The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 6
There was some compulsory labor in timber-cutting and ship-building, with enforced military service as rowers and soldiers for expeditions to the Moluccas and the coasts of Asia, but nowhere the unspeakable atrocities which in Mexico, Hispaniola, and South America drove mothers to strangle their babes at birth and whole tribes to prefer self-immolation to the living death in the mines and slave-pens.
Es gab einige Zwangsarbeit beim Holzfällen und Schiffbau sowie erzwungenen Militärdienst als Ruderer und Soldaten für Expeditionen zu den Molukken und den Küsten Asiens, aber nirgendwo die unsäglichen Grausamkeiten, die in Mexiko, Hispaniola und Südamerika Mütter dazu trieben, ihre Babys bei der Geburt zu erdrosseln, und ganze Stämme dazu brachten, die Selbstverbrennung dem lebendigen Tod in den Minen und Sklavenlagern vorzuziehen.
Quite differently from the case in America, where entire islands and districts were depopulated, to bring on later the curse of negro slavery, in the Philippines the fact appears that the native population really increased and the standard of living was raised under the stern, yet beneficent, tutelage of the missionary fathers.
Ganz anders als in Amerika, wo ganze Inseln und Gebiete entvölkert wurden, um später den Fluch der Negersklaverei heraufzubeschwören, zeigt sich auf den Philippinen die Tatsache, dass die einheimische Bevölkerung tatsächlich zunahm und der Lebensstandard unter der strengen, aber wohlwollenden Vormundschaft der Missionarsväter gehoben wurde.
The great distance and the hardships of the journey precluded the coming of many irresponsible adventurers from Spain and, fortunately for the native population, no great mineral wealth was ever discovered in the Philippine Islands.
Die große Entfernung und die Strapazen der Reise verhinderten das Kommen vieler unverantwortlicher Abenteurer aus Spanien, und zum Glück für die einheimische Bevölkerung wurde auf den Philippinischen Inseln niemals ein großer Mineralreichtum entdeckt.
The system of government was, in its essential features, a simple one.
Das Regierungssystem war in seinen wesentlichen Merkmalen ein einfaches.
The missionary priests drew the inhabitants of the towns and villages about themselves or formed new settlements, and with profuse use of symbol and symbolism taught the people the Faith, laying particular stress upon "the fear of God," as administered by them, reconciling the people to their subjection by inculcating the Christian virtues of patience and humility.
Die Missionarspriester zogen die Bewohner der Städte und Dörfer um sich oder gründeten neue Siedlungen, und lehrten das Volk mit reichlichem Gebrauch von Symbol und Symbolik den Glauben, wobei sie besonderen Nachdruck auf „die Furcht vor Gott" legten, wie sie von ihnen vermittelt wurde, und das Volk mit seiner Unterwerfung versöhnten, indem sie die christlichen Tugenden der Geduld und Demut einprägten.
Vocabulary
- gab
- Gave; past tense of 'geben' (to give)
- einige
- Some; a few of something
- Zwangsarbeit
- Forced labor; compulsory work under coercion
- beim
- At the; contraction of 'bei dem'
- Holzfällen
- Logging; the activity of cutting down trees
- Schiffbau
- Shipbuilding; construction of ships and vessels
- sowie
- As well as; and also, in addition to
- erzwungenen
- Forced; compelled by force or coercion
- Militärdienst
- Military service; duty served in the armed forces
- Ruderer
- Rower; person who rows a boat
- Soldaten
- Soldiers; military personnel serving in armed forces
- Expeditionen
- Expeditions; organized journeys for exploration or military purposes
- Molukken
- Moluccas; island group in eastern Indonesia
- Küsten
- Coasts; plural of Küste, shorelines of seas
- Asiens
- Of Asia; genitive form of the continent Asia
- nirgendwo
- Nowhere; not in any place
- unsäglichen
- Unspeakable; too horrible or extreme to describe
- Grausamkeiten
- Cruelties; acts of extreme brutality or violence
- Südamerika
- South America; the southern continent of the Americas
- Mütter
- Mothers; plural of Mutter, female parents
- dazu
- To do so; thereto; for that purpose
- trieben
- Drove; past tense of 'treiben', to drive or push
- Babys
- Babies; plural of Baby, very young children
- Geburt
- Birth; the process of being born
- erdrosseln
- To strangle; to kill by choking or throttling
- ganze
- Entire; whole; complete without exception
- Stämme
- Tribes; plural of Stamm, ethnic or clan groups
- brachten
- Brought; past tense of 'bringen', to bring
- Selbstverbrennung
- Self-immolation; act of burning oneself to death
