Myanmar Naingan, Mingalaba! I am very honored to be here at this university and to be the first President of the United States of America to visit your country. 缅甸联邦，敏格拉巴！我非常荣幸能来到这所大学，也非常荣幸能成为第一位访问贵国的美利坚合众国总统。
I came here because of the importance of your country. You live at the crossroads of East and South Asia. You border the most populated nations on the planet. You have a history that reaches back thousands of years, and the ability to help determine the destiny of the fastest growing region of the world. 我来到这里，是因为贵国的重要性。你们地处东亚和南亚的交汇之处。你们与世界上人口最多的国家接壤。你们拥有数千年的历史，也有能力帮助决定这个世界上增长最快地区的命运。
I came here because of the beauty and diversity of your country. I have seen just earlier today the golden stupa of Shwedagon, and have been moved by the timeless idea of metta -- the belief that our time on this Earth can be defined by tolerance and by love. And I know this land reaches from the crowded neighborhoods of this old city to the homes of more than 60,000 villages; from the peaks of the Himalayas, the forests of Karen State, to the banks of the Irrawady River. 我来到这里，是因为贵国的美丽与多样。今天早些时候，我瞻仰了瑞光大金塔（Shwedagon），被"慈"（metta）这一永恒理念所感动——即我们在世间的时光可以用宽容与爱来定义。我知道这片土地从这座古城拥挤的街区延伸到六万多个村庄的家园；从喜马拉雅山脉的山峰、克伦邦（Karen State）的森林，到伊洛瓦底江（Irrawady River）的两岸。
I came here because of my respect for this university. It was here at this school where opposition to colonial rule first took hold. It was here that Aung San edited a magazine before leading an independence movement. It was here that U Thant learned the ways of the world before guiding it at the United Nations. Here, scholarship thrived during the last century and students demanded their basic human rights. 我来到这里，是因为我对这所大学的敬意。正是在这所学校里，反对殖民统治的力量最先扎根。正是在这里，Aung San在领导独立运动之前编辑过一份杂志。正是在这里，U Thant在联合国领导世界之前学会了处世之道。上个世纪，这里学术繁荣，学生们要求享有基本人权。
Now, your Parliament has at last passed a resolution to revitalize this university and it must reclaim its greatness, because the future of this country will be determined by the education of its youth. 如今，贵国议会终于通过了重振这所大学的决议，它必须重拾昔日的辉煌，因为这个国家的未来将取决于其青年的教育水平。
I came here because of the history between our two countries. A century ago, American traders, merchants and missionaries came here to build bonds of faith and commerce and friendship. And from within these borders in World War II, our pilots flew into China and many of our troops gave their lives. Both of our nations emerged from the British Empire, and the United States was among the first countries to recognize an independent Union of Burma. We were proud to found an American Center in Rangoon and to build exchanges with schools like this one. 我来到这里，是因为我们两国之间的历史。一个世纪前，美国的贸易商、商人和传教士来到这里，建立信仰、商业和友谊的纽带。二战期间，我们的飞行员从贵国境内飞往中国，我们的许多士兵献出了生命。我们两国都从大英帝国中独立出来，美国是最早承认独立的缅甸联邦（Union of Burma）的国家之一。我们为在仰光（Rangoon）设立美国中心并与这样的学校建立交流而感到自豪。
And through decades of differences, Americans have been united in their affection for this country and its people. 尽管历经数十年的分歧，美国人对这个国家及其人民的感情始终如一。
Above all, I came here because of America's belief in human dignity. Over the last several decades, our two countries became strangers. But today, I can tell you that we always remained hopeful about the people of this country, about you. You gave us hope and we bore witness to your courage. 最重要的是，我来到这里，是因为美国对人类尊严的信念。在过去几十年里，我们两国成了陌生人。但今天，我可以告诉你们，我们始终对这个国家的人民、对你们抱有希望。你们给了我们希望，我们见证了你们的勇气。
