I'm Elizabeth Glaser. Eleven years ago, while giving birth to my first child, I hemorrhaged and was transfused with seven pints of blood. Four years later, I found out that I had been infected with the AIDS virus and had unknowingly passed it to my daughter, Ariel, through my breast milk, and my son, Jake, in utero. 我是伊丽莎白·格拉泽。十一年前，在生下我的第一个孩子时，我大出血并接受了七品脱血液的输血。四年后，我发现自己感染了艾滋病病毒，并在不知情的情况下通过母乳喂养将病毒传给了我的女儿艾瑞尔，通过子宫传给了我的儿子杰克。
Twenty years ago I wanted to be at the Democratic Convention because it was a way to participate in my country. Today, I am here because it's a matter of life and death. Exactly four years ago my daughter died of AIDS. She did not survive the Reagan Administration. I am here because my son and I may not survive four more years of leaders who say they care, but do nothing. I am in a race with the clock. This is not about being a Republican or an Independent or a Democrat. It's about the future -- for each and every one of us. 二十年前，我想参加民主党全国代表大会，因为这是参与国家事务的一种方式。今天，我站在这里是因为这关乎生死。整整四年前，我的女儿因艾滋病去世。她没能熬过里根政府时期。我站在这里是因为我的儿子和我可能无法再熬过四年那些嘴上说关心、实际上却什么都不做的领导人。我正在与时间赛跑。这无关乎是共和党人、独立人士还是民主党人。这关乎未来——关乎我们每一个人。
I started out just a mom -- fighting for the life of her child. But along the way I learned how unfair America can be today, not just for people who have HIV, but for many, many people -- poor people, gay people, people of color, children. A strange spokesperson for such a group: a well-to-do white woman. 我一开始只是一位母亲——为孩子的生命而战。但一路走来，我了解到今天的美国有多么不公平，不仅对艾滋病病毒感染者，而且对许多许多人——穷人、同性恋者、有色人种、儿童。作为这样一个群体的发言人，我显得有些奇怪：一个富裕的白人女性。
But I have learned my lesson the hard way, and I know that America has lost her path and is at risk of losing her soul. America wake up: We are all in a struggle between life and death. 但我通过惨痛的经历学到了教训，我知道美国已经迷失了方向，正面临着失去灵魂的危险。美国，醒醒吧：我们都在生死之间挣扎。
I understand the sense of frustration and despair in our country, because I know firsthand about shouting for help and getting no answer. I went to Washington to tell Presidents Reagan and Bush that much, much more had to be done for AIDS research and care, and that children couldn't be forgotten. The first time, when nothing happened, I thought, "They just didn't hear me." The second time, when nothing happened, I thought, "Maybe I didn't shout loud enough." But now I realize they don't hear because they don't want to listen. 我理解我们国家的沮丧和绝望感，因为我亲身经历过呼救却无人回应的滋味。我去华盛顿告诉里根总统和布什总统，必须为艾滋病研究和护理做更多更多的工作，儿童不能被遗忘。第一次，什么都没发生，我想："他们只是没听到我。"第二次，什么都没发生，我想："也许我喊得不够大声。"但现在我意识到，他们听不到是因为他们不想听。
When you cry for help and no one listens, you start to lose your hope. I began to lose faith in America. I felt my country was letting me down -- and it was. This is not the America I was raised to be proud of. I was raised to believe that other's problems were my problems as well. 当你呼救却无人回应时，你开始失去希望。我开始对美国失去信心。我觉得我的国家让我失望了——确实如此。这不是我从小引以为傲的美国。我从小被教育要相信别人的问题也是我的问题。
But when I tell most people about HIV, in hopes that they will help and care, I see the look in their eyes: "It's not my problem," they're thinking. Well, it's everyone's problem and we need a leader who will tell us that. We need a visionary to guide us -- to say it wasn't all right for Ryan White to be banned from school because he had AIDS, to say it wasn't alright for a man or a woman to be denied a job because they're infected with this virus. We need a leader who is truly committed to educating us. 但当我向大多数人讲述艾滋病病毒时，希望他们能提供帮助和关爱，我看到了他们眼中的神情：他们在想，"这不是我的问题。"但这是每个人的问题，我们需要一位能告诉我们这一点的领导人。我们需要一位有远见的人来指引我们——指出瑞安·怀特因为患有艾滋病而被禁止上学是不对的，指出一个男人或女人因为感染了这种病毒而被拒绝工作是不对的。我们需要一位真正致力于教育我们的领导人。
I believe in America, but not with a leadership of selfishness and greed -- where the wealthy get health care and insurance and the poor don't. Do you know how much my AIDS care costs? Over 40,000 dollars a year. Someone without insurance can't afford this. Even the drugs that I hope will keep me alive are out of reach for others. Is their life any less valuable? Of course not. This is not the America I was raised to be proud of -- where rich people get care and drugs that poor people can't. We need health care for all. We need a leader who will say this and do something about it. 我相信美国，但不是自私和贪婪的领导层——在那里富人得到医疗保健和保险，而穷人却得不到。你知道我的艾滋病治疗费用是多少吗？每年超过四万美元。没有保险的人负担不起。甚至那些我希望能让我活下去的药物，对其他人来说也是遥不可及。他们的生命就不那么珍贵吗？当然不是。这不是我从小引以为傲的美国——在那里富人得到穷人无法得到的治疗和药物。我们需要全民医保。我们需要一位能说出这一点并采取行动的领导人。