- lebendigen
- Living; alive; adjective describing something animate
- Tod
- Death; the end of life
- Minen
- Mines; plural of Mine, underground mineral excavations
- Sklavenlagern
- Slave camps; camps where enslaved people were held
- vorzuziehen
- To prefer; to consider something more desirable
- Ganz
- Quite; entirely; completely different or separate
- anders
- Different; otherwise; in another way
- Inseln
- Islands; plural of Insel, land surrounded by water
- Gebiete
- Territories; regions; plural of Gebiet
- entvölkert
- Depopulated; emptied of its inhabitants
- wurden
- Were; past passive auxiliary verb form of 'werden'
- später
- Later; at a subsequent time
- Fluch
- Curse; a great evil or affliction
- heraufzubeschwören
- To conjure up; to bring about something terrible
- zeigt
- Shows; demonstrates; third person present of 'zeigen'
- Tatsache
- Fact; an established or verified piece of information
- einheimische
- Native; indigenous; belonging to a particular region
- Bevölkerung
- Population; the inhabitants of a particular area
- tatsächlich
- Actually; in fact; truly or genuinely
- zunahm
- Increased; grew; past tense of 'zunehmen'
- Lebensstandard
- Standard of living; level of material comfort and welfare
- strengen
- Strict; rigorous; stern in discipline or rules
- wohlwollenden
- Benevolent; well-meaning; showing goodwill toward others
- Vormundschaft
- Guardianship; legal or protective oversight over someone
- Missionarsväter
- Missionary fathers; Catholic priests serving as missionaries
- gehoben
- Elevated; raised; past participle of 'heben'
- wurde
- Was; became; singular past passive form of 'werden'
- Entfernung
- Distance; the amount of space between two points
- Strapazen
- Hardships; strains; plural of Strapaze, arduous difficulties
- Reise
- Journey; trip; travel from one place to another
- verhinderten
- Prevented; stopped something from happening; past tense
- Kommen
- Coming; arrival; the act of arriving somewhere
- vieler
- Of many; genitive plural of 'viel'
- unverantwortlicher
- Irresponsible; lacking accountability or responsible judgment
- Abenteurer
- Adventurers; people seeking thrilling or risky experiences
- zum
- To the; contraction of 'zu dem'
- Glück
- Luck; happiness; fortunate circumstance
- niemals
- Never; at no time whatsoever
- Mineralreichtum
- Mineral wealth; abundance of valuable mineral resources
- entdeckt
- Discovered; found; past participle of 'entdecken'
- Regierungssystem
- System of government; structure of political administration
- wesentlichen
- Essential; fundamental; core or most important features
- Merkmalen
- Features; characteristics; plural of Merkmal in dative
- einfaches
- Simple; straightforward; uncomplicated in nature
- Missionarspriester
- Missionary priest; ordained clergyman serving missionary work
- zogen
- Drew; moved; past tense plural of 'ziehen'
- Bewohner
- Inhabitants; residents; people living in a place
- Städte
- Cities; plural of Stadt, urban settlements
- Dörfer
- Villages; plural of Dorf, small rural settlements
- gründeten
- Founded; established; past tense of 'gründen'
- Siedlungen
- Settlements; plural of Siedlung, established communities
- lehrten
- Taught; past tense plural of 'lehren', to teach
- Volk
- People; nation; a group sharing culture or identity
- reichlichem
- Abundant; plentiful; ample in quantity or use
- Gebrauch
- Use; usage; the act of employing something
- Symbol
- Symbol; a sign representing an idea or concept
- Symbolik
- Symbolism; use of symbols to express meaning
- Glauben
- Faith; belief; religious conviction or trust
- wobei
- Whereby; in doing so; relative adverb of means
- besonderen
- Special; particular; adjective emphasizing distinctiveness
- Nachdruck
- Emphasis; stress; special importance placed on something
- Furcht
- Fear; dread; strong emotion of being afraid
- Gott
- God; the supreme divine being in religion
- legten
- Placed; laid; past tense plural of 'legen'
- vermittelt
- Conveyed; imparted; communicated or taught to someone
- Unterwerfung
- Submission; subjugation; act of yielding to authority
- versöhnten
- Reconciled; past tense of 'versöhnen', to make peace
- indem
- By; by doing; subordinating conjunction of means
- christlichen
- Christian; adjective relating to Christianity and its values
- Tugenden
- Virtues; plural of Tugend, moral qualities or merits
- Geduld
- Patience; the ability to wait calmly without complaint
- Demut
- Humility; modest view of oneself before others or God
- einprägten
- Instilled; impressed; past tense of 'einprägen', to imprint
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