Yes，We Can！—— 歐巴馬勝選演說（中英對照，兩個版本）

　　　　

Yes，We Can！——　歐巴馬勝選演說（中英對照，兩個版本）

轉貼說明：

１。見到多種英文和中譯版本，或不準確，或有刪節。
２。此二貼的中譯不算完美，但英文為全本。
３。俺在現場，俺聽到的，就是這個英文本。
４。歐巴馬全家走上講台的時間，是芝加哥夜裏10:46——10:47，這是當地顯示的時間。


Yes，We Can！——　歐巴馬勝選演說（中英對照）

聯合報　2008年11月05日
　 
Hello, Chicago.

哈囉，芝加哥！

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

如果外頭還有人懷疑，美國是否真的是任何事都可能發生的地方，懷疑我們開國先賢的夢想今天是否依然存在，懷疑我們民主的力量；今夜，就是你們要的答案。

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.

這是個用這個國家僅見，環繞學校、教堂的無數人龍，所說的答案。這些人，苦等三、四個小時，許多還是生平頭一次，因為他們相信，這次一定要不一樣，他們的聲音就是明證。

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.

這是個由不分老少、貧富、民主黨、共和黨；黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亞裔、美洲原住民；同性戀、異性戀人；肢障與四體健全者，大家共同訴說的答案。美國民眾向全世界發出訊息，我們絕非一盤散沙，也不是由紅州、藍州拚湊而成的集合體。

We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

我們現在是，未來也永遠是，美利堅合眾國。

感謝你們的支持

It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

這個是引領國人把手放在曆史拱弧，再度讓它指向明天會更美好希望的答案。長久以來，這些國人一直被許多人灌輸，要嘲諷、害怕和懷疑我們自身的能力。

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.

這個答案遲遲未出現，但是今晚，由於我們在這個投票日關鍵時刻的所作所為，改變終於降臨美國。

A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain.

今晚稍早，我接到馬侃參議員打來，態度非常懇切的電話。

Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

馬侃參議員已打完一場漫長艱苦的選戰。他為這個他所熱愛的國家所打的仗更久，更艱苦。他為美國的奉獻犧牲，是我們多數同胞難以想像的。因為有他這位勇敢無私的領袖的奉獻，我們才能過比較好的日子。

I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

我向他道賀；也向裴林州長道賀，為他們所成就的一切。我迫不及待想和他們攜手合作，在未來數月更新這個國家的許諾。

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton ... and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

我要感謝我的選舉搭檔，這位先生全心全意競選，為與他在史克蘭頓街頭一起長大的男男女女代言。在前往德拉瓦州的路上，和我一起以火車為家，他就是副總統當選人，拜登先生。

And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years ... the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady ... Michelle Obama.

如果沒有過去十六年來堅定支持的摯友，我今晚不可能站在這裏。她是我家庭的磐石，我一生的最愛，國家未來的第一夫人蜜雪兒．歐巴馬。

Sasha and Malia ... I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us ...to the new White House.

莎夏和瑪利亞。我對你倆的愛遠超過你們想像。你們已贏得即將和我們一起到新白宮作伴的新小狗。

And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

還有，雖然她已不在我們身邊，但是我知道我外婆，也和造就今日之我的家族一起在看。今晚，我想念他們。我知道，我欠他們的，無法衡量。

To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.

我妹妹瑪亞、艾瑪、我的其他兄弟姊妹們，非常感謝你們給我的所有支持。我很感謝他們。

And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe ... the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best _ the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.

還有，我的競選經理普羅費，這次競選的無名英雄，我認為他營造了美國史上最佳的政治運動。

To my chief strategist David Axelrod ... who's been a partner with me every step of the way.

感謝我的首席競選策略顧問艾索洛，一路走來，他一直是我的得力夥伴。

To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics ... you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.

感謝這個政治史上無出其右的最佳競選團隊，你們造就了這項成果，我對你們的犧牲奉獻，永存感激。

這是你們的勝利

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.

總之，我絕不會忘記這個勝利真正屬於誰。它屬於你們大家。它是你們的。

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.

我從來就不是這個職位最被看好的候選人。剛開始，我沒什麽錢，也沒什麽後援。我們參選的念頭，並非始於華府大廳，而是來自第蒙市後院，康科市客廳和查爾斯敦的門廊，再經由眾多男女，用他們從有限儲蓄中拿出，依法所能捐獻的五塊、十塊和廿塊美元，共同打造出來的。

It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy ... who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.