We saw the activists dressed in white visit the families of political prisoners on Sundays and monks dressed in saffron protesting peacefully in the streets. We learned of ordinary people who organized relief teams to respond to a cyclone, and heard the voices of students and the beats of hip-hop artists projecting the sound of freedom. We came to know exiles and refugees who never lost touch with their families or their ancestral home. And we were inspired by the fierce dignity of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as she proved that no human being can truly be imprisoned if hope burns in your heart. 我们看到身着白衣的活动人士在周日探访政治犯的家属，身披藏红色僧袍的僧侣在街头和平抗议。我们了解到普通人组织救援队应对飓风，听到了学生的声音和嘻哈艺术家传递自由之声的节拍。我们认识了那些从未与家人或故土失去联系的流亡者和难民。我们也被Daw Aung San Suu Kyi坚不可摧的尊严所鼓舞——她证明了，只要心中燃烧着希望，就没有人能真正被囚禁。
When I took office as President, I sent a message to those governments who ruled by fear. I said, in my inauguration address, "We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist." And over the last year and a half, a dramatic transition has begun, as a dictatorship of five decades has loosened its grip. Under President Thein Sein, the desire for change has been met by an agenda for reform. A civilian now leads the government, and a parliament is asserting itself. 在我就任总统时，我向那些靠恐惧统治的政府发出了一个信息。我在就职演说中说："如果你们愿意松开拳头，我们将伸出援手。"在过去一年半的时间里，一场戏剧性的转型已经开始，长达五十年的独裁统治放松了控制。在Thein Sein总统的领导下，改革议程回应了人们对变革的渴望。如今由文职人员领导政府，议会也在发挥自身作用。
The once-outlawed National League for Democracy stood in an election, and Aung San Suu Kyi is a Member of Parliament. Hundreds of prisoners of conscience have been released, and forced labor has been banned. Preliminary cease-fires have been reached with ethnic armies, and new laws allow for a more open economy. 曾经被取缔的全国民主联盟（National League for Democracy）参加了选举，Aung San Suu Kyi成为了议会议员。数百名良心犯获释，强迫劳动被禁止。与少数民族武装达成了初步停火协议，新的法律允许更加开放的经济。
So today, I've come to keep my promise and extend the hand of friendship. America now has an Ambassador in Rangoon, sanctions have been eased, and we will help rebuild an economy that can offer opportunity for its people, and serve as an engine of growth for the world. But this remarkable journey has just begun, and has much further to go. Reforms launched from the top of society must meet the aspirations of citizens who form its foundation. 因此今天，我来履行我的承诺，伸出友谊之手。美国现在已在仰光派驻大使，制裁已经放宽，我们将帮助重建经济，为人民提供机会，并成为世界增长的引擎。但这段非凡的旅程才刚刚开始，还有很长的路要走。从社会上层启动的改革必须满足作为其根基的公民的期望。
The flickers of progress that we have seen must not be extinguished -- they must be strengthened; they must become a shining North Star for all this nation's people. 我们所看到的进步的微光绝不能熄灭——它们必须被加强；它们必须成为这个国家全体人民闪耀的北极星。
And your success in that effort is important to the United States, as well as to me. Even though we come from different places, we share common dreams: to choose our leaders; to live together in peace; to get an education and make a good living; to love our families and our communities. That's why freedom is not an abstract idea; freedom is the very thing that makes human progress possible -- not just at the ballot box, but in our daily lives. 你们在这一努力中的成功对美国、对我都很重要。尽管我们来自不同的地方，但我们拥有共同的梦想：选择我们的领导人；和平共处；接受教育并过上好生活；热爱我们的家庭和社区。这就是为什么自由不是一个抽象的概念；自由正是使人类进步成为可能的东西——不仅仅体现在投票箱旁，更体现在我们的日常生活中。
One of our greatest Presidents in the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, understood this truth. He defined America's cause as more than the right to cast a ballot. He understood democracy was not just voting. He called upon the world to embrace four fundamental freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. These four freedoms reinforce one another, and you cannot fully realize one without realizing them all. 美国最伟大的总统之一Franklin Delano Roosevelt深谙这一道理。他将美国的事业定义为不仅仅是投票权。他明白民主不只是投票。他呼吁世界拥抱四大基本自由：言论自由、信仰自由、免于匮乏的自由和免于恐惧的自由。这四大自由相辅相成，缺一不可。
So that's the future that we seek for ourselves, and for all people. And that is what I want to speak to you about today. 这就是我们为自己、也为全人类所寻求的未来。这就是我今天想与你们谈论的话题。