I believe in America, but not a leadership that talks about problems but is incapable of solving them -- two HIV commission reports with recommendations about what to do to solve this crisis sitting on shelves, gathering dust. We need a leader who will not only listen to these recommendations, but implement them. 我相信美国，但不是只会谈论问题却无法解决问题的领导层——两份艾滋病病毒委员会报告连同解决这场危机的建议被搁置在书架上，积满灰尘。我们需要一位不仅会听取这些建议，还会实施它们的领导人。
I believe in America, but not with a leadership that doesn't hold government accountable. I go to Washington to the National Institutes of Health and say, "Show me what you're doing on HIV." They hate it when I come because I try to tell them how to do it better. But that's why I love being a taxpayer, because it's my money and they must feel accountable. 我相信美国，但不是不对政府问责的领导层。我去华盛顿的国立卫生研究院说："让我看看你们在艾滋病病毒方面做了什么。"他们讨厌我来，因为我试图告诉他们如何做得更好。但这就是我作为纳税人感到自豪的原因，因为这是我的钱，他们必须感到负责。
I believe in an America where our leaders talk straight. When anyone tells President Bush that the battle against AIDS is seriously under-funded, he juggles the numbers to mislead the public into thinking we're spending twice as much as we really are. While they play games with numbers, people are dying. 我相信一个我们的领导人直言不讳的美国。当有人告诉布什总统抗击艾滋病的战斗严重资金不足时，他玩弄数字误导公众，让他们以为我们的支出是实际支出的两倍。当他们玩弄数字游戏时，人们正在死去。
I believe in America, but an America where there is a light in every home. A thousand points of light just wasn't enough: My house has been dark for too long. 我相信美国，但一个每个家庭都有光明的美国。一千点光远远不够：我的房子已经黑暗太久了。
Once every generation, history brings us to an important crossroads. Sometimes in life there is that moment when it's possible to make a change for the better. This is one of those moments. 每一代人，历史都会把我们带到一个重要的十字路口。生活中有时会有这样一个时刻，有可能做出更好的改变。这就是这样的时刻之一。
For me, this is not politics. This is a crisis of caring. 对我来说，这不是政治。这是一场关爱的危机。
In this hall is the future -- women, men of all colors saying, "Take America back." We are just real people wanting a more hopeful life. But words and ideas are not enough. Good thoughts won't save my family. What's the point of caring if we don't do something about it? A President and a Congress that can work together so we can get out of this gridlock and move ahead, because I don't win my war if the President cares and the Congress doesn't, or if the Congress cares and the President doesn't support the ideas. 这个大厅里就是未来——各种肤色的女性和男性说："夺回美国。"我们只是想要更有希望的生活的普通人。但光有言语和想法是不够的。美好的想法救不了我的家人。如果我们不为此做些什么，关爱又有什么意义呢？我们需要一位能与国会合作的总统，这样我们才能走出这种僵局，向前迈进，因为如果总统关心但国会不关心，或者国会关心但总统不支持这些想法，我就赢不了我的战争。
The people in this hall this week, the Democratic Party, all of us can begin to deliver that partnership, and in November we can all bring it home. 这个星期在这个大厅里的人们，民主党，我们所有人都可以开始实现这种合作关系，到十一月份我们都可以把它带回家。
My daughter lived seven years, and in her last year, when she couldn't walk or talk, her wisdom shone through. She taught me to love, when all I wanted to do was hate. She taught me to help others, when all I wanted to do was help myself. She taught me to be brave, when all I felt was fear. My daughter and I loved each other with simplicity. America, we can do the same. 我的女儿活了七年，在她生命的最后一年，当她无法走路或说话时，她的智慧闪耀着光芒。她教会我爱，而我当时只想恨。她教会我帮助别人，而我当时只想帮助自己。她教会我勇敢，而我当时只感到恐惧。我女儿和我简单地爱着彼此。美国，我们也可以做到。
This was the country that offered hope. This was the place where dreams could come true, not just economic dreams, but dreams of freedom, justice, and equality. We all need to hope that our dreams can come true. I challenge you to make it happen, because all our lives, not just mine, depend on it. 这曾是一个充满希望的国家。这曾是一个梦想可以成真的地方，不仅是经济梦想，还有自由、正义和平等的梦想。我们都需要希望我们的梦想能够成真。我挑战你们让它成为现实，因为我们所有人的生命，不仅仅是我的，都取决于此。
Thank you. 谢谢你们。