The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 3
The lightness and vivacity of the Spanish character, with its strain of Orientalism, its fertility of resource in meeting new conditions, its adaptability in dealing with the dwellers in warmer lands, all played their part in this as in the other conquests.
La légèreté et la vivacité du caractère espagnol, avec sa tendance à l'orientalisme, sa fertilité de ressources face aux nouvelles situations, son adaptabilité dans ses relations avec les habitants des terres plus chaudes, jouèrent toutes leur rôle dans cette conquête comme dans les autres.
Only on occasions when some stubborn resistance was met with, as in Manila and the surrounding country, where the most advanced of the native peoples dwelt and where some of the forms and beliefs of Islam had been established, was it necessary to resort to violence to destroy the native leaders and replace them with the missionary fathers.
Ce n'est que dans les cas où une résistance opiniâtre se manifestait, comme à Manille et dans les régions environnantes, où vivaient les peuples indigènes les plus avancés et où certaines formes et croyances de l'islam s'étaient établies, qu'il fut nécessaire de recourir à la violence pour éliminer les chefs indigènes et les remplacer par des pères missionnaires.
A few sallies by young Salcedo, the Cortez of the Philippine conquest, with a company of the splendid infantry, which was at that time the admiration and despair of martial Europe, soon effectively exorcised any idea of resistance that even the boldest and most intransigent of the native leaders might have entertained.
Quelques sorties du jeune Salcedo, le Cortez de la conquête des Philippines, à la tête d'une compagnie de la splendide infanterie qui était alors l'admiration et le désespoir de l'Europe guerrière, suffirent à dissiper rapidement et efficacement toute velléité de résistance que même les plus hardis et les plus intransigeants des chefs indigènes auraient pu nourrir.
For the most part, no great persuasion was needed to turn a simple, imaginative, fatalistic people from a few vague animistic deities to the systematic iconology and the elaborate ritual of the Spanish Church.
En grande partie, il ne fallut guère de persuasion pour détourner un peuple simple, imaginatif et fataliste de quelques divinités animistes vagues afin de le rallier à l'iconologie systématique et au rituel élaboré de l'Église espagnole.
An obscure _Bathala_ or a dim _Malyari_ was easily superseded by or transformed into a clearly defined _Dios_, and in the case of any especially tenacious "demon," he could without much difficulty be merged into a Christian saint or devil.
Un obscur _Bathala_ ou un vague _Malyari_ était facilement supplanté ou transformé en un _Dios_ clairement défini, et dans le cas d'un « démon » particulièrement tenace, il pouvait sans grande difficulté être assimilé à un saint ou à un diable chrétien.
Vocabulary
- légèreté
- Lightness or frivolity of manner or character
- vivacité
- Liveliness, energy, or quickness of spirit
- caractère
- Character, personality, or distinctive nature
- espagnol
- Relating to Spain or the Spanish people
- tendance
- Tendency or inclination toward something
- orientalisme
- Fascination with or imitation of Eastern cultures
- fertilité
- Fertility or richness of ideas and resources
- ressources
- Resources, means, or capabilities available
- face
- In the expression 'face à', meaning 'faced with'
- situations
- Situations or circumstances one encounters
- adaptabilité
- Ability to adapt to different circumstances
- relations
- Relations or interactions between people
- habitants
- Inhabitants or residents of a place
- terres
- Lands, territories, or earth regions
- chaudes
- Warm or hot, feminine plural adjective
- jouèrent
- Played (past tense), as in played a role
- rôle
- Role or part played in an event
- conquête
- Conquest or the act of conquering territory
- cas
- Case or instance of a particular situation
- résistance
- Resistance or opposition to a force or authority
- opiniâtre
- Stubborn, persistent, or doggedly determined
- manifestait
- Was manifesting or showing itself clearly
- Manille
- Manila, the capital city of the Philippines
- régions
- Regions or geographical areas of a territory