First, we believe in the right of free expression so that the voices of ordinary people can be heard, and governments reflect their will -- the people's will. 第一，我们信仰言论自由的权利，这样普通人的声音才能被听到，政府才能反映他们的意愿——人民的意愿。
In the United States, for more than two centuries, we have worked to keep this promise for all of our citizens -- to win freedom for those who were enslaved; to extend the right to vote for women and African Americans; to protect the rights of workers to organize. 在美国，两个多世纪以来，我们一直努力为所有公民兑现这一承诺——为被奴役者赢得自由；扩大妇女和非裔美国人的投票权；保护工人组织起来的权利。
And we recognize no two nations achieve these rights in exactly the same way, but there is no question that your country will be stronger if it draws on the strength of all of its people. That's what allows nations to succeed. That's what reform has begun to do. 我们认识到，没有哪两个国家会以完全相同的方式实现这些权利，但毫无疑问，如果贵国能够汲取全体人民的力量，它将更加强大。这就是国家成功的秘诀。这也正是改革已经开始做的事情。
Instead of being repressed, the right of people to assemble together must now be fully respected. Instead of being stifled, the veil of media censorship must continue to be lifted. And as you take these steps, you can draw on your progress. Instead of being ignored, citizens who protested the construction of the Myitsone dam were heard. Instead of being outlawed, political parties have been allowed to participate. You can see progress being made. 人民集会的权利不再受到压制，而必须得到充分尊重。媒体审查的帷幕不再遮蔽真相，而必须继续被揭开。在你们迈出这些步伐的过程中，你们可以借鉴已有的进展。抗议密松（Myitsone）大坝建设的公民不再被忽视，他们的声音被听到了。政党不再被取缔，而是被允许参与其中。你们可以看到进步正在发生。
As one voter said during the parliamentary elections here, "Our parents and grandparents waited for this, but never saw it." And now you can see it. You can taste freedom. 正如一位选民在议会选举期间所说："我们的父母和祖父母等待着这一天，但从未亲眼见到。"而现在你们可以看到了。你们可以尝到自由的滋味。
And to protect the freedom of all the voters, those in power must accept constraints. That's what our American system is designed to do. Now, America may have the strongest military in the world, but it must submit to civilian control. I, as the President of the United States, make determinations that the military then carries out, not the other way around. As President and Commander-In-Chief, I have that responsibility because I'm accountable to the people. 为了保护所有选民的自由，掌权者必须接受约束。这正是我们美国制度设计的目的。美国或许拥有世界上最强大的军队，但军队必须服从文职控制。我作为美利坚合众国总统，做出决定，然后由军队执行，而不是反过来。作为总统兼武装部队总司令，我承担这一责任，因为我对人民负责。
Now, on other hand, as President, I cannot just impose my will on Congress -- the Congress of the United States -- even though sometimes I wish I could. The legislative branch has its own powers and its own prerogatives, and so they check my power and balance my power. I appoint some of our judges, but I cannot tell them how to rule, because every person in America -- from a child living in poverty to me, the President of the United States -- is equal under the law. 另一方面，作为总统，我不能把自己的意志强加给国会——美国国会——尽管有时我希望我能这样做。立法机构有其自身的权力和特权，因此他们制约和平衡我的权力。我任命部分法官，但我不能告诉他们如何裁决，因为在美国，每一个人——从生活在贫困中的孩子到我这位美国总统——在法律面前一律平等。
And a judge can make a determination as to whether or not I am upholding the law or breaking the law. And I am fully accountable to that law. 法官可以判定我是在遵守法律还是违反法律。我完全对法律负责。
And I describe our system in the United States because that's how you must reach for the future that you deserve -- a future where a single prisoner of conscience is one too many. You need to reach for a future where the law is stronger than any single leader, because it's accountable to the people. 我描述我们美国的制度，是因为你们必须这样去争取你们应得的未来——一个连一名良心犯都不应存在的未来。你们需要争取一个法律比任何单一领导人都更强大的未来，因为法律对人民负责。