經過那些拒絕承認他們是冷漠世代的迷思的年輕朋友加持，它成長茁壯，他們離開家，告別親人，投入待遇菲薄，永遠睡眠不足的工作。

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

經過那些年紀不算輕的朋友加持，它成長茁壯，他們冒著寒風酷暑，挨家挨戶向完全陌生的民眾敲門；經過數百萬民眾自發性的組織，證明這個民有、民治、民享的政府，在兩百多年之後，沒有從地球上消失，仍在成長茁壯。

This is your victory.

這是你們的勝利。

And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.

我知道，你們這麽做，不隻是為了勝選。我也知道，你們這麽做，不是為了我。

You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime _ two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.

你們這麽做，是因為你們了解，橫在眼前的是千萬斤的重擔。因為即使我們今晚慶功，我們也明白，明天所要麵臨的是此生最大的挑戰：兩場戰爭，一個處於存亡之秋的地球，及百年僅見的金融危機。

Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.

即使我們今晚站在此地，我們也知道，為了我們，美國的勇士們正在伊拉克沙漠巡邏，在阿富汗山區出生入死。

There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.

許多父母，在子女進入夢鄉後，仍輾轉難眠，擔心房貸、醫療帳單該怎麽付，或該怎麽存，才夠支應子女的大學教育費用。

There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.

新的能源要研發，新的工作機會要創造，新學校要建，不少威脅要對付，既有盟邦關係要修補。

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.

未來的路仍遙，路上的坡仍陡峭，我們可能沒辦法在一年，或一任內抵達。但是，美國，我從來沒有像今晚的我，對我們的使命必達，更充滿希望。

I promise you, we as a people will get there.

我向各位許諾，我們會團結一心，一齊抵達目的地。

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.

一開始，挫折和失誤在所難免。有許多人不會同意我以總統身分所做的每一個決定或每一項政策。我們也知道政府無法解決所有問題。

我需要你們的協助

But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years _ block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

但我永遠會把我們麵對的挑戰坦白告訴各位。，尤其是在我們看法不同的時候。最重要的是，我會邀請各位加入重塑這個國家的工作，以美國兩百廿一年來采用的唯一方法：一磚一瓦，胼手胝足。

What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.

廿一個月前發軔於隆冬的，不會就在這個秋夜結束。

This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.

我們追求的改變，不僅僅是這個勝利。這個勝利隻是給我們機會實現我們追求的改變。我們若走回頭路，改變便不會發生。

It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.

少了你，少了新的服務精神，少了新的犧牲精神，改變就不會發生。

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.

所以，且讓我們喚起新的愛國心、新的責任感，人人挽起衣袖，更加努力，照顧自己之外，更要彼此照顧。

Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.

我們不要忘記，如果這次金融危機給了我們任何教訓，那就是在尋常百姓生活困頓下，華爾街也不可能獨自繁榮昌盛。

In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

在這個國度，不論興衰，都是全國與共，全民一體。我們一定要抗拒誘惑，不再靠已毒害我國政治許久的黨派之私、褊狹和幼稚。

Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.

我們不可忘記，第一個把共和黨旗幟帶進白宮的男士，正是來自本州。共和黨的建黨根基則是自立、個人自由及全國統一團結等價值觀。

Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.

這些也是我們共享的價值觀。雖然民主黨今晚大勝，我們卻始終謙衝自持，並決心彌合阻撓我們進步的裂縫。

As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

正如林肯向一個遠比今天更分歧的美國所說的，我們不是敵人，是朋友。激情或曾使選情緊繃，卻不容它破壞我們之間感情的連結。

And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.

我要向那些我仍須努力爭取支持的美國同胞說，或許今晚我沒能贏得各位的選票，但是我聽到諸位的聲音，我需要你們協助，我也會是你們的總統。

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.

對那些今晚在海外、從各地國會和宮殿觀看美國選情的人士，在為世人遺忘的角落圍繞著收音機的人們，我要說我們的故事各不相同，命運卻是一體，美國新的領導就要出現了。

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.

對那些想撕裂這個世界的人，我要說：我們會打垮你。對那些追求和平安全的人，我要說：我們支持你。而對那些懷疑美國這燈塔是否依然明亮的人，今晚我們再度證實，美國真正的國力不是來自船堅炮利、富甲天下，而是來自發乎我們理想、曆久不衰的力量，這些理想是民主、自由、機會和堅持到底的希望。

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.

這正是真正的美國精神：也就是美國能夠改變。這個國家的結合可以更完善。我們已經成就的，讓我們勇於企盼我們明天能夠做到、也必須做到的。

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.

