The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 11
The soldier expended his strength and generally laid down his life on alien soil, leaving no fit successor of his own stock to carry on the work according to his standards.
Der Soldat verbrauchte seine Kraft und ließ im Allgemeinen sein Leben auf fremdem Boden, ohne einen geeigneten Nachfolger seines eigenen Stammes zu hinterlassen, der die Arbeit nach seinen Maßstäben fortführen konnte.
The priest under the celibate system, in its better days left no offspring at all and in the days of its corruption none bred and reared under the influences that make for social and political progress.
Der Priester unter dem Zölibatssystem hinterließ in seinen besseren Tagen überhaupt keine Nachkommen, und in den Tagen seiner Korruption wurden keine unter den Einflüssen aufgezogen und großgezogen, die den sozialen und politischen Fortschritt fördern.
The dark chambers of the Inquisition stifled all advance in thought, so the civilization and the culture of Spain, as well as her political system, settled into rigid forms to await only the inevitable process of stagnation and decay.
Die dunklen Kammern der Inquisition erstickten jeden gedanklichen Fortschritt, so dass die Zivilisation und die Kultur Spaniens sowie ihr politisches System in starre Formen verfielen, um nur den unvermeidlichen Prozess der Stagnation und des Verfalls abzuwarten.
In her proudest hour an old soldier, who had lost one of his hands fighting her battles against the Turk at Lepanto, employed the other in writing the masterpiece of her literature, which is really a caricature of the nation.
In ihrer stolzesten Stunde verwendete ein alter Soldat, der eine seiner Hände im Kampf für sie gegen die Türken bei Lepanto verloren hatte, die andere zum Schreiben des Meisterwerks ihrer Literatur, das in Wirklichkeit eine Karikatur der Nation ist.
There is much in the career of Spain that calls to mind the dazzling beauty of her "dark-glancing daughters," with its early bloom, its startling--almost morbid--brilliance, and its premature decay.
Es gibt vieles in der Geschichte Spaniens, das an die blendende Schönheit ihrer „dunkeläugigen Töchter" erinnert, mit ihrer frühen Blüte, ihrem verblüffenden – fast krankhaften – Glanz und ihrem vorzeitigen Verfall.
Vocabulary
- Soldat
- A person who serves in an army; soldier.
- verbrauchte
- Used up, consumed (past tense of verbrauchen).
- Kraft
- Strength, power, energy, or force.
- ließ
- Left, allowed (past tense of lassen).
- Allgemeinen
- In general, generally, on the whole.
- Leben
- Life; existence or way of living.
- fremdem
- Foreign, strange, unfamiliar (dative adjective).
- Boden
- Ground, soil, earth, or floor.
- geeigneten
- Suitable, appropriate, fitting (accusative adjective).
- Nachfolger
- Successor, heir, or follower.
- eigenen
- Own (genitive adjective).
- Stammes
- Tribe, clan, or stock (genitive).
- hinterlassen
- To leave behind, bequeath, or leave for posterity.
- Arbeit
- Work, labor, job, or task.
- Maßstäben
- Standards, measures, criteria (dative plural).
- fortführen
- To continue, carry on, pursue further.
- Priester
- Priest, a member of the clergy.
- Zölibatssystem
- Celibacy system, vow of celibacy for clergy.
- hinterließ
- Left behind, bequeathed (past tense of hinterlassen).
- besseren
- Better (dative or accusative adjective).
- überhaupt
- At all, in general, on the whole.
- Nachkommen
- Descendants, offspring, progeny.
- Korruption
- Corruption, dishonesty, or moral decay.
- Einflüssen
- Influences (dative plural of Einfluss).
- aufgezogen
- Raised, brought up, reared (past participle).
- großgezogen
- Raised, brought up, nurtured (past participle).
- sozialen
- Social (dative or accusative adjective).
- politischen
- Political (dative or accusative adjective).
- Fortschritt
- Progress, advancement, development.
- fördern
- To promote, encourage, advance, or support.
- dunklen
- Dark, gloomy (plural or dative adjective).
- Kammern
- Chambers, rooms (plural of Kammer).
- Inquisition
- Inquisition, formal inquiry or investigation into heresy.
- erstickten
- Suffocated, choked, stifled (past tense).
- gedanklichen
- Intellectual, thoughtful (dative or accusative adjective).
- Zivilisation
- Civilization, advanced stage of human social development.
- Kultur
- Culture, arts, customs, or way of life.
- Spaniens
- Spain's (genitive form of Spanien).
- sowie
- As well as, and also (conjunction).
- politisches
- Political (neuter singular nominative adjective).
- System
- System, organized procedure or structure.
- starre
- Rigid, stiff, inflexible (adjective).
- Formen
- Forms, shapes, or structures (plural).
- verfielen
- Fell into decay, declined (past tense).
- unvermeidlichen
- Inevitable, unavoidable (dative or accusative adjective).
- Prozess
- Process, procedure, or court case.
- Stagnation
- Stagnation, state of no growth or development.
- Verfalls
- Decay, decline, deterioration (genitive).
- abzuwarten
- To wait for, await (infinitive).
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