Double hic

[Propertius]

Would a double hic in the two connected phrases translate to here and there in the same way that a double alii is translated as some and others.

Here's the sentence:

hic portum alii faciunt, hic magni theatri fundamenta locant alii ingentesque columnas e rupibus efficiunt.

[mwh]

No. Hic, with long i, just means “here.” It’s a deictic. In your sentence you can imagine a guide saying “hic” as he points to each construction site in turn.

“There,” another deictic, is illic, as you can probably guess.

[Themistocles00]

Would a double hic in the two connected phrases translate to here and there in the same way that a double alii is translated as some and others.

Here's the sentence:

hic portum alii faciunt, hic magni theatri fundamenta locant alii ingentesque columnas e rupibus efficiunt.

"Here some build the harbour, here some place the foundations of the theatre...." I suppose that you are a bit confused because the same adverb designs to different places, but it´s not imposible and sometimes it´s the only option that makes sense. If you were at the same distance from two places, you would use here for both of them".