這次大選有許多創舉和故事足供世世代代傳頌。而今晚浮現在我腦海的，是在亞特蘭大投票的一位婦人。她和這次大選無數排隊投票以表達心聲的選民沒什麽差別，不同的隻有一點，安．尼克森．庫柏已高齡一百零六。

是的，我們做得到

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.

她出生於奴隸時代結束後那個世代；當時路上沒有汽車，天上不見飛機；而她這樣的人沒有資格投票，原因有二：其一，她是女人，其二，她的膚色不對。

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.

但就在今晚，我想到她在美國這百年人生的閱曆：心傷和希望；掙紮和進步；那些人告訴我們我們不能的時候，和那些高舉著美國人"是的，我們做得到"的信念奮勇向前的人。

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.

身處女性聲音受壓製、希望被漠視的時代，她這一生親眼看到女性站起來，表達心聲，並爭取到投票權。是的，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.

就在塵盆地帶（指美國大草原的一部分，大致包括科羅拉多州東南部、堪薩斯州西南部、德州與奧克拉荷馬州鍋柄形突出地帶）陷入絕望，大蕭條席卷美國全境之際，她目睹一個國家以新政、新的工作機會、新的和衷共濟精神克服了恐懼本身。是的，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.

當炸彈落在我們的港口，暴政威脅世界之際，她親眼看見一個世代巍然挺身而起，拯救了一個民主體製。是的，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.

在蒙哥馬利市（黑人）搭巴士抗爭，伯明罕市的水龍（警察以強力水龍對付抗議者），賽爾瑪城外的橋上（遭警察血腥鎮壓），來自亞特蘭大的一位牧師告訴一個民族"我們終必得勝"時，她都在場。是的，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.

一個人登上了月球，柏林一道牆倒了，一個世界被我們自己的科學和想像連結了起來。

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.

而今年，在這次選舉中，她用手指觸碰屏幕，投下她的一票，因為在美國生活了一百零六年，嚐遍酸甜苦辣之後，她知道美國能夠有什麽樣的改變。是的，我們做得到。

這是我們的時刻

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，我們已經走了這麽遠。閱曆了這麽多。眼前卻還有這麽多事要做。所以，今晚讓我們捫心自問，如果我們的子女能夠活到下個世紀；如果我女兒有幸如安．尼克森．庫柏般長壽，他們能看到什麽改變？我們又促成了什麽樣的進步？

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.

此際正是我們回應那個召喚的機會，這是我們的時刻。

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: Yes, we can.

就在此刻，我們大家要重新開始工作，為我們的孩子開啟希望之門；迎回繁榮並推展和平大業；重新擁抱美國夢並再次確立那基本的真理，也就是我們同舟一命，隻要活著就懷抱希望。當旁人嘲諷、懷疑我們，告訴我們我們辦不到時，我們會回以那曆久不衰、總結一個民族精神的信念：是的，我們做得到。

Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.

謝謝大家。願上帝祝福你，求上帝祝福美國。

（小標為聯合報編輯所加）

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新東方譯本：奧巴馬獲勝演講全文 中英雙語對照

倍可親(backchina.com) 　　

　　Hello, Chicago!

　　芝加哥，你好！

　　If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

　　如果有人懷疑美國是個一切皆有可能的地方，懷疑美國奠基者的夢想在我們這個時代依然燃燒，懷疑我們民主的力量，那麽今晚這些疑問都有了答案。

　　It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

　　學校和教堂門外的長龍便是答案。排隊的人數之多，在美國曆史上前所未有。為了投票，他們排隊長達三、四個小時。許多人一生中第一次投票，因為他們認為這一次大選結果必須不同以往，而他們手中的一票可能決定勝負。

　　It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled — Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of red states and blue states; we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

　　無論年齡，無論貧富，無論民主黨人或共和黨人，無論黑人、白人，無論拉美裔、亞裔、印地安人, 無論同性戀、異性戀，無論殘障人、健全人，所有的人，他們向全世界喊出了同一個聲音：我們並不隸屬 “紅州”與 “藍州”的對立陣營，我們屬於美利堅合眾國，現在如此，永遠如此！

　　It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

　　長久以來，很多人說：我們對自己的能量應該冷漠，應該恐懼，應該懷疑。但是，曆史之輪如今已在我們手中，我們又一次將曆史之輪轉往更美好的未來。

　　It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

　　漫漫征程，今宵終於來臨。特殊的一天，特殊的一次大選，特殊的決定性時刻，美國迎來了變革。

　　I just received a very gracious call from Sen. McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Gov. Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

