And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
對(duì)于那些身居海外，正在看著這里的美國(guó)人，還有在國(guó)會(huì)、白宮和在世界的某個(gè)角落圍坐在收音機(jī)前的人們——我們可能有不同的經(jīng)歷，但是我們有相同的目標(biāo)，美國(guó)的嶄新黎明正浮現(xiàn)在我們的面前。對(duì)那些想要破壞這個(gè)世界的人——我們將會(huì)擊敗你。對(duì)那些尋求和平與安寧的人們——我們將會(huì)幫助你。對(duì)那些懷疑美國(guó)的自由之火是否依舊興旺的人們——今晚我們?cè)俅巫C明了，我們的真正實(shí)力不是來(lái)自我們的強(qiáng)大力量、也不是來(lái)自我們的巨額財(cái)富，而是來(lái)自我們堅(jiān)忍不拔的信念：民主、自由、機(jī)遇和永不放棄的理想。
That’s the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we’ve already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
天賦異稟的美國(guó)人——我們的國(guó)家可以改變，我們的聯(lián)盟將是完美的。我們已經(jīng)取得的成績(jī)給我們帶來(lái)了信心，讓我們向著更偉大的成就前進(jìn)。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
這次選舉有太多的第一次，有太多的故事將被代代傳敘。但是給我印象最深的是一位女性在亞特蘭大投下了她的選票，她像千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)的美國(guó)人一樣發(fā)出自己的聲音，除了一點(diǎn)——安·尼克松·庫(kù)帕（Ann Nixon Cooper）已經(jīng)106歲了。
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
她生于黑暗的奴隸時(shí)代，那個(gè)時(shí)候路上沒(méi)有汽車，天上也沒(méi)有飛機(jī)。當(dāng)時(shí)的她不能投票，只有兩個(gè)原因——她的性別和她的膚色。
And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
而今晚，我想她一個(gè)世紀(jì)的經(jīng)歷——心痛與希望；抗?fàn)幣c進(jìn)步；一次次失敗和逆流而上都證明了：我們做得到。
At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
每一次女性的聲音被壓制，夢(mèng)想被摧殘，她都看到她們?cè)俅握酒饋?lái)，行使自己的權(quán)利。我們做得到。
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
當(dāng)美國(guó)人在風(fēng)沙中絕望，全國(guó)陷入蕭條，她都看到這個(gè)國(guó)家克服恐懼，施行新政，創(chuàng)造新的工作崗位，統(tǒng)一目標(biāo)。我們做得到。
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
當(dāng)我們的港口被炸，*籠罩著世界，她見(jiàn)證了一代人的崛起，他們捍衛(wèi)了民主。我們做得到。
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall Overcome.” Yes we can.
她見(jiàn)證了蒙哥馬利的公共汽車停運(yùn)、伯明翰的黑人*、塞爾瑪?shù)难戎苣┖湍俏粊?lái)自亞特蘭大的傳教士對(duì)人們高聲喊出：“我們一定會(huì)勝利。”我們做得到。
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
我們登上過(guò)月球，我們推倒了柏林墻，我們用科學(xué)和創(chuàng)想連接了整個(gè)世界。今年，在這次選舉中，她伸出手指在屏幕上按下，她投出了自己的一票，因?yàn)榻?jīng)歷了106年的光明與黑暗，她知道美國(guó)應(yīng)該如何轉(zhuǎn)變。我們做得到。
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves — if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
美國(guó)，我們已經(jīng)走了很久，我們已經(jīng)看了 很多，但是還有很多事情等著我們?nèi)プ?。今晚，讓我們捫心自?wèn)——如果我們的孩子能夠看到下個(gè)世紀(jì)，如果我的女兒們也能幸運(yùn)地像安·尼克松·庫(kù)帕那樣長(zhǎng)壽，他們會(huì)看到什么樣的轉(zhuǎn)變？我們應(yīng)該如何完成這些轉(zhuǎn)變？
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
這是我們完成使命的機(jī)會(huì)。這是我們的時(shí)代。這是我們創(chuàng)造歷史的時(shí)刻——讓我們的人民得到工作，敞開(kāi)門讓我們的孩子得到機(jī)會(huì)；恢復(fù)繁榮并推進(jìn)和平；讓美國(guó)夢(mèng)再次浮現(xiàn)，重申我們的基本信念——團(tuán)結(jié)一心。當(dāng)我們呼吸、我們暢想、我們面對(duì)犬儒主義、我們遲疑、我們面對(duì)那些質(zhì)疑我們的人的時(shí)候，我們將銘記那凝聚了我們精神的不滅的信條：
Yes, we can.
我們一定做得到。
Thank you.
謝謝大家。
God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
上帝保佑你們，愿上帝保佑美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)。