The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 14
Native levies had fought loyally under Spanish leadership against Dutch and British invaders, or in suppressing local revolts among their own people, which were always due to some specific grievance, never directed definitely against the Spanish sovereignty.
現地の徴募兵たちは、オランダおよびイギリスの侵略者に対して、あるいは自国民の間に起きた地域的反乱を鎮圧するにあたって、スペインの指導のもとで忠実に戦ってきた。そうした反乱は常に何らかの具体的な不満に起因するものであり、スペインの主権に対して明確に向けられたものでは決してなかった。
The Philippines were shut off from contact with any country but Spain, and even this communication was restricted and carefully guarded.
フィリピンはスペイン以外のいかなる国との接触も遮断されており、そのスペインとの交流でさえも制限され、厳重に管理されていた。
There was an elaborate central government which, however, hardly touched the life of the native peoples, who were guided and governed by the parish priests, each town being in a way an independent entity.
精巧な中央政府が存在していたが、それはほとんど現地民の生活に触れることがなく、現地民は教区司祭によって導かれ統治されており、各町はある意味で独立した存在であった。
Of this halcyon period, just before the process of disintegration began, there has fortunately been left a record which may be characterized as the most notable Spanish literary production relating to the Philippines, being the calm, sympathetic, judicial account of one who had spent his manhood in the work there and who, full of years and experience, sat down to tell the story of their life.
この平和な時代について、崩壊の過程が始まる直前に、幸いにもフィリピンに関するスペイン文学の中で最も注目すべき作品と評することのできる記録が残されている。それは、そこでの仕事に壮年期を捧げ、豊かな年月と経験を積んだ人物が、その生活の物語を語るために筆を執った、冷静で共感に満ちた公正な記述である。
[4] In it there are no puerile whinings, no querulous curses that tropical Malays do not order their lives as did the people of the Spanish village where he may have been reared, no selfish laments of ingratitude over blessings unasked and only imperfectly understood by the natives, no fatuous self-deception as to the real conditions, but a patient consideration of the difficulties encountered, the good accomplished, and the unavoidable evils incident to any human work.
〔4〕その中には、幼稚な泣き言もなく、熱帯のマレー人が彼の育ったであろうスペインの村の人々のように生活を営まないことへの不平がましい罵りもなく、求められてもいない恩恵に対して現地民がただ不完全にしか理解していないことを嘆く身勝手な不満もなく、実際の状況についての愚かな自己欺瞞もない。あるのはただ、直面した困難、成し遂げられた善意ある行い、そしていかなる人間の営みにも避けがたく伴う弊害についての、忍耐強い考察である。
Vocabulary
- 現地
- genchi — Local area; on-site location or place.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or living beings.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating sentence subject.
- オランダ
- Oranda — The Netherlands; Dutch country in Western Europe.
- および
- oyobi — And; as well as; used to connect items formally.
- イギリス
- Igirisu — The United Kingdom; Britain.
- 侵略者
- shinryakusha — Invader; aggressor who attacks another territory.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, target, or location.
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in relation to something.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verbs or clauses.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (for inanimate things).
- 自国民
- jikokumin — One's own country's citizens or nationals.
- 間
- aida / ma — Between; among; interval of time or space.
- 起き
- oki — To occur; to happen; to arise.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker.
- 地域的
- chiikiteki — Regional; relating to a specific local area.
- 反乱
- hanran — Rebellion; revolt against authority or government.
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- 鎮圧
- chin'atsu — Suppression; crushing a revolt or disturbance.
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.
- あたって
- atatte — When doing; at the time of; in regard to.
- スペイン
- Supein — Spain; country in southwestern Europe.
- 指導
- shidō — Leadership; guidance; direction of others.
- もと
- moto — Under; based on; beneath the authority of.
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means.
- 忠実
- chūjitsu — Faithful; loyal; devoted to a person or cause.
- 戦っ
- tatakatte — To fight; to battle; to struggle against.
- そう
- sō — So; that way; in that manner.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; also used as 'and.'
- 常に
- tsuneni — Always; constantly; at all times.
- 何らか
- naniraka — Some kind of; some sort of; certain unspecified thing.