You need to reach for a future where no child is made to be a soldier and no woman is exploited, and where the laws protect them even if they're vulnerable, even if they're weak; a future where national security is strengthened by a military that serves under civilians and a Constitution that guarantees that only those who are elected by the people may govern. 你们需要争取一个没有儿童被征召当兵、没有妇女遭受剥削的未来，在那里，法律保护他们，即便他们脆弱、即便他们弱小；在那个未来里，国家安全因听命于文职政府的军队和一部保证只有民选者方可执政的宪法而得到加强。
On that journey, America will support you every step of the way -- by using our assistance to empower civil society; by engaging your military to promote professionalism and human rights; and by partnering with you as you connect your progress towards democracy with economic development. 在这段旅程中，美国将支持你们迈出的每一步——通过我们的援助来增强公民社会的力量；通过与贵国军队接触来促进专业化和人权；通过与你们合作，将民主进程与经济发展结合起来。
So advancing that journey will help you pursue a second freedom -- the belief that all people should be free from want. It's not enough to trade a prison of powerlessness for the pain of an empty stomach. But history shows that governments of the people and by the people and for the people are far more powerful in delivering prosperity. And that's the partnership we seek with you. 因此，推进这一旅程将帮助你们追求第二项自由——人人免于匮乏的信念。用无力的牢笼换取饥肠辘辘的痛苦是不够的。但历史表明，民有、民治、民享的政府在实现繁荣方面要强大得多。这就是我们寻求与你们建立的伙伴关系。
When ordinary people have a say in their own future, then your land can't just be taken away from you. And that's why reforms must ensure that the people of this nation can have that most fundamental of possessions -- the right to own the title to the land on which you live and on which you work. 当普通人对自己的未来有发言权时，你们的土地就不会被轻易夺走。这就是为什么改革必须确保这个国家的人民能够拥有最基本的财产——拥有你们生活和劳作的土地所有权的权利。
When your talents are unleashed, then opportunity will be created for all people. America is lifting our ban on companies doing business here, and your government has lifted restrictions on investment and taken steps to open up your economy. And now, as more wealth flows into your borders, we hope and expect that it will lift up more people. It can't just help folks at the top. It has to help everybody. And that kind of economic growth, where everybody has opportunity -- if you work hard, you can succeed -- that's what gets a nation moving rapidly when it comes to develop. 当你们的才能得到释放时，机会就会被创造给所有人。美国正在解除对企业在此经商的禁令，贵国政府也已取消投资限制，并采取措施开放经济。现在，随着更多财富流入你们的国境，我们希望并期待它能让更多人受益。它不能只帮助顶层的人。它必须帮助每一个人。那种人人享有机会的经济增长——只要努力工作就能成功——才是推动一个国家快速发展的动力。
But that kind of growth can only be created if corruption is left behind. For investment to lead to opportunity, reform must promote budgets that are transparent and industry that is privately owned. 但只有摒弃腐败，才能实现这种增长。要让投资带来机会，改革必须促进预算透明和产业民营化。
To lead by example, America now insists that our companies meet high standards of openness and transparency if they're doing business here. And we'll work with organizations like the World Bank to support small businesses and to promote an economy that allows entrepreneurs, small businesspeople to thrive and allows workers to keep what they earn. And I very much welcome your government's recent decision to join what we've called our Open Government Partnership, so that citizens can come to expect accountability and learn exactly how monies are spent and how your system of government operates. 为了以身作则，美国现在要求我们的企业在此经商时必须达到开放和透明的高标准。我们将与世界银行（World Bank）等组织合作，支持小企业，推动一种让企业家、小企业主能够蓬勃发展、让劳动者能够保住劳动所得的经济。我非常欢迎贵国政府最近决定加入我们所说的"开放政府伙伴关系"（Open Government Partnership），这样公民就可以期待问责制，并确切了解资金如何使用以及政府系统如何运作。
Above all, when your voices are heard in government, it's far more likely that your basic needs will be met. And that's why reform must reach the daily lives of those who are hungry and those who are ill, and those who live without electricity or water. And here, too, America will do our part in working with you. 最重要的是，当你们的声音在政府中被听到时，你们的基本需求就更有可能得到满足。这就是为什么改革必须触及那些饥饿的人、患病的人以及那些没有电和水的人的日常生活。在这方面，美国也将尽我们的一份力量与你们合作。
