Complex sentence: He translated the latter's first book, "Noli me Tangere", into German and wrote the preface to Rizal's second book, "El filibusterismo", although he was against its publication.
Split into simpler sentences: He translated the latter's first book, "Noli me Tangere", into German. He wrote the preface to Rizal's second book, "El filibusterismo", although he was against its publication.