destabilizing influence, seeing itself as the protector,

不稳定的影响力视自己为保护者
the mother of all of the Slav peoples,

为所有斯拉夫人的母亲
is a permanent force of destabilization in the austria-Hungarian Empire.

成为奥匈帝国永久性的隐患
Ironically, the guy who gets offed along with his wife,

讽刺的是那个和老婆一起完蛋的倒霉鬼
the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife,

费迪南大公和夫人
he was one of the more--he was a prejudiced figure in many ways,

他是他在很多方面都饱受偏见
but he was considered a moderate,

而他被认为是个温和派
because he believed that the South Slavs

因为他认为南斯拉夫
should have kind of a third status, possibly,

应该在某种意义上保持第三方的状态
along with Austria and Hungary

同奥匈帝国一同
within sort of a tripartite empire.

构成一个第三方帝国
Of course, he gets gunned down

当然结果他遇刺身亡