Today, I was proud to reestablish our USAID mission in this country, which is our lead development agency. And the United States wants to be a partner in helping this country, which used to be the rice bowl of Asia, to reestablish its capacity to feed its people and to care for its sick, and educate its children, and build its democratic institutions as you continue down the path of reform. 今天，我自豪地重新设立了美国国际开发署（USAID）在贵国的办事处，这是我们主要的发展援助机构。美国希望成为伙伴，帮助这个曾经是"亚洲米仓"的国家重建养活人民、照顾病人、教育儿童的能力，并在你们继续走改革道路的过程中建设民主制度。
This country is famous for its natural resources, and they must be protected against exploitation. And let us remember that in a global economy, a country's greatest resource is its people. So by investing in you, this nation can open the door for far more prosperity -- because unlocking a nation's potential depends on empowering all its people, especially its young people. 这个国家以其自然资源闻名，这些资源必须受到保护，免遭剥削。让我们记住，在全球经济中，一个国家最大的资源是它的人民。因此，通过投资于你们，这个国家可以打开通往更大繁荣的大门——因为释放一个国家的潜力取决于赋能于全体人民，尤其是年轻人。
Just as education is the key to America's future, it is going to the be the key to your future as well. And so we look forward to working with you, as we have with many of your neighbors, to extend that opportunity and to deepen exchanges among our students. We want students from this country to travel to the United States and learn from us, and we want U.S. students to come here and learn from you. 正如教育是美国未来的关键，它也将是你们未来的关键。因此，我们期待着与你们合作，就像我们与你们的许多邻国合作一样，扩大这种机会，深化我们学生之间的交流。我们希望贵国学生能前往美国向我们学习，也希望美国学生能来这里向你们学习。
And this truth leads me to the third freedom that I want to discuss: the freedom to worship -- the freedom to worship as you please, and your right to basic human dignity. 这一真理引出了我想讨论的第三项自由：信仰自由——按自己的意愿信仰的自由，以及你们享有基本人类尊严的权利。
This country, like my own country, is blessed with diversity. Not everybody looks the same. Not everybody comes from the same region. Not everybody worships in the same way. In your cities and towns, there are pagodas and temples, and mosques and churches standing side by side. Well over a hundred ethnic groups have been a part of your story. Yet within these borders, we've seen some of the world's longest running insurgencies, which have cost countless lives, and torn families and communities apart, and stood in the way of development. 贵国和我的国家一样，有幸拥有多样性。不是每个人都长得一样。不是每个人都来自同一个地区。不是每个人都以同样的方式信仰。在你们的城市和城镇中，佛塔、寺庙、清真寺和教堂并肩而立。一百多个民族构成了你们历史的一部分。然而，在这片国土上，我们也目睹了世界上持续时间最长的一些叛乱，它们夺去了无数生命，撕裂了家庭和社区，阻碍了发展。
No process of reform will succeed without national reconciliation. You now have a moment of remarkable opportunity to transform cease-fires into lasting settlements, and to pursue peace where conflicts still linger, including in Kachin State. Those efforts must lead to a more just and lasting peace, including humanitarian access to those in need, and a chance for the displaced to return home. 没有民族和解，任何改革进程都不会成功。你们现在拥有一个非凡的机遇，可以将停火转化为持久的解决方案，并在冲突仍在持续的地方——包括克钦邦（Kachin State）——追求和平。这些努力必须带来更加公正和持久的和平，包括让有需要的人获得人道主义援助，让流离失所者有机会返回家园。
Today, we look at the recent violence in Rakhine State that has caused so much suffering, and we see the danger of continued tensions there. For too long, the people of this state, including ethnic Rakhine, have faced crushing poverty and persecution. But there is no excuse for violence against innocent people. And the Rohingya hold themselves -- hold within themselves the same dignity as you do, and I do. 今天，我们关注若开邦（Rakhine State）最近发生的暴力事件，它造成了如此深重的苦难，我们也看到那里局势持续紧张的危险。长期以来，该邦的人民，包括若开族，都面临着极度贫困和迫害。但针对无辜人民的暴力是没有任何借口的。罗兴亚人（Rohingya）内心怀有着与你我一样的尊严。
