Secularization is the name for a change: religion has less and less control over a country, a school, a court, or public life. Laws stop being written in the name of a church.

Secularization is世俗化指的是 the name for a change一種變化的名稱: religion has less and less control over宗教對...的掌控越來越少 a country一個國家, a school一所學校, a court一個法庭, or public life或公共生活。Laws stop being written法律不再是 in the name of a church以教會的名義來訂定的。

Schools and hospitals may still have chapels, but they are no longer run as church property. People can still believe, and many do; the word is about the public world, not about whether anyone prays at home.

Schools and hospitals學校和醫院 may still have chapels可能還是有禮拜堂, but they are no longer run as church property但已經不再被當成教會財產來經營。People can still believe人們還是可以有信仰, and many do而且很多人確實有; the word is about the public world這個詞講的是公共世界的事, not about whether anyone prays at home而不是有沒有人在家裡禱告。

Historians use it a lot about Europe over the last few centuries, when church and state were slowly pulled apart.

Historians use it a lot歷史學家很常用這個詞 about Europe over the last few centuries來講過去幾個世紀的歐洲, when church and state were slowly pulled apart那段教會和國家逐漸分離的時期。

It is a heavy, formal noun. In speech people more often say that something has become secular, or that religion no longer runs that part of life.

It is a heavy, formal noun它是一個很正式、份量不輕的名詞。In speech在口語裡 people more often say人們比較常說 that something has become secular某個東西變得世俗化了, or that religion no longer runs that part of life或說宗教不再主宰生活的那個部分。

Though actually, secularization does not mean ‘everyone became an atheist.’ Faith can stay private while the government, the universities, and the law become ordinary civic things.

Though actually不過其實, secularization does not mean世俗化不代表 'everyone became an atheist.'「大家都變成無神論者了」。Faith can stay private信仰可以留在私人領域裡 while the government, the universities, and the law同時政府、大學和法律 become ordinary civic things變成一般的公共事務。