奥巴马竞选总统获胜演讲译文

奥巴马竞选总统获胜演讲译文【原创】

Thank you so much.

谢谢，谢谢，万分感谢。

Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward. It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.

今晚，一个前殖民地赢得决定自己命运的权力二百多年之后，完善我们的统一的大任继续推进。它是因为你们才滚滚向前。因为你们再次肯定了我们赖以决胜于战争和萧条的精神，赖以把这个国家从绝望的深渊提升到希望的顶峰的精神，它才滚滚向前。我们坚信尽管我们追逐个人梦想，我们还是一个美国大家庭，作为一个国家和民族，同舟共济。

Tonight, in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come.

今晚，在这个选举中，你们，美国人民，提醒我们尽管我们的道路还很崎岖，旅途还很漫长，我们已经振奋起来，我们已经杀出复兴之路，我们深知在我们心中，美利坚合众国是迄今最美好的乐土。

I want to thank every American who participated in this election, whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time. By the way, we have to fix that. Whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone, whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice heard and you made a difference.

我想感谢每一位参加这次选举的美国人，不管你们是头一次投票还是在投票的队伍中长时间等待。顺便提一句，我们一定致力于这个。不管你们是在人行道上漫步或电话聊天。不管你举着奥巴马的牌子还是罗姆尼的牌子，你让你的声音为人所知。你们造成了改变。

I just spoke with Gov. Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on

a hard-fought campaign. We may have battled fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future. From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to America through public service and that is the legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. In the weeks ahead, I also look

forward to sitting down with Gov. Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward.

我刚刚和罗姆尼通了电话，祝贺他和保罗-瑞恩参加了一个激烈的选战。我们的选战如此激烈，仅仅是因为我们对这个国家的热爱如此强烈。

从George 到 Lenore 到他们的儿子 Mitt，罗姆尼家庭选择了通过服务社

会来回报美国人民。这是个我们今晚要致敬和欢呼的。在未来的几周，我还期待与罗姆尼州长坐下来讨论在哪些领域我们可以合作推进我们国家。

I want to thank my friend and partner of the last four years, America’s happy warrior, the best vice president anybody could ever hope for, Joe Biden.

我要感谢过去四年里我们朋友和搭档，美国的欢乐斗士，你们任何人所能想到的最佳副总统：乔-拜登。

And I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago. Let me say this publicly: Michelle, I have never loved you more. I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you, too, as our nation’s first lady. Sasha and Malia, before our very eyes you’re growing up to become two strong, smart beautiful young women, just like your mom. And I’m so proud of you guys. But I will say that for now one dog’s probably enough.

如果没有二十年前嫁给我的那个女性，就没有我的今天。让我当众宣布，米切尔，我出来没有这样爱你。我出来没有这样骄傲，因为我看到其他美国人也这样爱你--我国的第一夫人。萨沙、玛利亚，我们亲眼看着你们一天天长成两个健康、聪明、美丽的大姑娘了，多么像你们的妈妈。我对你们的埋怨也感到骄傲。但是我要说现在一条狗狗已经足够了。

To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics. The best. The best ever. Some of you were new this time around, and some of you have been at my side since the very beginning. But all of you are family. No matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of the history we made together and you will have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful president. Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley. You lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful for everything that you’ve done and all the incredible work that you put in.

对政治历史上最出色，最出色，史无前例地出色的竞选团队和志愿者们，（我要说），你们中一些人是头一次参加我们团队。你们中一些人在这一次是新人，

一些人从一开始就在我身边但是你们都属于同一个大家庭。不管你们做什么或来自哪里，你们将永远铭记我们共同创造的这段历史，你们将得到一个知恩图报的总统的终身感激。感谢你们自始至终的穿山越岭信任。你们鼎力推举成就了我的成功，我会永远感谢你们为我做的一切和奉献的无与伦比的努力。

I know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly. And that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics that tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special interests. But if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along a rope line in a high school gym, or saw folks working late in a campaign office in some tiny county far away from home, you’ll discover something else. You’ll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who’s working hi s way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity.

我知道政治运动有时候似乎渺小、愚蠢，为那些玩世不恭者提供了不少把柄污蔑我们政治不过是个人竞争的舞台或特殊利益的领域。但是如果你们有机会与参加集会和簇拥在中学体育馆里安全绳之外的人群交流或看到在一些远离家园的偏远乡村的竞选办公室里工作到深夜的身影，你将会发现另外一些事；你将听到年轻的现场组织者们声音里的决心，他们正在高校努力学习并且希望确保每一个孩子都有同样的机会。

You’ll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who’s going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift. You’ll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who’s working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home.

That’s why we do this. That’s what politics can be. That’s why elections matter. It’s not small, it’s big. It’s important. Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. We have our own opinions. Each of us has deeply held beliefs. And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy.

