Address to the Parliament of Canada(在加拿大议会的演讲)

Address to the Parliament of Canada(在加拿大议会的演讲)

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演讲背景:2016年6月29日,美国总统奥巴马在加拿大渥太华众议院发表演讲,这是他任期内最后一次对加拿大进行国事访问的重要活动。演讲正值英国脱欧公投后不久,全球民粹主义和保护主义抬头的关键时期。奥巴马强调了美加两国作为最亲密盟友和伙伴的特殊关系,追溯了两国共同的价值观和历史纽带,并从经济愿景、贸易合作、全球发展、安全防务、气候变化、民主与人权等多个维度阐述了美加合作的方向。他呼吁两国共同应对全球化带来的挑战,反对贸易保护主义和孤立主义,重申多边主义、多元包容和普世价值的重要性,并特别称赞了加拿大在难民问题上展现的人道主义精神。

Thank you so much. Good evening. Bonjour. 非常感谢。晚上好。你好。

Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, members of the House, members of the Senate, distinguished guests, people of Canada -- thank you for this extraordinary welcome, which temps me to just shut up and leave. Because it can't get any better than this. Obviously I'm grateful for the warm welcome. I'm extraordinarily grateful for the close working relationship and friendship with your outstanding Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and his extraordinary wife, Sophie. 总理先生,议长先生,众议院议员们,参议院议员们,尊敬的来宾们,加拿大人民——感谢你们如此热情的欢迎,这让我真想就此打住直接走人。因为不可能比这更好了。显然,我感谢你们的热烈欢迎。我非常感谢与你们杰出的总理贾斯廷·特鲁多以及他杰出的妻子索菲娅之间的密切工作关系和友谊。

But I think it's fair to say that much of this greeting is simply a reflection of the extraordinary alliance and deep friendship between Canadians and Americans. 但我认为,可以公平地说,这种欢迎在很大程度上只是加美两国人民之间非凡联盟和深厚友谊的体现。

Justin, thank you for your very kind words, and for the new energy and hope that your leadership has brought to your nation as well as to the alliance. My time in office may be nearing an end, but I know that Canada -- and the world -- will benefit from your leadership for years to come. 贾斯廷,感谢你非常友善的话语,感谢你的领导为你的国家以及为我们的联盟带来的新能量和新希望。我的任期可能即将结束,但我知道加拿大——以及世界——将在未来多年从你的领导中受益。

So Canada was the very first country that I visited as President. It was in February. It was colder. I was younger. Michelle now refers to my hair as the Great White North. And on that visit, I strolled around the ByWard Market, tried a "beaver tail" -- which is better than it sounds. And I was struck then, as I am again today, by the warmth of the Canadians. 加拿大是我作为总统访问的第一个国家。那是在二月。天气更冷。我也更年轻。米歇尔现在把我的头发称为"白色北方"。在那次访问中,我在拜沃德市场闲逛,尝了一种"海狸尾巴"——味道比听起来好。

I could not be more honored to be joining you in this historic hall -- this cathedral of freedom. And we Americans can never say it enough -- we could not ask for a better friend or ally than Canada. We could not. It's true. It is true. And we do not take it for granted. 当时我就被加拿大人民的热情所打动,今天我再次被打动。能在这座历史性的殿堂——这座自由的大教堂——与你们相聚,我感到无比荣幸。我们美国人怎么说都不够——我们找不到比加拿大更好的朋友和盟友了。真的找不到。这是事实。千真万确。我们不会将此视为理所当然。

That does not mean we don't have our differences. As I understand it, one of the reasons the Queen chose this site for Parliament was that it was a safe distance from America's border. And I admit, in the War of 1812, American troops did some damage to Toronto. I suspect that there were some people up here who didn't mind when the British returned the favor and burned down the White House. 这并不意味着我们没有分歧。据我所知,女王选择此地作为议会所在地的原因之一,就是它离美国边境有一段安全距离。我承认,在1812年战争中,美国军队确实对多伦多造成了一些破坏。我猜当英国人回敬一把火烧了白宫时,这里有些人并不会介意。

