Taking advantage of the rivalries I've mentioned, they obtained charters from the local powers establishing their rights to conduct their own affairs and to govern themselves.

利用我之前提及的抗争,他们获得了地方政府的特权,建立了他们自己的,区域自治制度

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and the lowest standards because they are not really self-regulating.

标准最低的地方，因为他们不是自治的。

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