National reconciliation will take time, but for the sake of our common humanity, and for the sake of this country's future, it is necessary to stop incitement and to stop violence. And I welcome the government's commitment to address the issues of injustice and accountability, and humanitarian access and citizenship. That's a vision that the world will support as you move forward. 民族和解需要时间，但为了我们共同的人性，为了这个国家的未来，必须停止煽动，停止暴力。我欢迎政府承诺解决不公和问责问题，以及人道主义准入和公民身份问题。这是一个世界将支持的愿景，在你们前进的道路上。
Every nation struggles to define citizenship. America has had great debates about these issues, and those debates continue to this day, because we're a nation of immigrants -- people coming from every different part of the world. But what we've learned in the United States is that there are certain principles that are universal, apply to everybody no matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, no matter what religion you practice. 每个国家都在努力定义公民身份。美国对这些问题进行过激烈的辩论，这些辩论一直持续到今天，因为我们是一个移民国家——人们来自世界各个角落。但我们在美国学到的是，有些原则是普世的，适用于每一个人，无论你长什么样，无论你来自哪里，无论你信仰什么宗教。
The right of people to live without the threat that their families may be harmed or their homes may be burned simply because of who they are or where they come from. 人们有权生活在没有威胁的环境中——不必担心仅仅因为他们是谁或来自哪里，他们的家人就可能受到伤害，他们的家园就可能被焚毁。
Only the people of this country ultimately can define your union, can define what it means to be a citizen of this country. But I have confidence that as you do that you can draw on this diversity as a strength and not a weakness. Your country will be stronger because of many different cultures, but you have to seize that opportunity. You have to recognize that strength. 归根结底，只有这个国家的人民才能定义你们的联邦，才能定义作为这个国家公民的意义。但我有信心，当你们这样做时，你们可以将这种多样性作为一种力量，而不是一种弱点。你们的国家会因为众多不同的文化而更加强大，但你们必须抓住这个机会。你们必须认识到这种力量。
I say this because my own country and my own life have taught me the power of diversity. The United States of America is a nation of Christians and Jews, and Muslims and Buddhists, and Hindus and non-believers. Our story is shaped by every language; it's enriched by every culture. We have people from every corners of the world. We've tasted the bitterness of civil war and segregation, but our history shows us that hatred in the human heart can recede; that the lines between races and tribes fade away. 我这样说是因为我的国家和我自己的人生教会了我多样性的力量。美利坚合众国是一个由基督徒、犹太人、穆斯林、佛教徒、印度教徒和无信仰者组成的国家。我们的故事由每一种语言塑造；它因每一种文化而丰富。我们有来自世界各个角落的人。我们品尝过内战和种族隔离的苦涩，但我们的历史告诉我们，人心中的仇恨可以消退；种族和部落之间的界限可以消失。
And what's left is a simple truth: e pluribus unum -- that's what we say in America. Out of many, we are one nation and we are one people. And that truth has, time and again, made our union stronger. It has made our country stronger. It's part of what has made America great. 剩下的是一个简单的真理：e pluribus unum——我们美国人这样说。合众为一，我们是一个国家，我们是一个民族。这一真理一次又一次地让我们的联邦更加强大。它让我们的国家更加强大。这是美国之所以伟大的部分原因。
We amended our Constitution to extend the democratic principles that we hold dear. And I stand before you today as President of the most powerful nation on Earth, but recognizing that once the color of my skin would have denied me the right to vote. And so that should give you some sense that if our country can transcend its differences, then yours can, too. Every human being within these borders is a part of your nation's story, and you should embrace that. That's not a source of weakness, that's a source of strength -- if you recognize it. 我们修订了宪法，以扩展我们珍视的民主原则。今天我站在你们面前，作为地球上最强大国家的总统，但我也认识到，曾经我的肤色会让我失去投票权。这应该让你们明白，如果我们的国家能够超越分歧，那么你们的国家也可以。这片国土上的每一个人都是你们国家故事的一部分，你们应该拥抱这一点。那不是弱点的源泉，而是力量的源泉——如果你们认识到这一点的话。