In more recent times, however, the only forces crossing our borders are the armies of tourists and businesspeople and families who are shopping and doing business and visiting loved ones. Our only battles take place inside the hockey rink. Even there, there's an uneasy peace that is maintained. As Americans, we, too, celebrate the life of Mr. Hockey himself, the late, great Gordie Howe. Just as Canadians can salute American teams for winning more Stanley Cups in the NHL. 然而,在更近的时代,跨越我们边境的唯一力量是游客、商人和探亲访友的家庭大军。我们唯一的战斗发生在冰球场上。即便在那里,也维持着一种不稳定的和平。作为美国人,我们也缅怀冰球先生本人——已故的伟大的戈迪·豪。正如加拿大人可以向赢得更多斯坦利杯的美国球队致敬一样。

Audience: Ooooh -- 观众:哦——

President Obama: I told you I should have stopped after the applause. 奥巴马总统:我就知道我应该在掌声之后就停下来的。

But in a world where too many borders are a source of conflict, our two countries are joined by the longest border of peace on Earth. And what makes our relationship so unique is not just proximity. It's our enduring commitment to a set of values -- a spirit, alluded to by Justin, that says no matter who we are, where we come from, what our last names are, what faith we practice, here we can make of our lives what we will. 但在一个太多边境都是冲突根源的世界里,我们两国拥有地球上最长的和平边界。而使我们的关系如此独特的不仅仅是地理上的接近。更是我们对一套价值观的持久承诺——一种精神,正如贾斯廷所提到的,无论我们是谁,来自哪里,姓氏是什么,信仰什么宗教,在这里我们都可以创造自己想要的生活。

It was the grit of pioneers and prospectors who pushed West across a forbidding frontier. The dreams of generations -- immigrants, refugees -- that we've welcomed to these shores. The hope of run-away slaves who went north on an underground railroad. "Deep in our history of struggle," said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Canada was the north star... The freedom road links us together." 是开拓者和探矿者穿越险恶边境向西推进的坚韧。是一代又一代人——移民、难民——的梦想,我们欢迎他们来到这些海岸。是逃亡奴隶通过地下铁路北上的希望。"在我们斗争的历史深处,"小马丁·路德·金博士说,"加拿大是北极星……自由之路将我们连在一起。"

We're bound as well by the service of those who've defended us -- at Flanders Field, the beaches of Normandy, in the skies of the Balkans, and more recently, in the mountains of Afghanistan, and training bases in Iraq. Their sacrifice is reflected in the silent rows of Arlington and in the Peace Tower above us. Today we honor those who gave their lives for all of us. 我们也因那些保卫过我们的人的奉献而紧密相连——在佛兰德斯战场,在诺曼底海滩,在巴尔干的天空,以及最近在阿富汗的山区和伊拉克的训练基地。他们的牺牲体现在阿灵顿寂静的墓碑行列中,也体现在我们头顶的和平塔上。今天,我们向那些为我们所有人献出生命的人致敬。

We're linked together, as well, by the institutions that we've built to keep the peace: A United Nations to advance our collective aspirations. A NATO alliance to ensure our security. NORAD, where Americans and Canadians stand watch side by side -- and track Santa on Christmas Eve. 我们还因我们为维护和平而建立的制度而联系在一起:一个推进我们共同愿望的联合国。一个保障我们安全的北约联盟。北美空防司令部,美国人和加拿大人并肩站岗——还在圣诞夜追踪圣诞老人。

