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.
文明の趨勢とより密接に接触し、母国からの革命的影響をより受けやすい国々では、この分離は内部から生じた一方、より遠隔の地域では、時代遅れで旧態依然とした制度が、外部からのより強力な力がそれを破壊するまで引きずられ続けた。
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.
形式と原則の結晶化が宗教生活においてほど顕著であった場所は他になく、それは母国にあらゆる進歩を妨げる麻痺的な重荷を課し、植民地において、とりわけフィリピンにおいては、その統治を事実上、過去に顔を向け、時代の流れとともに動くことができないか、あるいは動こうとしない聖人支配体制へと変えてしまった。
So, when "the shot heard round the world," the declaration of humanity's right to be and to become, in its all-encircling sweep, reached the lands controlled by her it was coldly received and blindly rejected by the governing powers, and there was left only the slower, subtler, but none the less sure, process of working its way among the people to burst in time in rebellion and the destruction of the conservative forces that would repress it.
そのため、「世界中に響き渡った一発の銃声」、すなわち人類の存在し発展する権利の宣言が、その包括的な広がりをもって彼女の支配する土地に到達したとき、それは統治権力によって冷淡に受け取られ、盲目的に拒絶された。そして残されたのは、より遅く、より巧みではあるが、それでも確実な、民衆の間に浸透し、やがて反乱として、またそれを抑圧しようとする保守的な勢力の破壊として爆発するという過程のみであった。
In the opening years of the nineteenth century the friar orders in the Philippines had reached the apogee of their power and usefulness.
十九世紀の初頭、フィリピンにおける修道士会はその権力と有用性の絶頂に達していた。
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.
彼らの影響力はいたるところで感じられ、認められていた一方、国はなお、前世紀のアンダとバルガスによる精力的かつ進歩的な統治の効果のもとで繁栄していた。
Vocabulary
- 文明
- bunmei — Civilization; cultural and social advancement.
- 趨勢
- suusei — Trend; tendency; direction of movement.
- より
- yori — Than; from; by means of.
- 密接
- misssetsu — Close; intimate; closely connected relationship.
- 接触
- sesshoku — Contact; touch; coming into contact.
- 母国
- bokoku — Native country; homeland; motherland.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; made of.
- 革命
- kakumei — Revolution; radical change in society.
- 影響
- eikyou — Influence; effect; impact on something.
- 受け
- uke — Receive; accept; undergo; receive impact.
- やすい
- yasui — Easy; likely; prone to doing.
- 国々
- kuniguni — Countries; nations; various countries.
- この
- kono — This; this kind of; such.
- 分離
- bunri — Separation; division; splitting apart.
- 内部
- naibu — Interior; inside; internal portion.
- 生じ
- shooji — Occur; arise; be produced.
- 一方
- ippou — One side; one way; meanwhile; however.
- 遠隔
- enkaku — Remote; distant; far-off; distant place.
- 地域
- chiiki — Region; area; district; locality.
- 時代遅れ
- jidai okure — Outdated; obsolete; behind the times.
- 制度
- seido — System; institution; established procedure.
- 外部
- gaibu — Exterior; outside; external portion.
- 強力
- kyouryoku — Powerful; strong; potent; influential.
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing; that one.
- 破壊
- hakkai — Destruction; damage; ruin; break.
- する
- suru — Do; make; perform; carry out.
- まで
- made — Until; till; up to; as far as.
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continue; proceed; go on; maintain.
- 形式
- keishiki — Form; format; formality; procedure.
- 原則
- gensoku — Principle; rule; fundamental law.
- 宗教
- shuukyou — Religion; religious faith; belief system.
- 生活
- seikatsu — Life; living; livelihood; lifestyle.
- ほど
- hodo — Degree; extent; about; approximately.
- 顕著
- kenchakuteki — Prominent; conspicuous; remarkable; striking.
- 場所
- basho — Place; location; spot; area.
- なく
- naku — Not; without; lacks; absence of.
- あらゆる
- arayuru — All; every; all kinds of.
- 進歩
- shinpo — Progress; advancement; improvement; development.
- 妨げる
- samatageru — Obstruct; hinder; interfere; prevent.
- 麻痺
- mahi — Paralysis; numbness; dysfunction.
- 重荷
- omoni — Heavy load; burden; encumbrance.
- 植民地
- shokumin chi — Colony; colonized territory; colonial possession.
- とりわけ
- toriwake — Especially; particularly; in particular.
- フィリピン
- firipin — Philippines; Asian island nation.
- その
- sono — That; that kind of; such.
- 統治
- touji — Rule; govern; administration; governance.
- 事実上
- jijitsujou — In fact; actually; practically; de facto.
- 過去
- kako — Past; former time; bygone days.
- 向け
- muke — Directed at; intended for; facing.
- 時代
- jidai — Period; era; age; epoch; time.
- 流れ
- nagare — Flow; stream; current; trend.
- とも
- tomo — Both; together; even; as well.
- 動く
- ugoku — Move; act; function; operate.
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; circumstance.
- でき
- deki — Able; capable; can do; possible.
- ない
- nai — Not; no; without; absence of.
- ある
- aru — Exist; be; have; there is.
- 聖人
- seijin — Saint; holy person; sage; virtuous.
- 支配
- shihai — Rule; control; dominion; authority.
- 体制
- taisei — System; regime; order; establishment.
- 変え
- kae — Change; alter; transform; modify.
- そのため
- sono tame — For that reason; therefore; because of.
- 世界
- sekai — World; earth; universe; society.
- 一発
- ippatsui — One shot; single blow; one attempt.
- 銃声
- juusei — Sound of gunfire; gunshot; rifle shot.
- すなわち
- sunawachi — Namely; that is; in other words.
- 人類
- jinrui — Humanity; human race; mankind; people.
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; being; presence; entity.
- 発展
- hatten — Development; progress; growth; advancement.
- 権利
- kenri — Right; privilege; entitlement; authority.
- 宣言
- sengen — Declaration; proclamation; announcement; statement.
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