"Through the good and the bad"

Question

I'm revising a paper and one of my sentences is:

Específicamente, la obsesión con la fe católica, la búsqueda de la dominación mundial, y el estado económico consiguiente pueden ser trazados por el bueno y el malo.

I want the end to say "can be traced through the good and the bad" or something to that effect. How would I go about saying that?

Thank you!

Answer 1

It would probably be understood the way you have written it, but a more definite phrase would be "a través de lo bueno y de lo malo." This way we have the nuance of the subjects clearly passing through the good and the bad.

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Nayelli makes a good point about "lo" instead of "el" because you haven´t identified anything specific to support "el" but I think you mean good and bad times - not people, so "lo" is a good pronoun in this case for an abstract meaning of time or life.

Answer 2

Well, it says : "el bueno y el malo" but if you don't say anything else, we can't understand it very well.

The best way to say that is: "por las personas buenas o malas" o maybe: "por los buenos y por los malos"

I speak spanish since I born, so... believe me.

I hope this help you