And that brings me to the final freedom that I will discuss today, and that is the right of all people to live free from fear. 这引出了我今天要讨论的最后一项自由，即所有人免于恐惧的权利。
In many ways, fear is the force that stands between human beings and their dreams. Fear of conflict and the weapons of war. Fear of a future that is different from the past. Fear of changes that are reordering our societies and economy. Fear of people who look different, or come from a different place, or worship in a different way. 在许多方面，恐惧是阻挡人类实现梦想的力量。对冲突和战争武器的恐惧。对不同于过去的未来的恐惧。对正在重塑我们社会和经济的变革的恐惧。对长相不同、来自不同地方或以不同方式信仰的人的恐惧。
In some of her darkest moments, when Aung San Suu Kyi was imprisoned, she wrote an essay about freedom from fear. She said fear of losing corrupts those who wield it -- "Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it." 在Aung San Suu Kyi被囚禁的一些最黑暗时刻，她写了一篇关于免于恐惧的文章。她说，对失去的恐惧会腐蚀那些掌权的人——"对失去权力的恐惧腐蚀掌权者，对权力之祸的恐惧腐蚀受权者。"
That's the fear that you can leave behind. We see that chance in leaders who are beginning to understand that power comes from appealing to people's hopes, not people's fears. We see it in citizens who insist that this time must be different, that this time change will come and will continue. As Aung San Suu Kyi wrote: "Fear is not the natural state of civilized man." I believe that. And today, you are showing the world that fear does not have to be the natural state of life in this country. 这就是你们可以抛在身后的恐惧。我们在那些开始明白权力来自于唤起人们的希望而非恐惧的领导人身上看到了机会。我们在那些坚称这次必须不同、这次变革将会到来并且将会持续的公民身上看到了机会。正如Aung San Suu Kyi所写："恐惧不是文明人的自然状态。"我相信这一点。而今天，你们正在向世界表明，恐惧不必成为这个国家生活的自然状态。
That's why I am here. That's why I came to Rangoon. And that's why what happens here is so important -- not only to this region, but to the world. Because you're taking a journey that has the potential to inspire so many people. This is a test of whether a country can transition to a better place. 这就是我为什么在这里。这就是我为什么来到仰光。这就是为什么这里发生的事情如此重要——不仅对这个地区，对整个世界都是如此。因为你们正在踏上一段有可能激励无数人的旅程。这是对一个国家能否转型到更好境地的考验。
The United States of America is a Pacific nation, and we see our future as bound to those nations and peoples to our West. And as our economy recovers, this is where we believe we will find enormous growth. As we have ended the wars that have dominated our foreign policy for a decade, this region will be a focus for our efforts to build a prosperous peace. 美利坚合众国是一个太平洋国家，我们认为我们的未来与我们西部的国家和人民紧密相连。随着我们的经济复苏，我们相信我们将在这里找到巨大的增长。随着我们结束了十年来主导我们外交政策的战争，这个地区将成为我们建设繁荣和平的努力重点。
Here in Southeast Asia, we see the potential for integration among nations and people. And as President, I have embraced ASEAN for reasons that go beyond the fact that I spent some of my childhood in this region, in Indonesia. 在东南亚这里，我们看到了国家和人民之间融合的潜力。作为总统，我重视东盟（ASEAN），这不仅仅是因为我童年的一部分时光是在这个地区的印度尼西亚度过的。
Because with ASEAN, we see nations that are on the move -- nations that are growing, and democracies that are emerging; governments that are cooperating; progress that's building on the diversity that spans oceans and islands and jungles and cities, peoples of every race and every religion. This is what the 21st century should look like if we have the courage to put aside our differences and move forward with a sense of mutual interest and mutual respect. 因为通过东盟，我们看到了正在前进的国家——正在成长的国家，正在涌现的民主国家；正在合作的政府；建立在跨越海洋、岛屿、丛林和城市的多样性之上的进步，以及各个种族和各种宗教的人民。如果我们有勇气抛开分歧，本着互利和相互尊重的精神前进，这就是21世纪应有的样子。
And here in Rangoon, I want to send a message across Asia: We don't need to be defined by the prisons of the past. We need to look forward to the future. To the leadership of North Korea, I have offered a choice: let go of your nuclear weapons and choose the path of peace and progress. If you do, you will find an extended hand from the United States of America. 在仰光这里，我想向整个亚洲传递一个信息：我们不需要被过去的牢笼所定义。我们需要展望未来。我向朝鲜（North Korea）领导层提供了一个选择：放弃你们的核武器，选择和平与进步的道路。如果你们这样做，美利坚合众国将向你们伸出援手。
