[ele]gíanle para regir a todos los mancebos y para castigarlos, y entonces se llamaba telpuchtlato. Y si ya era hombre valiente, y si en la guerra había cativado cuatro enemigo, elegíanle y nombrábanle tlacatécatl o tlacochcálcatl o cuauhtlato, los cuales regían y gobernaban el pueblo. O elegíanle por achcauhtli, que era como agora alguacil, y tenía vara gorda y prendía a los delincuentes y los ponía en la cárcel. Desta manera iban subiendo de grado en grado los mancebos que allí se criaban, y eran muy muchos los que se criaban en las casas de telpuchcalli, porque cada perrocha tenía quince o diez casas de telpuchcalli.
\nY la vida que tenían no era muy áspera. Y dormían todos juntos, cada uno apartado del otro, en cada casa de telpuchcalli. Y castigaban al que no iba a dormir en estas casas. Y comían en sus casas proprias.
\nIban todos juntos a trabajar dondequiera que tenían obra, a hacer barro, o paredes, o maizal, o zanja, o acequia. Para hacer estos trabajos iban todos juntos, o se repartían, o iban todos juntos a tomar y traer leña
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"f7d7c65a-8da1-4edb-af54-0a2ba1b8c8ad","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"they would appoint him to rule over all the young men and to punish them; and then he was called a _telpochtlahtoh_. And if he was already a brave man and he had captured four enemies in battle, they would appoint him and name him _tlacateccatl_ or _tlacochcalcatl_ or _cuauhtlahtoh_, [all of] who ruled and governed the people. Or they would appoint him as an _achcauhtli_, who was what we now call an _alguacil_; and he would carry a big staff, arrest the criminals, and put them in jail. In this way, the young men who grew up there would keep rising in rank; and a great many of them grew up in the _telpochcalli_ houses, because each ward had ten or fifteen [different] _telpochalli_ houses.\n\nAnd the life that they had was not too rough. And in each _telpochcalli_ house, they would all sleep together—but each separate from one another. And they would punish whoever did not got to these houses to sleep. And they would eat in their own homes.\n\nAll of them would go to work together wherever there was a project, either making clay or [building] walls or [working] in the maize fields or [digging] ditches or [building] canals. They would all go together to perform these tasks, or else they were divided up [into work teams]. Or else they would all go together to gather the firewood","html":"they would appoint him to rule over all the young men and to punish them; and then he was called a telpochtlahtoh. And if he was already a brave man and he had captured four enemies in battle, they would appoint him and name him tlacateccatl or tlacochcalcatl or cuauhtlahtoh, [all of] who ruled and governed the people. Or they would appoint him as an achcauhtli, who was what we now call an alguacil; and he would carry a big staff, arrest the criminals, and put them in jail. In this way, the young men who grew up there would keep rising in rank; and a great many of them grew up in the telpochcalli houses, because each ward had ten or fifteen [different] telpochalli houses.
\nAnd the life that they had was not too rough. And in each telpochcalli house, they would all sleep together—but each separate from one another. And they would punish whoever did not got to these houses to sleep. And they would eat in their own homes.
\nAll of them would go to work together wherever there was a project, either making clay or [building] walls or [working] in the maize fields or [digging] ditches or [building] canals. They would all go together to perform these tasks, or else they were divided up [into work teams]. Or else they would all go together to gather the firewood
\n","citation_key":"citation_garagarza","citation":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]}}],"nahuatl_col":[{"id":"5724999b-5a66-4c7e-a9cc-a060f270c24b","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl transcription"],"es":["transcripción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["Nahuatl"],"es":["Náhuatl"]},"language_code":"nci","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"niman tocaiotilo Telpuchtlato, qujncenpachoa, qujncētlatalhuja im ixqujchtin telpupuchtin, in ce tlatlacoa, iehoatl quitlatzontequilia, q͗ntlatzontequilia, qujntlatlalilia, quichioa Justicia: \n\nauh intla oquichti intla navi mani, vncan quiça in tlacatecatl, in tlacochcalcatl, in quauhtlato: auh no vncan quiça, in quilhuja achcauhtli, yn axcan ipan povi, ipan momati in alguaçil, in topile, ca no intotopil catca, yoan in ça ie iehoantin in onteilpiaia, in quauhcalco ontetlaliaia, \n\nyxquich y, in jnpauetziliz, in inpauechiliz in telpupuchti. \n\nauh injn nemiliztli amo çan quexquichtin in ipan nenca, in ipan mooapaoaia, amo çã tlapoalti in motocaiotiaia telpupuchti, ipampa ca çan njmã amo tecoco in jnnemiliz in telpupuchti, ca in oc pipiltotonti, vncan cencochi in quilhuja telpuchcali vncan cemonoque. \n\nauh","html":"niman tocaiotilo Telpuchtlato, qujncenpachoa, qujncētlatalhuja im ixqujchtin telpupuchtin, in ce tlatlacoa, iehoatl quitlatzontequilia, q͗ntlatzontequilia, qujntlatlalilia, quichioa Justicia:
\nauh intla oquichti intla navi mani, vncan quiça in tlacatecatl, in tlacochcalcatl, in quauhtlato: auh no vncan quiça, in quilhuja achcauhtli, yn axcan ipan povi, ipan momati in alguaçil, in topile, ca no intotopil catca, yoan in ça ie iehoantin in onteilpiaia, in quauhcalco ontetlaliaia,
\nyxquich y, in jnpauetziliz, in inpauechiliz in telpupuchti.
