife, and commissioned two bridges —engineering feats for their day— to link Recife, Mauricia, and the mainland. —See the box “Maurice of Nassau and the Flying Cow.”
Nassau het sy stad op Antônio Vaz-eiland gebou, ’n paar honderd meter van Recife af, en twee brûe laat oprig—ingenieursprestasies vir daardie tyd—om Recife, Mauricia en die vasteland met mekaar te verbind.—Sien die venster “Maurits van Nassau en die vlieënde koei”.

So prominent was the Jewish presence that the commercial center of Recife was known as Rua dos Judeus (Street of the Jews).
Die Joodse teenwoordigheid was so sterk dat die sakesentrum van Recife bekend gestaan het as Rua dos Judeus (Straat van die Jode).

However, the rivers, islands, and reefs that attracted the Dutch remain at the heart of Recife’s life, and vestiges of a sugary past peek through its modern facade.
Maar die riviere, eilande en koraalriwwe wat die Nederlanders gelok het, vorm nog steeds ’n belangrike deel van die lewe in Recife, en spore van ’n suikerverlede kan gesien word ten spyte van sy moderne voorkoms.

“Like Venice, Recife is a city that emerges from water and is reflected in water”
“Soos Venesië is Recife ’n stad wat uit water verrys en in water weerkaats word”

What happened in Recife, Brazil, in 1997 when the police went on strike shows that many people readily turn to crime when there is no deterrent.
Die voorval in 1997 in Recife, Brasilië, toe die polisie gestaak het, toon dat baie mense hulle maklik tot misdaad wend wanneer daar geen afskrikmiddel is nie.

Well, what happened in 1997 when 18,000 police officers went on strike in the Brazilian city of Recife, leaving its more than one million residents without police?
Wel, wat het in 1997 gebeur toe 18 000 polisiebeamptes in die Brasiliaanse stad Recife gestaak het en die meer as eenmiljoen inwoners van daardie stad sonder ’n polisiemag was?

Not too far outside Recife, workers harvest immense fields of sugarcane, much as they have for the past five centuries —a reminder that Recife was made by sugar.
Nie te ver buite Recife nie word uitgestrekte suikerlande deur werkers geoes, byna net soos dit die afgelope vyf eeue die geval was—’n herinnering dat Recife op suiker gebou is.

It was a turning point in Recife’s development.
Dit was ’n keerpunt in Recife se ontwikkeling.

Since Recife is only an average of six feet [2 m] above sea level, occasionally a high tide and heavy rains still cause flooding of some of its principal avenues.
Aangesien Recife gemiddeld slegs twee meter bo seevlak is, word party van die hoofstrate elke nou en dan weens ’n hoë gety en swaar reëns oorstroom.

In 1962 our son, Greg, was born in Recife.
In 1962 is ons seun, Greg, in Recife gebore.

“Initially, small boats ferried people between Mauricia and Recife, but this greatly hindered commerce.
“Aanvanklik is mense met klein bootjies tussen Mauricia en Recife vervoer, maar dit het die handel grootliks belemmer.

Since the need was great for Kingdom publishers in Recife, just south of the equator, we moved to that extremely hot place.
Aangesien daar ’n groot behoefte was aan Koninkryksverkondigers in Recife, net suid van die ewenaar, het ons na daardie snikhete plek verhuis.

Recife had become a town and economic center in its own right.
Recife het ’n stad en ekonomiese sentrum in eie reg geword.

Witnesses from Recife and from other nearby cities donated generously to those in need.
Getuies van Recife en ander stede in die omgewing het ruimhartig bygedra vir diegene in nood.