We're linked by a vast web of commerce that carries goods from one end of this continent to another. And we're linked by the ties of friendship and family -- in my case, an outstanding brother-in-law in Burlington. Had to give Burlington a shout out. Our relationship is so remarkable precisely because it seems so unremarkable -- which is why Americans often are surprised when our favorite American actor or singer turns out to be Canadian! The point is we see ourselves in each other, and our lives are richer for it. 我们被一个将货物从这个大陆一端运送到另一端的庞大商业网络联系在一起。我们还被友谊和家庭的纽带联系在一起——就我而言,是一位在伯灵顿的杰出姐夫。必须提一下伯灵顿。我们的关系之所以非凡,恰恰是因为它看起来如此平凡——这就是为什么当我们最喜欢的美国演员或歌手原来是加拿大人时,美国人常常感到惊讶!关键是我们在彼此身上看到了自己,我们的生活也因此更加丰富。

As President, I've deepened the ties between our countries. And because of the progress we've made in recent years, I can stand before you and say that the enduring partnership between Canada and the United States is as strong as it has ever been, and we are more closely aligned than ever before. 作为总统,我加深了我们两国之间的联系。由于我们近年来取得的进展,我可以站在你们面前说,加拿大和美国之间的持久伙伴关系比以往任何时候都更加牢固,我们比以往任何时候都更加紧密地站在一起。

And yet, we meet at a pivotal moment for our nations and for the globe. From this vibrant capital, we can look upon a world that has benefited enormously from the international order that we helped to build together -- but we can see that same order increasingly strained by the accelerating forces of change. The world is by most every measure less violent than ever before; but it remains riven by old divisions and fresh hatreds. 然而,我们正处在一个对我们两国和全球都至关重要的时刻。从这座充满活力的首都,我们可以看到一个因我们共同建立的国际秩序而受益匪浅的世界——但我们也可以看到,同样的秩序正日益受到加速变化的力量的冲击。几乎从任何衡量标准来看,世界都比以往任何时候都更加和平;但它仍然被旧的分裂和新的仇恨所撕裂。

The world is more connected than ever before; but even as it spreads knowledge and the possibility of greater understanding between peoples, it also empowers terrorists who spread hatred and death -- most recently in Orlando and Istanbul. 世界比以往任何时候都更加互联互通;但在传播知识和增进各国人民之间理解的可能性的同时,它也赋予了恐怖分子传播仇恨和死亡的力量——最近一次发生在奥兰多和伊斯坦布尔。

The world is more prosperous than ever before, but alongside globalization and technological wonders we also see a rise in inequality and wage stagnation across the advanced economies, leaving too many workers and communities fearful of diminishing prospects, not just for themselves, but more importantly, for their children. 世界比以往任何时候都更加繁荣,但在全球化和科技奇迹的同时,我们也看到发达经济体中不平等现象加剧和工资停滞不前,让太多的工人和社区担心前景黯淡,不仅是为他们自己,更重要的是为他们的孩子。

And in the face of such rising uncertainty, it is not enough to look at aggregate growth rates, or stock prices, or the pace of digital innovation. If the benefits of globalization accrue only to those at the very top, if our democracies seem incapable of assuring broad-based growth and opportunity for everyone, then people will push back, out of anger or out of fear. 面对这种日益增长的不确定性,仅仅关注总体增长率、股价或数字创新的速度是不够的。如果全球化的好处只流向最顶层的人,如果我们的民主制度似乎无法确保基础广泛的增长和人人享有机会,那么人们就会反击,出于愤怒或恐惧。

And politicians -- some sincere, and some entirely cynical -- will tap that anger and fear, harkening back to bygone days of order and predictability and national glory, arguing that we must rebuild walls and disengage from a chaotic world, or rid ourselves of the supposed ills brought on by immigrants -- all in order to regain control of our lives. 而政客们——有些是真诚的,有些则完全是愤世嫉俗的——会利用这种愤怒和恐惧,缅怀过去秩序井然、可预测、国家荣耀的日子,辩称我们必须重建围墙,从混乱的世界中抽身,或者摆脱移民带来的所谓弊病——所有这一切都是为了重新掌控我们的生活。

