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.
スペイン人の気質の軽快さと活気、その東洋的な傾向、新しい状況に対処する際の豊かな機転、温暖な土地の住民と交わる際の適応力、これらすべてが、他の征服と同様にこの征服においても重要な役割を果たした。
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.
マニラおよびその周辺地域のように、最も文明の進んだ先住民が暮らし、イスラム教の形式や信仰の一部が根付いていた場所で頑強な抵抗に遭遇した際にのみ、先住民の指導者たちを排除して宣教師たちに置き換えるために暴力に訴える必要があった。
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.
フィリピン征服のコルテスとも称される若きサルセドが、当時の戦闘的なヨーロッパの羨望と絶望の的であった精鋭歩兵の一隊を率いて数度の出撃を行ったことで、最も大胆で頑固な先住民の指導者たちが抱いていたかもしれない抵抗の念はたちまち効果的に打ち砕かれた。
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.
概して、単純で想像力豊かな宿命論的な民衆を、漠然としたアニミズム的な神々への信仰から、スペイン教会の体系的な聖像崇拝と精緻な儀式へと転向させるためには、さほど大きな説得を必要としなかった。
An obscure _Bathala_ or a dim _Malyari_ was easily superseded by or transformed into a clearly defined _Dios_, and in the case of any especially tenacious "demon," he could without much difficulty be merged into a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.
曖昧な《バタラ》や薄ぼんやりとした《マリャリ》は、明確に定義された《ディオス》へと容易に取って代わられるか変容させられ、特に根強い「悪霊」の場合には、さほど困難なくキリスト教の聖人あるいは悪魔へと統合することができた。
Vocabulary
- スペイン人
- Supein-jin — A person from Spain; Spanish person.
- 気質
- kishitsu — Temperament; natural disposition or character.
- 軽快
- kaikkai — Light and cheerful; brisk and lively in manner.
- 活気
- kakki — Liveliness; vitality and energy in atmosphere.
- その
- sono — That; indicating something previously mentioned.
- 東洋
- tōyō — The Orient; Eastern Asia and related regions.
- 傾向
- keikō — Tendency; inclination toward a particular direction.
- 新しい
- atarashii — New; recently made or come into existence.
- 状況
- jōkyō — Situation; set of circumstances at given time.
- 対処
- taishoku — To cope with; deal or handle a situation.
- する
- suru — To do; basic action verb in Japanese.
- 豊か
- yutaka — Rich; abundant in quantity or quality.
- 機転
- kiten — Wit; quick thinking and resourcefulness.
- 温暖
- ondан — Warm; mild climate or temperature condition.
- 土地
- tochi — Land; ground or territory.
- 住民
- jūmin — Residents; people living in a place.
- 交わる
- majiwaru — To mix; mingle or interact with others.
- 適応
- tekiō — Adaptation; adjustment to new environment.
- これら
- kore-ra — These; plural form of this.
- すべて
- subete — All; everything or everyone.
- 征服
- seifuku — Conquest; subjugation of territory or people.
- 同様
- dōyō — Same; similarly or likewise.
- この
- kono — This; indicating something nearby or near.
- において
- oite — In; at a particular place or situation.
- 重要
- jūyō — Important; significant or essential.
- 役割
- yakuwari — Role; function or part played.
- 果たし
- hatashi — To fulfill; carry out or accomplish.
- および
- oyobi — And; together with or in addition.
- 周辺
- shūhen — Surroundings; area or periphery around something.
- 地域
- chiiki — Region; area or district.
- よう
- yō — Manner; way or style of doing.
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; to the greatest extent.
- 文明
- bunmei — Civilization; advanced society and culture.
- 進ん
- susun — To advance; progress forward.
- 先住民
- senjūmin — Indigenous people; aboriginal inhabitants.
- 暮らし
- kurashi — Life; manner or style of living.
- イスラム
- Isuramu — Islam; religious faith of Muslims.
- 形式
- keishiki — Form; style or format of something.
- 信仰
- shinkō — Faith; belief in religion or ideology.
- 一部
- ichibu — Part; portion or section of something.
- 根付い
- netsuitta — To take root; become established.
- 場所
- basho — Place; location or position.
- 頑強
- gankyō — Stubborn; tough and unyielding.
- 抵抗
- taikō — Resistance; opposition or defiance.
- 遭遇
- sōgū — To encounter; meet or come across.
- のみ
- nomi — Only; exclusively or just.
- 指導者
- shidōsha — Leader; person who guides others.
- たち
- tachi — Plural marker; group of people.
- 排除
- haijo — Exclusion; act of excluding or removing.
- 宣教師
- senkyōshi — Missionary; religious worker spreading faith.
- 置き換える
- okikaweru — To replace; substitute one thing for another.
- ため
- tame — For; purpose or reason.
- 暴力
- bōryoku — Violence; physical force causing harm.
- 訴える
- uttaeru — To appeal; make a request or claim.
- 必要
- hitsuyō — Necessary; required or essential.
- フィリピン
- Firipin — Philippines; island nation in Southeast Asia.
- 称さ
- shōsa — To call; name or designate.
- れる
- reru — Passive voice marker in Japanese.
- 若き
- wakami — Young; youthful or early in life.
- 当時
- tōji — At that time; during that period.
- 戦闘
- sentō — Battle; armed combat or warfare.
- ヨーロッパ
- Yōroppa — Europe; continent or European region.
- 羨望
- senbō — Envy; desire for another's possession.
- 絶望
- zetsubō — Despair; complete loss of hope.
- 精鋭
- seiei — Elite; best or most skilled members.
- 歩兵
- hohei — Infantry; soldiers fighting on foot.
- 一隊
- ittai — One unit; single group or squad.
- 率い
- shinaui — To lead; command or direct.
- 数度
- sūdo — Several times; multiple occasions.
- 出撃
- shugeki — Sortie; military expedition or attack.
- 行っ
- ita — To go; past tense of going.
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter or fact.
- 大胆
- daitan — Bold; courageous and daring action.
- 頑固
- ganko — Stubborn; obstinate or inflexible.
- 抱い
- idai — To hold; embrace or harbor feelings.
- かも
- kamo — Maybe; perhaps or might.
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