你们都从一个挨家挨户宣传的志愿者的声音里听出了骄傲，因为当地汽车厂增加了一个班，她的哥哥因此而被雇佣。你们都从一个军人家属的声音里听出深沉的爱国主义，她在深夜还在接听电话，以确保没有任何为这个国家战斗的军人回家后再为找一份工作或有一间房而“战斗”。这正是我们为什么这么做。政治就应该是这样。这正是选举的内涵。这不是小事，这是大事。这举足轻重。民主这一个拥有三亿人口的国度可能有些嘈杂、混乱和复杂。我们有自己的观点，我们每个人都有自己的信仰。当我们遭遇艰难时刻的时候，当我们做关乎国家命运的重大决定时；激起怨愤和反对是必然的。

That won’t change after tonight, and it shouldn’t. These arguments we have are a mark of our liberty. We can never forget that as we speak people in distant nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter, the chance to cast their ballots like we did today.

这明天也如此，也不应该改变。我们的这些争论成了我们的自由的标志。我们永远不能忘记，就在我们说这些的时候，那些遥远的国度里的人们正在冒着生命危险争取对至关重要的问题的发言机会。如同我们今晚一样的投票机会。

But despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America’s future. We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers. A country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation, with all the good jobs and new businesses that follow.

但是不提我们的所有分歧，我们大多数人对美国的未来都有相同的希望。我们希望我们的孩子们成长在一个他们可以进最好的学校和有最好的老师的国度。一个用好工作和新创业等所有一切来续写全球技术、发现和创新领导者的传奇的国度。

We want our children to live in an America that isn’t burdened by debt, that isn’t weakened by inequality, that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. We want to pass on a country that’s safe and respected and admired around the world, a nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the best troops this –this world has ever known. But also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war, to shape a peace that is built on the promise of freedom and dignity for every human being.

我们希望我们的孩子们生活在一个没有沉重的债务负担，没有被不平等削弱，没有受到变热的星球的毁灭力量威胁的美国。我们要把一个安全，受到全世界尊重和敬仰的国家传递给下一代，这个国家由一个地球上最强大的军事力量和世界上迄今最精锐的军队来保卫。但是还是一个带着超脱战争时代的自信前进的国家，它要打造一个建立在人类的每个成员都有自由和尊严的基础上的和平盛世。

We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant Ameri ca, open to the dreams of an immigrant’s daughter who studies in our schools and pledges to our flag. To the young boy on the south side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the nearest street corner. To the furniture worker’s child in North Carolina who want s to become a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a president –that’s the future we hope for. That’s the vision we share. That’s where we need to go –forward. That’s where we need to go.

我们信仰一个慷慨大度的美国，一个激情澎湃的美国，一个海纳百川的美国。它接纳在我国学习并且愿意效忠美国的任何移民子女的梦想，接纳一个在芝加哥南区憧憬着胡同外的美好生活的男孩，接纳一个要当一名医生、科学家、工程师、企业家、外交家甚至是总统的家具工人的孩子—这是我们希望的未来。这是我们共同的愿景。这是我们前进的归宿。我们前进的归宿。

Now, we will disagree, sometimes fiercely, about how to get there. As it has for more than two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts. It’s not always a straight line. It’s not always a smooth path. By itself, the recognition that we have common hopes and dreams won’t end all the gridlock or solve all our problems or substitute for the painstaking work of building consensus and making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward. But that common bond is where we must begin.

现在我们就如何到达那里有分歧，有时是严重的分歧。正如过去的两百多年一样，进步将是断断续续的。前途不会是笔直的，而是曲折的。我们拥有共同的希望和梦想本身并不能移走所有的障碍、解决所有的问题、取代建立共识和推进这个国家所必需的艰难妥协所需要的艰苦的努力。但是这个共同的纽带是我们的出发点。

Our economy is recovering. A decade of war is ending. A long campaign is now over. And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you, and you’ve made me a better president. And with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.

我们的经济正在复苏。持续十年的战争即将结束。一个漫长的选举刚刚划上句号。无论你们是否投了我的票，我都倾听了你们的声音，从你们那里学到了很多，你们使我成为更好的总统。带着你们的奋斗经历，我从来没有这么决心坚定，欢欣鼓舞地返回白宫应对未来要做的工作和我们的前途。

Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together： Reducing our deficit，Reforming our tax code， Fixing our immigration system， Freeing ourselves from foreign oil. We’ve got more work to do.

今晚你们为了行动投票，而不是像过去一样为了政治。你们选择了我们关注你们的工作，而不是我们的。在未来的各个周和各个月里，我期待主动与两党领导人合作来应对只能由合作才能应对的挑战：减少赤字，改革税法，调整移民系统，摆脱对进口石油的依赖。我们还有更多工作要做。

But that doesn’t mean your work is done. The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote. America’s never been about what can be done for us. It’s about what can be done by us together through the hard and frustrating, but necessary work of self-government. That’s the principle we were founded on.

