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> まず私が罹った膵臓の病気っていうのはちょっと前まで判明した時にはほとんどの人が死んじゃう病気の王様だった。

To start things off, pancreatic diseases like what I’ve been diagnosed with
are the kings of sudden deaths.

From what I can understand, this is what this sentence means in english
(without the part I don't understand). I'd like to know how
「ちょっと前まで判明した時には」fits into this sentence. I feel like the phrase is completely
out of place. If には is added to the end, it sounds like everyone dies before
it is diagnosed, but that obviously doesn't sound right.

> 人数の設定がクラス毎に自由で、結果僕一人だけが担当をしていた図書館委員になのりをあげた。

I don't understand the first half of the sentence. Does「人数の設定がクラス毎に自由で」mean
every class gets to decide how many people are on duty for the library
committee?
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grammar syntax
I'd like someone to break these sentences down so I can understand them better
# First sentence

> 私が罹った① 膵臓の病気ていう② の③ は④

③ "The kind of illness"「の」here is used as a noun placeholder (the illness)

① "that I suffer from,"

② "which affects my pancreas,"

④+⑩ "used to be" (past tense because of the「だった」at the end, see next part)

> ちょっと前まで⑤ 判明した時⑥ には⑦ ほとんどの人が死んじゃう⑧ 病気の王様⑨ だった⑩。

⑨ "the king of diseases that"

⑧ "most people would die from"

⑦ "when"

⑥ "they were identified,"

⑤ "until not too long ago."

The speaker goes on to explain that they hardly showed any symptoms even now
when they've already been diagnosed.

# Second sentence

> 人数の設定がクラス毎に自由で①、

① "Because each class could freely choose their respective number of
representatives,"

> 結果② 一人だけが③ 担当をしていた図書委員会④ の空席に⑤ 名乗りを上げた⑥。

③ "only one person"

⑥ "ended up announcing their candidacy"

⑤ "for the vacant positions"

④ "in the library committee of which I was in charge"

② "as a result."

## I decided to take [the
source?](https://ameblo.jp/lily031/entry-12158244657.html) as a basis for my
translation. Apparently this website offers a transcription of the
book「君の膵臓を食べたい」("I want to eat your pancreas") by 住野よる (Yoru Sumino), which
has also been adapted into a movie and an anime.
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I would parse:

> まず、（私が罹った）膵臓 **の** 病気っていうのは、ちょっと前まで（判明した時にはほとんどの人が死んじゃう）病気の王様だった。

The basic structure is:

> 膵臓の病気っていうのは、ちょっと前まで病気の王様だった。  
>  "The pancreatic disease was the king of diseases until a while ago."

The relative clause 私が患った modifies 膵臓の病気.  
The relative clause 判明した時にはほとんどの人が死んじゃう modifies 病気の王様.

So the whole sentence means:  
"To start things off, the pancreatic disease (that I’ve been diagnosed with)
was the king of diseases until a while ago (which killed most people in case
they were identified)."

* * *

> （人数の設定がクラス毎に自由で、結果僕一人だけが担当をしていた）図書館委員になのり **を** あげた。

人数の設定がクラス毎に自由で、結果僕一人だけが担当をしていた is a relative clause that modifies 図書館委員. The
subject of 名乗りを上げた is not mentioned. Someone unmentioned did the action
図書館委員に名乗りを上げる.

"(Someone) stood as a candidate for the library committee member (for which
every class can decide how many people are on duty, and as a result, I was the
only one in charge).
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