The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 13
In the countries more in contact with the trend of civilization and more susceptible to revolutionary influences from the mother country this separation came from within, while in the remoter parts the archaic and outgrown system dragged along until a stronger force from without destroyed it.
In den Ländern, die stärker mit dem Fortschritt der Zivilisation in Berührung standen und empfänglicher für revolutionäre Einflüsse aus dem Mutterland waren, kam diese Trennung von innen heraus, während in den abgelegeneren Gebieten das archaische und überholte System weiter vor sich hin schleppte, bis eine stärkere Kraft von außen es zerstörte.
Nowhere was the crystallization of form and principle more pronounced than in religious life, which fastened upon the mother country a deadening weight that hampered all progress, and in the colonies, notably in the Philippines, virtually converted her government into a hagiarchy that had its face toward the past and either could not or would not move with the current of the times.
Nirgendwo war die Kristallisierung von Form und Prinzip ausgeprägter als im religiösen Leben, das dem Mutterland ein lähmendes Gewicht aufbürdete, das jeden Fortschritt hemmte, und das in den Kolonien, insbesondere auf den Philippinen, ihre Regierung praktisch in eine Hagiarchie verwandelte, die ihr Gesicht der Vergangenheit zuwandte und sich entweder nicht oder nicht mit dem Lauf der Zeit bewegen wollte.
In the opening years of the nineteenth century the friar orders in the Philippines had reached the apogee of their power and usefulness.
In den Anfangsjahren des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts hatten die Mönchsorden auf den Philippinen den Höhepunkt ihrer Macht und Nützlichkeit erreicht.
Their influence was everywhere felt and acknowledged, while the country still prospered under the effects of the vigorous and progressive administrations of Anda and Vargas in the preceding century.
Ihr Einfluss war überall zu spüren und wurde anerkannt, während das Land noch immer unter den Auswirkungen der kraftvollen und fortschrittlichen Verwaltungen von Anda und Vargas im vorangegangenen Jahrhundert gedieh.
Vocabulary
- In
- In, within, during a period of time
- den
- The (accusative plural or dative plural article)
- Ländern
- Countries, lands, regions
- die
- The (feminine singular or plural article)
- stärker
- Stronger, more intensely, to a greater degree
- mit
- With, by means of, accompanied by
- dem
- The (dative singular article)
- Fortschritt
- Progress, advancement, development forward
- der
- The (feminine singular or genitive article)
- Zivilisation
- Civilization, advanced state of society
- Berührung
- Contact, touch, coming into contact with
- standen
- Stood, were in a particular condition
- und
- And, plus, also
- für
- For, intended for, on behalf of
- revolutionäre
- Revolutionary, relating to revolution or radical change
- Einflüsse
- Influences, effects, impacts on something
- aus
- From, out of, made from material
- Mutterland
- Motherland, homeland, country of origin
- waren
- Were, goods, merchandise for sale
- kam
- Came, arrived, occurred as result
- diese
- This, these, that one there
- Trennung
- Separation, division, splitting apart
- von
- Of, from, by (passive voice)
- innen
- From within, inside, from interior
- heraus
- Out, out from, forth from inside
- während
- During, while, whereas, at same time
- abgelegeneren
- More remote, more isolated, farther away
- Gebieten
- Regions, areas, territories, districts
- das
- The (neuter singular article)
- archaische
- Archaic, ancient, primitive, outdated
- überholte
- Outdated, superseded, overtaken, passed
- System
- System, organized procedure, structure
- weiter
- Further, more, additionally, continuing
- vor
- Before, in front of, ago
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself, themselves
- hin
- There, thither, away, along
- schleppte
- Dragged, trudged, moved slowly and heavily
- bis
- Until, till, up to point
- eine
- A, an, one (feminine singular)
- stärkere
- Stronger, more powerful, more intense
- Kraft
- Force, power, strength, energy
- außen
- Outside, outward, on outside
- es
- It, that, this thing
- zerstörte
- Destroyed, ruined, demolished, wrecked
- Nirgendwo
- Nowhere, not anywhere, in no place
- war
- Was, existed in past tense
- Form
- Form, shape, appearance, structure
- Prinzip
- Principle, fundamental rule, basic law
- ausgeprägter
- More pronounced, more marked, more distinct
- als
- Than, as, like, when
- im
- In the, in a (contraction)
- religiösen
- Religious, relating to religion or faith
- Leben
- Life, existence, living beings, lifetime
- ein
- A, an, one (neuter/masculine)
- lähmendes
- Paralyzing, crippling, making unable to act
- Gewicht
- Weight, heaviness, importance, significance
- aufbürdete
- Imposed, burdened, placed burden upon
- jeden
- Everyone, every, each one, anybody
- hemmte
- Inhibited, hindered, restrained, impeded
- Kolonien
- Colonies, colonial territories, settlements
- insbesondere
- In particular, especially, particularly, notably
- auf
- On, upon, at, up on
- ihre
- Their, her, its (possessive pronoun)
- Regierung
- Government, administration, rule, governing
- praktisch
- Practically, virtually, in practice, nearly
- verwandelte
- Transformed, converted, changed into something
- ihr
- Her, its, their (possessive or dative)
- Gesicht
- Face, appearance, look, expression
- Vergangenheit
- Past, history, bygone times
- zuwandte
- Turned toward, devoted to, directed toward
- entweder
- Either, one or other of two
- nicht
- Not, no, negation of statement
- oder
- Or, otherwise, either one or other
- Lauf
- Course, progress, flow, passage
- Zeit
- Time, period, era, season
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