We saw some of these currents at work this past week in the United Kingdom's referendum to leave the European Union. Despite some of the initial reactions, I am confident that the process can be managed in a prudent, orderly way. I expect that our friends on both sides of the Channel will develop a workable plan for how to move forward. And I'm equally confident that the Transatlantic values that we all share as liberal, market-based democracies are deeper and stronger than any single event. 上周英国公投决定退出欧盟时,我们就看到了其中一些思潮在起作用。尽管有一些最初的反应,但我相信这一进程可以以审慎、有序的方式得到管控。我预计,海峡两岸的朋友们将制定出一个可行的前进计划。我同样相信,我们作为自由市场经济民主国家所共有的跨大西洋价值观,比任何单一事件都更深刻、更强大。

But while the circumstances of Brexit may be unique to the United Kingdom, the frustrations people felt are not. The short-term fallout of Brexit can be sensibly managed, but the long-term trends of inequality and dislocation and the resulting social division -- those can't be ignored. How we respond to the forces of globalization and technological change will determine the durability of an international order that ensures security and prosperity for future generations. 但是,虽然英国脱欧的情况可能是英国独有的,但人们感受到的挫败感却并非如此。英国脱欧的短期影响可以得到妥善管理,但不平等和流离失所的长期趋势以及由此产生的社会分裂——这些是不能忽视的。我们如何应对全球化和技术变革的力量,将决定一个确保子孙后代安全与繁荣的国际秩序能否持久。

And fortunately, the partnership between the United States and Canada shows the path we need to travel. For our history and our work together speak to a common set of values to build on -- proven values, values that your Prime Minister spoke of in his introduction -- values of pluralism and tolerance, rule of law, openness; global engagement and commerce and cooperation, coupled with equal opportunity and an investment in our people at home. 幸运的是,美加伙伴关系指明了我们需要走的道路。因为我们的历史和共同努力证明了一套可以依靠的共同价值观——久经考验的价值观,你们总理在介绍中也谈到了这些价值观——多元与包容、法治、开放;全球参与、商业与合作,再加上机会均等和对国内人民的投资。

As Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once said, "A country, after all, is not something you build as the pharaohs build the pyramids, and then leave standing there to defy eternity. A country is something that is built every day out of certain basic shared values." 正如皮埃尔·特鲁多总理曾经说过的:"毕竟,一个国家不是像法老建造金字塔那样建造的,然后就矗立在那里 defy 永恒。一个国家是每天都在某些基本的共同价值观之上建立起来的。"

What is true of countries is true of the world. And that's what I want to talk about today -- how to strengthen our institutions to advance these commitments in a rapidly changing world. 国家如此,世界亦是如此。这就是我今天想谈的——如何在快速变化的世界中加强我们的制度,推进这些承诺。

Let me start with our shared economic vision. In all we do, our commitment to opportunity for all of our people has to be at the centerpiece of our work. We are so fortunate because both of our countries are so well-positioned to succeed in the 21st century. Our two nations know firsthand the awesome power of free markets and innovation. 让我从我们共同的经济愿景说起。在我们所做的一切中,我们对全体人民机会的承诺必须是我们工作的核心。我们非常幸运,因为我们两国都有能力在21世纪取得成功。我们两国都亲身了解自由市场和创新的惊人力量。

Canadians help run some of Silicon Valley's most innovative companies. Our students study at each other's world-class universities. We invest in research and development, and make decisions based on science and evidence. And it works. It's what's created these extraordinary economies of ours. 加拿大人帮助运营着硅谷一些最具创新精神的公司。我们的学生在彼此世界一流的大学里学习。我们投资于研发,并基于科学和证据做出决策。这行之有效。正是这创造了我们非凡的经济。