但是这并不意味着你们的工作已经完成了。我们的民主政体的公民们的职责并没有随着你们的投票结束。美国从来就不是意味着别人为我们做什么。而是意味着我们能共同通过艰苦的障碍重重的但是必需的自治工作来实现自己的目标。这是我们的立国之本。

This country has more wealth than any nation, but that’s not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that’s not what makes us strong. Our university, our culture are all the envy of the world, but that’s not what keeps the world coming to our shores.

这个国家的财富超过任何其他国家，但是这不是它富有的原因。我们拥有历史上最强大的军事力量，但是这不是我们强大的原因。我们的大学，我们的文化是全世界最羡慕的，但是这不是世界上各国人们都愿意定居我国的原因。

What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth. The belief that our destiny is shared; that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations. The freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights. And among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That’s what makes America great.

使美国在世界上独一无二的是把世界上最多元的国家统一起来的凝聚力，是我们于他国有共同的命运，是我们国家靠我们互相承担义务和对后代的义务维系的信仰，是无数美国人为之奋斗和牺牲的赋予我们责任和权利的自由，包括爱，慈善，天职和爱国主义。这是美国为什么伟大的原因。

I am hopeful tonight because I’ve seen the spirit at work in America. I’ve seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors, and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job. I’ve seen it in the soldiers who reenlist after losing a limb and in those SEALs who charged up the stairs into darkness and danger because they knew there was a buddy behind them watching their back.

今晚我感到充满了希望，因为我看到了这种精神在美国还在发扬光大。我在家族企业的主人们宁可削减自己的收入也不愿意辞退他们的邻居，工人们宁可削减自

己的工时也不愿意看到自己的工友丢掉工作的善举中看见了这种精神。我在那些在切除了胳膊或腿之后仍然选择从军的军人们和“海豹突击队”队员们心里装着关注他们的队友们奋勇冲上黑暗的充满危险的楼梯的壮举中看到了这种精神。

I’ve seen it on the shores of New Jersey and New York, where leaders from every party and level of government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a terrible storm. And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter, whose long battle with leukemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for health care reform passing just a few months before the insurance company was about to stop paying for her care.

在新泽西和纽约的海边，政府的各级官员，无论来自哪个党派，都忘掉分歧全心全意的帮助社区在恐怖的风暴的废墟上重建，我从中看到了这种精神。就在此后的那天，在俄亥俄州的Mentor，我看到一个父亲讲述一件事。他八岁的女儿长期与白血病抗争，几乎耗尽了他全部的家产，如果不是因为几个月前通过了医保改革，保险公司马上就要停止支付她的医疗费了。

I had an opportunity to not just talk to the father, but meet this incredible daughter of his. And when he spoke to the crowd listening to that father’s story, every parent in that room had t ears in their eyes, because we knew that little girl could be our own. And I know that every American wants her future to be just as bright. That’s who we are. That’s the country I’m so proud to lead as your president.

我不仅有幸与这位父亲交谈，还见到了他出类拔萃的女儿。当他讲这件事时，屋子里倾听的父母们都热泪盈眶，因为他们知道他们的儿女可能面对同样的遭遇。我知道每个美国人都希望她的未来同样光明。这就是我们。这就是我作为总统如此骄傲地领导的国家。

And tonight, despite all the hardship we’ve been through, despite all the frustrations of Washington, I’ve never been more hopeful about our future. I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope. I’m not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. I’m not talking about the wishful idealism that allow s us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.

今晚，不提我们经历的所有艰难困苦，不提华盛顿遭遇的所有挫折，我对我们的未来从来没有这么充满希望。我从来没有这么对美国充满希望。我恳请你们不要让这个希望泯灭。我说的不是盲目乐观，而是一个藐视我们前面的任务的巨大风险或横在我们前进的路上的障碍的希望。我说的不是让我们袖手旁观或隔岸观火的华丽的理想主义。

I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.

我一直坚信这个希望我们心里坚如磐石，不管所有相反的证据，它坚信只要我们有勇气继续前行，继续工作，继续奋斗，美好的明天就会等待我们。

America, I believe we can build on the progress we’ve made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class. I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you’re willing to work hard, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love. It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can mak e it here in America if you’re willing to try.

亲爱的美国，我相信我们一定能百尺竿头更进一步，为中产阶级有新的工作、机会和安全感而继续奋斗。

I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. We’re not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

我相信我们一定能共同把握这个未来，因为我们不像政治家们说的那样一盘散沙。我们的雄心大于每个人的雄心的总和，我们不仅仅是红州和兰州的集合。我们现在是，将来也永远是美利坚合众国。

And together with your help and God’s grace we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on Earth.

有了你们的帮助和上帝的恩典，我们继往开来，昭示世人为什么我们生活在这个最伟大的国度里。

Thank you, America. God bless you. God bless these United States.

谢谢。上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑美利坚。