- environnantes
- Surrounding areas or neighboring regions nearby
- vivaient
- Were living, imperfect tense of 'vivre'
- peuples
- Peoples or nations with shared culture
- indigènes
- Indigenous or native to a particular region
- avancés
- Advanced or developed in cultural terms
- formes
- Forms, shapes, or types of something
- croyances
- Beliefs or religious or cultural convictions
- islam
- Islam, the monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad
- établies
- Established or settled firmly in a place
- nécessaire
- Necessary or required in a given situation
- recourir
- To resort to or have recourse to something
- violence
- Violence or use of physical force harmfully
- éliminer
- To eliminate or remove someone from power
- chefs
- Chiefs, leaders, or heads of a group
- remplacer
- To replace or substitute one thing for another
- pères
- Fathers or, in religious context, missionaries
- missionnaires
- Missionaries sent to spread religious beliefs abroad
- Quelques
- A few or several, used before plural nouns
- sorties
- Sorties or military excursions into enemy territory
- Philippines
- The Philippines, an archipelago in Southeast Asia
- tête
- Head or, in expressions, at the front of
- compagnie
- Company or military unit of soldiers
- splendide
- Splendid, magnificent, or impressively excellent
- infanterie
- Infantry or foot soldiers in an army
- alors
- Then or at that time in a narrative
- admiration
- Admiration or great respect and wonderment
- désespoir
- Despair or complete loss of hope
- guerrière
- Warlike or relating to warfare and combat
- suffirent
- Sufficed or were enough, simple past tense
- dissiper
- To dissipate or dispel something like doubt
- rapidement
- Rapidly or quickly in manner or execution
- efficacement
- Effectively or efficiently achieving a desired result
- velléité
- Faint wish or half-hearted intention to act
- même
- Even or same, used for emphasis
- hardis
- Bold, daring, or audacious in character
- intransigeants
- Intransigent or uncompromisingly stubborn in position
- nourrir
- To nourish or harbor thoughts and intentions
- partie
- Part or portion of something larger
- fallut
- Was necessary, simple past of 'falloir'
- guère
- Hardly or scarcely, a negative adverb
- persuasion
- Persuasion or convincing someone through argument
- détourner
- To divert or turn away from something
- peuple
- A people or nation with shared identity
- simple
- Simple, plain, or uncomplicated in nature
- imaginatif
- Imaginative or having a creative, inventive mind
- fataliste
- Fatalistic, believing events are predetermined and inevitable
- quelques
- A few or some, used with plural nouns
- divinités
- Divinities or divine beings worshipped by people
- animistes
- Animist, relating to belief that all things have spirits
- vagues
- Vague or unclear in definition or form
- afin
- In order to, used to express purpose
- rallier
- To rally or win over to a cause
- iconologie
- Iconology, the study of religious images and symbols
- systématique
- Systematic or organized in a methodical way
- rituel
- Ritual or prescribed set of religious practices
- élaboré
- Elaborate or highly developed and detailed
- Église
- Church or the institution of the Christian church
- espagnole
- Spanish, feminine adjective referring to Spain
- obscur
- Obscure or unknown and not widely recognized
- vague
- Vague or imprecise and lacking clear definition
- facilement
- Easily or without difficulty or effort
- supplanté
- Supplanted or replaced by something more dominant
- transformé
- Transformed or changed into a different form
- clairement
- Clearly or in a clear and evident manner
- défini
- Defined or precisely described and outlined
- démon
- Demon or evil supernatural being in mythology
- particulièrement
- Particularly or especially in a notable way
- tenace
- Tenacious or stubbornly persistent and hard to remove
- difficulté
- Difficulty or something hard to do or understand
- assimilé
- Assimilated or absorbed into a larger cultural framework
- saint
- Saint or holy person venerated in Christianity
- diable
- Devil or the embodiment of evil in Christianity
- chrétien
- Christian, relating to the religion of Christianity
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