　　剛才，麥凱恩參議員很有風度地給我打了個電話。在這次競選中，他的努力持久而艱巨。為了這個他摯愛的國家，他的努力更持久、更艱巨。他為美國的奉獻超出絕大多數人的想象。他是一位勇敢無私的領袖，有了他的奉獻，我們的生活才更美好。我對他和佩林州長的成績表示祝賀。同時，我也期待著與他們共同努力，再續美國輝煌。

　　I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the vice-president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

　　我要感謝我的競選搭檔——當選副總統喬•拜登。為了與他一起在斯克蘭頓市街頭長大、一起坐火車返回特拉華州的人們，拜登全心全意地竟選，他代表了這些普通人的聲音。

　　I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

　　我要感謝下一位第一夫人米歇爾•奧巴馬。她是我家的中流砥柱，是我生命中的最愛。沒有她在過去16年來的堅定支持，今晚我就不可能站在這裏。我要感謝兩個女兒薩沙和瑪麗婭，我太愛你們兩個了，你們將得到一條新的小狗，它將與我們一起入住白宮。我還要感謝已去世的外婆，我知道此刻她正在天上注視著我。她與我的家人一起造就了今天的我。今夜我思念他們，他們對我的恩情比山高、比海深。

　　To my campaign manager, David Plouffe; my chief strategist, David Axelrod; and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics — you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.

　　我要感謝我的競選經理大衛•普魯夫，感謝首席策劃師大衛•阿克塞羅德以及整個競選團隊，他們是政治史上最優秀的競選團隊。你們成就了今夜，我永遠感謝你們為今夜所付出的一切。

　　But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to you.

　　但最重要的是，我將永遠不會忘記這場勝利真正屬於誰---是你們！

　　I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington — it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

　　我從來不是最有希望的候選人。起初，我們的資金不多，讚助人也不多。我們的競選並非始於華盛頓的華麗大廳，而是起於德莫奈地區某家的後院、康科德地區的某家客廳、查爾斯頓地區的某家前廊。

　　It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this earth. This is your victory.

　　勞動大眾從自己的微薄積蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元，拿來捐助我們的事業。年輕人證明了他們絕非所謂“冷漠的一代”。他們遠離家鄉和親人，拿著微薄的報酬，起早摸黑地助選。上了年紀的人也頂著嚴寒酷暑，敲開陌生人的家門助選。無數美國人自願組織起來，充當自願者。正是這些人壯大了我們的聲勢。他們的行動證明了在兩百多年以後，民有、民治、民享的政府並未從地球上消失。這是你們的勝利。

　　I know you didn't do this just to win an election, and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

　　你們這樣做，並不隻是為了贏得一場大選，更不是為了我個人。你們這樣做，是因為你們清楚未來的任務有多麽艱巨。今晚我們在歡慶，明天我們就將麵對一生之中最為嚴峻的挑戰－－兩場戰爭、一個充滿危險的星球，還有百年一遇的金融危機。今晚我們在這裏慶祝，但我們知道在伊拉克的沙漠裏，在阿富汗的群山中，許許多多勇敢的美國人醒來後就將為了我們而麵臨生命危險。許許多多的父母會在孩子熟睡後仍難以入眠，他們正在為月供、醫藥費，孩子今後的大學費用而發愁。我們需要開發新能源，創造就業機會，建造新學校，迎接挑戰和威脅，並修複與盟國的關係。

　　The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America — I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there.

　　前方道路還很漫長，任務艱巨。一年之內，甚至一屆總統任期之內，我們可能都無法完成這些任務。但我從未像今晚這樣對美國滿懷希望，我相信我們會實現這個目標。我向你們承諾－－我們美利堅民族將實現這一目標！

　　There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, callused hand by callused hand.

　　我們會遇到挫折，會出師不利，會有許多人不認同我的某一項決定或政策。政府並不能解決所有問題，但我會向你們坦陳我們所麵臨的挑戰。我會聆聽你們的意見，尤其是在我們意見相左之時。最重要的是，我會讓你們一起重建這個國家。用自己的雙手，從一磚一瓦做起。這是美國立國221年以來的前進方式，也是惟一的方式。

　　What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek — it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

　　21個月前那個隆冬所開始的一切，絕不應在這一個秋夜結束。我們所尋求的變革並不隻是贏得大選，這隻是給變革提供了一個機會。假如我們照老路子辦事，就沒有變革；沒有你們，就沒有變革。

　　So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation — as one people.

　　讓我們重新發揚愛國精神，樹立嶄新的服務意識、責任感，每個人下定決心，一起努力工作，彼此關愛；讓我們牢記這場金融危機帶來的教訓：不能允許商業街掙紮的同時卻讓華爾街繁榮。在這個國家，我們作為同一個民族，同生死共存亡。

　　Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House — a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.

