How can you translate that pls?
Barcelona y Estambul se miran a un lado y otro del Mediterráneo.
3 Answers
Barcelona and Istanbul look at each other from opposite sides of (across) the Mediterranean.
More loosely, Barcelona and Istanbul face each other across the Mediterranean.
gracias, the article is here if you like to read.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Orhan/Pamuk/Hay/ser/libre/recordar/elpepicul/20100119elpepicul_4/Tes
Barcelona and Istanbul look at each other from opposite coasts of the Mediterranean sea.
However, that is not a simple Spanish sentence. it has some literary peculiarities and depending on the context se miran could mean that they are facing each other .
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