- 具体的
- gutaiteki — Concrete; specific; tangible rather than abstract.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- 不満
- fuman — Dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint about something.
- 起因
- kiin — Cause; origin; rooted in a specific reason.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; matter; nominalizing expression.
- あり
- ari — There is/are; exists (literary form of ある).
- 主権
- shuken — Sovereignty; supreme authority over a territory.
- 明確
- meikaku — Clear; definite; unambiguous; well-defined.
- 向け
- muke — Directed toward; aimed at a specific target.
- られ
- rare — Passive voice auxiliary verb suffix.
- 決し
- kesshi — Never; absolutely not (used with negation).
- なかっ
- nakatte — Was not; did not exist (negative past form).
- フィリピン
- Firipin — The Philippines; Southeast Asian island nation.
- 以外
- igai — Other than; except for; besides.
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Any; whatever kind of; no matter what.
- 国
- kuni — Country; nation; state.
- と
- to — With; and; quotation particle; connecting particle.
- 接触
- sesshoku — Contact; touch; interaction with another party.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; emphatic inclusive particle.
- 遮断
- shadan — Blocking; cutting off; interrupting contact or flow.
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix; passive/causative form element.
- れ
- re — Passive verb ending element.
- おり
- ori — Being; existing (humble/literary form of いる).
- その
- sono — That; the aforementioned (demonstrative adjective).
- 交流
- kōryū — Exchange; interaction; cultural or social contact.
- さえ
- sae — Even; as long as; limiting emphasis particle.
- 制限
- seigen — Restriction; limitation; constraint on activity.
- 厳重
- genjū — Strict; severe; rigorous enforcement or control.
- 管理
- kanri — Management; administration; control over something.
- い
- i — Verb ending for いる (to be/exist, animate).
- 精巧
- seikō — Elaborate; intricate; finely crafted or constructed.
- 中央
- chūō — Central; center; middle of an area or organization.
- 政府
- seifu — Government; administrative authority of a state.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle; also contrast marker.
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; presence; being something or someone.
- それ
- sore — That; it; referring to previously mentioned thing.
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; mostly; hardly; the greater part.
- 現地民
- genchiMin — Indigenous locals; people native to the area.
- 生活
- seikatsu — Daily life; livelihood; way of living.
- 触れる
- fureru — To touch; to come into contact with something.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases.
- なく
- naku — Without; not having (negative conjunctive form).
- 教区
- kyōku — Parish; ecclesiastical district under a priest.
- 司祭
- shisai — Priest; ordained religious minister or clergyman.
- よっ
- yotte — By means of; through; due to (by/via).
- 導か
- michibikarete — To be led; to be guided by someone.
- 統治
- tōchi — Governance; rule; administration of a territory.
- 各
- kaku — Each; every; respective (prefix for nouns).
- 町
- machi — Town; city block; neighborhood district.
- 意味
- imi — Meaning; significance; sense of a word.
- 独立
- dokuritsu — Independence; autonomy; standing on one's own.
- あっ
- atte — Being; existing (conjunctive form of ある).
- この
- kono — This; the following (near demonstrative adjective).
- 平和
- heiwa — Peace; tranquility; absence of war or conflict.
- 時代
- jidai — Era; age; period of time in history.
- つい
- tsui — Eventually; at last; unintentionally; just now.
- 崩壊
- hōkai — Collapse; disintegration; breakdown of a system.
- 過程
- katei — Process; course; stages of development or change.
- 始まる
- hajimaru — To begin; to start; to commence.
- 直前
- chokuzen — Just before; immediately prior to an event.
- 幸い
- saiwai — Fortunately; luckily; a blessing or good fortune.
- 関する
- kansuru — To relate to; to concern; to be about.
- 文学
- bungaku — Literature; written works of artistic or intellectual value.
- 中
- naka / chū — Inside; among; in the middle of.
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; extremely; the highest degree of something.
- 注目
- chūmoku — Attention; notice; drawing focus to something.
- す
- su — Shortened form of する (to do).
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation.
- 作品
- sakuhin — Work; piece; artistic or literary creation.
- 評する
- hyōsuru — To evaluate; to critique; to comment on something.
- でき
- deki — Can; to be able to; possible.
