непосильность

[Al_Mutardjim]

перевожу историческую статью о крестьян
слово встречается в следующем контексте:
о непоисльности для крестьян высоких выкупных платажей свидетельствовал прогрессирующий рост недоимок.......
мой перевод
Progressing increase of arrears was evidence of impossibility of peasants to pay high redemption payments.

[acrogamnon]

тогда FOR peasants, и лучше наверно вообще ...that it was impossible for peasants...
Или The fact that the peasants were largely unable to pay the high redemption payments was evidenced by...

[Al_Mutardjim]

acrogamnon

you're great, your edition is better than mine. thanks a lot!!!!

[Annaa]

FOR peasants to pay

Я бы сказала

give evidence/indicate/testify that it was impossible for peasants to pay

[Irisha]

М.б., couldn't afford to ???

[V]

...were prohibitively high