But if the financial crisis and recent recession taught us anything, it's that economies do better when everyone has a chance to succeed. For a long time, it was thought that countries had to choose between economic growth or economic inclusion. But it turns out that's a false choice. If a CEO makes more in a day than a typical employee makes in a year, that kind of inequality is not just bad for morale in the company, it turns out it's bad for the economy -- that worker is not a very good customer for business. 但如果说金融危机和最近的衰退教会了我们什么的话,那就是当每个人都有机会成功时,经济会表现得更好。长期以来,人们认为各国必须在经济增长或经济包容之间做出选择。但事实证明这是一个错误的选择。如果一个CEO一天赚的钱比普通员工一年赚的还多,这种不平等不仅不利于公司士气,事实证明它也不利于经济——那个工人对企业来说不是一个很好的客户。

If a young man in Ohio can't pay his student loans, or a young woman in Ontario can't pay her bills, that has ramifications for our economy. It tamps down the possibilities of growth. So we need growth that is broad and that lifts everybody up -- including tax policies that do right by working families, and robust safety nets for those who fall on hard times. As John Kenneth Galbraith once said, "the common denominator of progress" is our people. It's not numbers, it's not abstractions, it's how are our people doing. 如果俄亥俄州的一个年轻人无法偿还助学贷款,或者安大略省的一个年轻女性无法支付账单,这会对我们的经济产生影响。它会抑制增长的可能性。因此,我们需要基础广泛的、能让所有人都提升的增长——包括为工薪阶层谋福祉的税收政策,以及为那些陷入困境的人提供健全的安全网。正如约翰·肯尼思·加尔布雷思曾经说过的,"进步的共同标准"是我们的人民。不是数字,不是抽象概念,而是我们的人民过得怎么样。

Of course, many who share this progressive, inclusive vision can be heard now arguing that investments in our people, protection for our workers, fair tax policies, these things are not enough. For them, globalization is inherently rigged towards the top one percent, and therefore, what's needed is an end to trade agreements and various international institutions and arrangements that integrate national economies. 当然,许多持有这种进步、包容愿景的人现在会争辩说,对人民的投资、对工人的保护、公平的税收政策,这些还不够。对他们来说,全球化天生就偏向那百分之一的顶层人群,因此,需要的是终止贸易协定和各种整合国民经济的国际制度与安排。

And I understand that vision. I know why it's tempting. It seems as if we draw a line around our borders that it will give us more control, particularly when the benefits of trade and economic integration are sometimes hard to see or easy to take for granted, and very specific dislocations are obvious and real. 我理解那种想法。我知道为什么它很诱人。似乎只要我们在边境划一条线,就能获得更多控制权,尤其是当贸易和经济一体化的好处有时难以看到或容易被视为理所当然,而非常具体的失业问题又显而易见且真实存在的时候。

There's just one problem: Restricting trade or giving in to protectionism in this 21st century economy will not work. It will not work. Even if we wanted to, we can't seal ourselves off from the rest of the world. The day after Brexit, people looked around and said, oh! How is this going to work? The drag that economic weakness in Europe and China and other countries is having on our own economies right now speaks to the degree to which we depend -- our economies depend, our jobs, our businesses depend -- on selling goods and services around the world. 只有一个问题:在21世纪的经济中,限制贸易或屈服于保护主义是行不通的。根本行不通。即使我们想这么做,我们也无法将自己与世界其他地区隔绝开来。英国脱欧后的第二天,人们环顾四周说,哦!这可怎么办?欧洲、中国和其他国家的经济疲软对我们自身经济的拖累,恰恰说明了我们的依赖程度——我们的经济依赖,我们的就业、我们的企业依赖——在世界各地销售商品和服务。

Very few of our domestic industries can sever what is now truly a global supply chain. And so, for those of us who truly believe that our economies have to work for everybody, the answer is not to try and pull back from our interconnected world; it is rather to engage with the rest of the world, to shape the rules so they're good for our workers and good for our businesses. 我们国内很少有产业能够切断如今真正的全球供应链。因此,对于我们这些真正相信经济必须为每个人服务的人来说,答案不是试图从相互联系的世界中退缩;而是要与世界其他地区接触,制定规则,使它们有利于我们的工人和我们的企业。