\nauh injn nemiliztli amo çan quexquichtin in ipan nenca, in ipan mooapaoaia, amo çã tlapoalti in motocaiotiaia telpupuchti, ipampa ca çan njmã amo tecoco in jnnemiliz in telpupuchti, ca in oc pipiltotonti, vncan cencochi in quilhuja telpuchcali vncan cemonoque.
\nauh
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"b710fbed-f94e-4ab1-9541-07a94b0beaaf","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"then he was named a *telpochtlato* (ruler of youths). He governed them all; he represented all the youths. If one harmed anything, he judged him, he sentenced him, he corrected him. He dealt justice.\n\nAnd if he became a [brave] man, if he was a captor of four [captives], from there issued the commanding general,[^3] the general,[^4] the leader.[^5] And also from there issued the one they called *achcauhtli* (constable),[^6] who today is the equal, the equivalent, of the *alguacil*, the staff-bearer, for also [in times past] there were there staves, and it was just these who arrested one, who confined one.\n\nThese were all the honors, the preferments, of the youths.\n\nAnd in this way of life, only few showed understanding, educated themselves in it. Innumerable were those called youths, because in no way was the life of youths harsh. When yet small boys, there they slept together in what they called the young men’s house. There they lived all together.\n\nAnd \n\n\n\n\n[^3]: Cf. Anderson and Dibble, *Book II*, p. 114, n. 13. The corresponding Spanjsb text has: “*regian, gouernauan el pueblo.*” Durán calls him “*príncipe, ó condestable, ó otro supremo ditado*” in *Historia*, Vol. I, p. 124. Siméon, *Dictionnaire*, p. 505, defines it as “*Titre accordé au soldat valeureux qui avait fair quatre captifs à la guerre; on donnait aussi ce nom au général qui commandait un corps de 8,000 hommes, appelé xiquipilli (Sah., Clav.)*.”\n\n\n[^4]: Cf. Anderson and Dibble, *Book II*. Siméon, *Dictionnaire*, p. 516, defines *tlacochcalcatl* as “*Magistrat, juge en manière civile,*” and also as “*général, capitaine.*”\n\n\n[^5]: Siméon, *Dictionnaire*, p. 370: “*On désignait ainsi le soldat qui avait fait quatre captifs à la guerre et devenait par ce fait le chef de son pays (Sah.)*.”\n\n\n[^6]: Corresponding Spanish text: “*era como agora alguazil, y tenia vara gorda, y prendia a los delinquentes, y los ponja en la carcel*.”","html":"then he was named a telpochtlato (ruler of youths). He governed them all; he represented all the youths. If one harmed anything, he judged him, he sentenced him, he corrected him. He dealt justice.
\nAnd if he became a [brave] man, if he was a captor of four [captives], from there issued the commanding general,1 the general,2 the leader.3 And also from there issued the one they called achcauhtli (constable),4 who today is the equal, the equivalent, of the alguacil, the staff-bearer, for also [in times past] there were there staves, and it was just these who arrested one, who confined one.
\nThese were all the honors, the preferments, of the youths.
\nAnd in this way of life, only few showed understanding, educated themselves in it. Innumerable were those called youths, because in no way was the life of youths harsh. When yet small boys, there they slept together in what they called the young men’s house. There they lived all together.
\nAnd
\nCf. Anderson and Dibble, Book II, p. 114, n. 13. The corresponding Spanjsb text has: “regian, gouernauan el pueblo.” Durán calls him “príncipe, ó condestable, ó otro supremo ditado” in Historia, Vol. I, p. 124. Siméon, Dictionnaire, p. 505, defines it as “Titre accordé au soldat valeureux qui avait fair quatre captifs à la guerre; on donnait aussi ce nom au général qui commandait un corps de 8,000 hommes, appelé xiquipilli (Sah., Clav.).”↩
Cf. Anderson and Dibble, Book II. Siméon, Dictionnaire, p. 516, defines tlacochcalcatl as “Magistrat, juge en manière civile,” and also as “général, capitaine.”↩
Siméon, Dictionnaire, p. 370: “On désignait ainsi le soldat qui avait fait quatre captifs à la guerre et devenait par ce fait le chef de son pays (Sah.).”↩
Corresponding Spanish text: “era como agora alguazil, y tenia vara gorda, y prendia a los delinquentes, y los ponja en la carcel.”↩