Translator Reviews ( English → Japanese )

English

The impact of village elections cannot be denied. Elections, however, have not
done away with several constraints that continue to impede democratic rule.
Members of village committees may win their position through the ballot box, but
once they gain office they still must take into account (and often compete with)
township governments, village Party branches, and social forces, such as clans,
religious organizations, and criminal gangs. In an ongoing struggle for power and
legitimacy, tensions often arise between village committees and officials at the lowest
rung of the state hierarchy, Party organs that remain the locus of power in a village,
and societal groupings that possess their own sources of authority.

Japanese

村での選挙の影響は否定できない。しかし民主主義のルールを妨げるいくつかの制約を廃止していない。村の委員会のメンバーは投票箱により、立場を勝ち得るかもしれない、だが、事務所を手に入れたら郷政府、村の党支部、氏族や宗教団体や犯罪集団といった社会勢力を考慮に入れなければならない（しばしばこれらの組織と競合する）。権力や正当性の闘争において、村の委員会の中核を担う、立場の弱い役人や、権力の根源を持っている派閥とのあいだで緊張は続いている。