In 2012, we don't need to cling to the divisions of East, West and North and South. We welcome the peaceful rise of China, your neighbor to the North; and India, your neighbor to the West. The United Nations -- the United States will work with any nation, large or small, that will contribute to a world that is more peaceful and more prosperous, and more just and more free. And the United States will be a friend to any nation that respects the rights of its citizens and the responsibilities of international law. 2012年，我们不需要固守东西方、南北方的分歧。我们欢迎你们北方邻国中国（China）的和平崛起；也欢迎你们西方邻国印度（India）的和平崛起。美国将与任何国家——无论大小——合作，只要它致力于建设一个更加和平、更加繁荣、更加公正、更加自由的世界。美国将成为任何尊重其公民权利和履行国际法责任的国家的朋友。
That's the nation, that's the world that you can start to build here in this historic city. This nation that's been so isolated can show the world the power of a new beginning, and demonstrate once again that the journey to democracy goes hand in hand with development. 这就是你们可以在这座历史名城开始建设的国家，这就是你们可以开始建设的世界。这个曾经如此孤立的国家可以向世界展示一个新开端的力量，并再次证明民主之路与发展携手并进。
I say this knowing that there are still countless people in this country who do not enjoy the opportunities that many of you seated here do. There are tens of millions who have no electricity. There are prisoners of conscience who still await release. There are refugees and displaced peoples in camps where hope is still something that lies on the distant horizon. 我说这番话时也知道，这个国家仍有无数人无法享有在座许多人所享有的机会。有上千万人没有电可用。有良心犯仍在等待获释。有难民和流离失所者住在难民营中，在那里，希望仍然是遥远地平线上的东西。
Today, I say to you -- and I say to everybody that can hear my voice -- that the United States of America is with you, including those who have been forgotten, those who are dispossessed, those who are ostracized, those who are poor. We carry your story in our heads and your hopes in our hearts, because in this 21st century with the spread of technology and the breaking down of barriers, the frontlines of freedom are within nations and individuals, not simply between them. 今天，我对你们说——也对所有能听到我声音的人说——美利坚合众国与你们同在，包括那些被遗忘的人、被剥夺权利的人、被排斥的人、贫穷的人。我们把你们的故事铭记在心，把你们的希望放在心中，因为在21世纪，随着技术的传播和壁垒的打破，自由的前线存在于国家内部和个人心中，而不仅仅是国家之间。
As one former prisoner put it in speaking to his fellow citizens, "Politics is your job. It's not only for [the] politicians." And we have an expression in the United States that the most important office in a democracy is the office of citizen -- not President, not Speaker, but citizen. 正如一位前政治犯在对同胞们讲话时所说："政治是你们的事。不只是政治家的事。"在美国我们有一个说法，民主制度中最重要的职位是公民的职位——不是总统，不是议长，而是公民。
So as extraordinary and difficult and challenging and sometimes frustrating as this journey may seem, in the end, you, the citizens of this country, are the ones who must define what freedom means. You're the ones who are going to have to seize freedom, because a true revolution of the spirit begins in each of our hearts. It requires the kind of courage that so many of your leaders have already displayed. 因此，尽管这段旅程可能看起来非凡、艰难、充满挑战，有时甚至令人沮丧，但最终，你们——这个国家的公民——才是必须定义自由之意义的人。你们才是必须抓住自由的人，因为真正的精神革命始于我们每个人的心中。它需要你们的许多领导人已经展现出的那种勇气。
The road ahead will be marked by huge challenges, and there will be those who resist the forces of change. But I stand here with confidence that something is happening in this country that cannot be reversed, and the will of the people can lift up this nation and set a great example for the world. And you will have in the United States of America a partner on that long journey. So, cezu tin bad de. 前方的道路将充满巨大的挑战，也会有人抗拒变革的力量。但我站在这里，满怀信心地认为，这个国家正在发生的事情是不可逆转的，人民的意志可以振兴这个国家，为世界树立伟大的榜样。在这段漫长的旅程中，美利坚合众国将成为你们的伙伴。谢谢大家。
Thank you. 谢谢。
