were fighting in Catalan,

用加泰罗尼亚语起义
in the Catalan language,

他们说加泰罗尼亚语
for a Jacobin view of the Left,

从雅各宾派的激进视角来看
held by the Left,

左派的观点认为
that would view their own language

他们的方言
as something antithetical to progress of the civilization

与文明的进步是对立的
that people thought was represented by the French language.

人们认为文明的进步以法语为象征
So, the question of timing here,

所以这里的关键是时间背景
you could argue that for this area here,

就此你可以说这一大片地区
which was extremely backward, though I hate that word

是非常落后的尽管我对这个词很反感
the Limousin,

利穆赞省
these departments here--you don't have to know the departments

这里的这些省份不一定要知道省的名字