- る
- ru — Present/dictionary form verb ending.
- 記録
- kiroku — Record; documentation; written account of events.
- 残さ
- nokosa — To leave behind; to preserve for the future.
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be (for animate beings).
- そこ
- soko — There; that place; referring to nearby location.
- 仕事
- shigoto — Work; job; occupation; task to be done.
- 捧げ
- sasage — To dedicate; to offer; to devote to a cause.
- 豊か
- yutaka — Rich; abundant; plentiful; full of something.
- 年月
- toshitsuki — Years and months; a long passage of time.
- 経験
- keiken — Experience; personal knowledge gained through practice.
- 積ん
- tsunde — To accumulate; to stack up; to pile experience.
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of です (to be).
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person; character; notable individual figure.
- 物語
- monogatari — Story; tale; narrative account of events.
- 語る
- kataru — To tell; to narrate; to speak about something.
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; in order to; for sake.
- 筆
- fude — Brush; pen; writing instrument; writing itself.
- 執っ
- totte — To take up; to pick up a writing instrument.
- 冷静
- reisei — Calm; composed; cool-headed and rational.
- 共感
- kyōkan — Empathy; sympathy; shared emotional understanding.
- 満ち
- michi — Full of; filled with; brimming with something.
- 公正
- kōsei — Fair; just; impartial treatment or judgment.
- 記述
- kijutsu — Description; written account; documentation of facts.
- 幼稚
- yōchi — Childish; immature; naive and undeveloped thinking.
- 泣き言
- nakigoto — Complaint; whining; tearful self-pitying words.
- 熱帯
- nettai — Tropics; tropical region near the equator.
- マレー
- Marē — Malay; relating to the Malay people or region.
- 人
- hito / jin — Person; human being; individual.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; that male person.
- 育っ
- sodatte — To grow up; to be raised in an environment.
- あろう
- arō — Probably is; conjecture form of ある (to be).
- 村
- mura — Village; small rural community or settlement.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various individuals; folks of a community.
- よう
- yō — Like; as if; in the manner of; it seems.
- 営ま
- itonama — To conduct; to carry on a life or business.
- ない
- nai — Not; negative adjective or auxiliary.
- へ
- e — Toward; in the direction of (directional particle).
- 求め
- motome — To seek; to request; to demand something.
- いない
- inai — Not present; does not exist (animate negative).
- 恩恵
- onkei — Benefit; blessing; favor received from another.
- ただ
- tada — Only; merely; just; simply.
- 不完全
- fukanzen — Imperfect; incomplete; deficient in some way.
- しか
- shika — Only; nothing but (used with negative verb).
- 理解
- rikai — Understanding; comprehension; grasping meaning.
- 嘆く
- nageku — To lament; to grieve; to express deep sorrow.
- 身勝手
- migatte — Selfish; self-centered; acting only for oneself.
- 実際
- jissai — In reality; actually; practical truth of matters.
- 状況
- jōkyō — Situation; circumstances; current state of affairs.
- 愚か
- oroka — Foolish; stupid; lacking good sense or judgment.
- 自己
- jiko — Self; oneself; one's own identity.
- 直面
- chokumen — To face directly; to confront a difficult situation.
- 困難
- konnan — Difficulty; hardship; challenging obstacle to overcome.
- 成し遂げ
- nashitoge — To accomplish; to achieve; to carry through successfully.
- 善意
- zen'i — Good intentions; goodwill; benevolent purpose.
- 行い
- okonai — Conduct; action; deeds performed by a person.
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; humanity; human nature broadly.
- 営み
- itonami — Activity; endeavor; the conduct of human life.
- 避け
- sake — To avoid; to evade; to keep away from.
- がたく
- gataku — Difficult to; hard to (negative potential suffix).
- 伴う
- tomonau — To accompany; to involve; to come together with.
- 弊害
- heigai — Harmful effect; evil; negative side effect or consequence.
- 忍耐
- nintai — Patience; endurance; bearing hardship without complaint.
- 強い
- tsuyoi / tsuyoi — Strong; powerful; intense; robust in character.
- 考察
- kōsatsu — Consideration; thoughtful examination; careful inquiry.
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