　　黨派之爭、瑣碎幼稚，長期以來這些東西荼毒了我們的政壇。讓我們牢記，當來自伊利諾伊州的一位先生首次將共和黨大旗扛進白宮時，伴隨著他的是自強自立、個人自由、國家統一的共和黨建黨理念。這也是我們所有人都珍視的理念。雖然民主黨今晚大勝，但我們態度謙卑，並決心彌合阻礙我們進步的分歧。

　　As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends... Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection." And, to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, too.

　　當年,林肯麵對的是一個遠比目前更為分裂的國家。他說：“我們不是敵人，而是朋友……雖然激情可能不再，但是我們的感情紐帶不會割斷。”對於那些現在並不支持我的美國人，我想說，雖然我沒有贏得你們的選票，但我聽到了你們的聲音，我需要你們的幫助，我也將是你們的總統。

　　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 our world — our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this 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.

　　對於關注今夜結果的國際人士，不管他們是在國會、皇宮關注，還是在荒僻地帶收聽電台，我們的態度是：我們美國人的經曆各有不同，但我們的命運相關，新的美國領袖誕生了。對於想毀滅這個世界的人們，我們必將擊敗你們。對於追求和平和安全的人們，我們將支持你們。對於懷疑美國這盞燈塔是否依然明亮的人們，今天晚上我們已再次證明：美國的真正力量來源並非軍事威力或財富規模，而是我們理想的恒久力量：民主、自由、機會和不屈的希望。

　　For that is the true genius of America — that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

　　美國能夠變革，這才是美國真正的精髓。我們的聯邦會不斷完善。我們已經取得的成就，將為我們將來能夠並且必須取得的成就增添希望。

　　This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is 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.

　　這次大選創造了多項“第一”，誕生了很多將流芳後世的故事，但今晚令我最為難忘的卻是一位在亞特蘭大投票的婦女：安妮•庫波爾。她和無數排隊等候投票的選民沒有什麽差別，唯一的不同是她高齡106歲。

　　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.

　　在她出生的那個時代，黑奴製剛剛廢除。那時路上沒有汽車，天上沒有飛機。當時像她這樣的人由於兩個原因不能投票－－一第一因為她是女性，第二個原因是她的膚色。

　　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.

　　今天晚上，我想到了安妮在美國過去一百年間的種種經曆：心痛和希望，掙紮和進步，那些我們被告知我們辦不到的年代，以及我們現在這個年代。現在，我們堅信美國式信念──是的，我們能！

　　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.

　　在那個年代，婦女的聲音被壓製，她們的希望被剝奪。但安妮活到了今天，看到婦女們站起來了，可以大聲發表意見了，有選舉權了。是的，我們能。

　　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 and a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.

　　安妮經曆了上世紀三十年代的大蕭條。農田荒蕪，絕望籠罩美國大地。她看到了美國以新政、新的就業機會以及嶄新的共同追求戰勝了恐慌。是的，我們能。

　　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.

　　二戰時期，炸彈襲擊我們的海港，全世界受到獨裁專製威脅，安妮見證了一代美國人的英雄本色，他們捍衛了民主。是的，我們能。

　　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.

　　安妮經曆了蒙哥馬利公交車事件、伯明翰黑人暴動事件、塞爾馬血醒周末事件。來自亞特蘭大的一位牧師告訴人們：我們終將勝利。是的，我們能。

　　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.

　　人類登上了月球、柏林牆倒下了，科學和想像把世界連了一塊。今年，在這次選舉中，安妮的手指輕觸電子屏幕，投下自己的一票。她在美國生活了106年，其間有最美好的時光，也有最黑暗的時刻，她知道美國能夠變革。是的，我們能。

　　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?

　　美利堅，我們已經一路走來，我們已經看到了那麽多變化，但我們仍有很多事情要做。今夜，讓我們問自己這樣一個問題：假如我們的孩子能夠活到下一個世紀，假如我的女兒們有幸與安妮一樣長壽，她們將會看到怎樣的改變？我們又取得了怎樣的進步？

　　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 doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.

　　現在，我們獲得了回答這個問題的機會。這是我們的時刻，我們的時代。讓我們的人民重新就業，為我們的孩子打開機會的大門；恢複繁榮，促進和平；讓美國夢重放光芒，再證這一本本性真理，那就是：團結一致，眾誌成城；一息尚存，希望就在；倘若有人嘲諷和懷疑，說我們不能，我們就以這一永恒信條回應，因為它凝聚了整個民族的精神——是的，我們能！

　　Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.

　　謝謝大家！願上帝保佑你們，保佑美利堅合眾國。