And the experience between our two nations points the way. The United States and Canada have the largest bilateral trade and investment relationship in the world -- and we are stronger for it. It means a company in Quebec can create jobs in North Carolina. And a start-up in Toronto can attract investment from Texas. 我们两国之间的经验指明了方向。美国和加拿大拥有世界上最大的双边贸易和投资关系——我们也因此而更加强大。这意味着魁北克的一家公司可以在北卡罗来纳州创造就业机会。多伦多的一家初创企业可以吸引得克萨斯州的投资。

Now, the problem is that some economies in many of the fastest-growing regions of the world -- particularly the Asia Pacific region -- don't always abide by the same rules. They impose unfair tariffs; or they suppress workers' rights; or they maintain low environmental standards that make it hard for our businesses to compete fairly. 现在的问题是,世界上许多增长最快地区的一些经济体——特别是亚太地区——并不总是遵守同样的规则。它们征收不公平的关税;或者压制工人权利;或者维持低环境标准,使我们的企业难以公平竞争。

With the Trans-Pacific Partnership, we have the ability to not only open up these markets to U.S. and Canadian products and eliminate thousands of these unfair tariffs -- which, by the way, we need to do because they're already selling here under existing rules, but we're not selling as much as we should over there. 通过《跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》,我们不仅有能力向美国和加拿大产品开放这些市场,取消数千项这类不公平关税——顺便说一句,我们需要这么做,因为根据现有规则,它们的产品已经在这里销售了,而我们在那边的销售却不够多。

But it also affords us the opportunity to increase protections for workers and the environment, and promote human rights, including strong prohibitions against human trafficking and child labor. 但它也为我们提供了增加对工人和环境保护的机会,并促进人权,包括严厉禁止人口贩运和童工。

And that way our workers are competing on a level playing field, and our businesses are less prone to pursue a race to the bottom. And when combined with increased investments in our own people's education, and skills and training, and infrastructure and research and development and connectivity, then we can spur the kind of sustained growth that makes all of us better off. All of us. 这样,我们的工人就能在公平的竞争环境中竞争,我们的企业就不太可能陷入逐底竞争。再加上对我们本国人民的教育、技能培训、基础设施、研发和互联互通的更多投资,我们就能推动那种让所有人都受益的持续增长。所有人。

The point is we need to look forward, not look backward. And more trade and more people-to-people ties can also help break down old divides. I thank Canada for its indispensable role in hosting our negotiations with the Cuban government, and supporting our efforts to set aside half a century of failed policies to begin a new chapter with the Cuban people. 关键是我们需要向前看,而不是向后看。更多的贸易和更多的人文交流也有助于打破旧的隔阂。我感谢加拿大在主持我们与古巴政府的谈判方面发挥的不可或缺的作用,并支持我们摒弃半个世纪失败政策、与古巴人民开启新篇章的努力。

I know a lot of Canadians like going to Cuba -- maybe because there haven't been Americans crowding the streets and the beaches. But that's changing. And as more Americans engage with the Cuban people, it will mean more economic opportunity and more hope for ordinary Cubans. 我知道很多加拿大人喜欢去古巴——也许是因为没有美国人挤满街道和海滩。但这种情况正在改变。随着越来越多的美国人与古巴人民接触,这将意味着普通古巴人有更多的经济机会和更多希望。

We also agree, us Americans and Canadians, that wealthy countries like ours cannot reach our full potential while others remain mired in poverty. 我们美国人和加拿大人还一致认为,当其他国家仍深陷贫困时,像我们这样的富裕国家无法充分发挥潜力。

That, too, is not going to change in this interconnected world; that if there is poverty and disease and conflict in other parts of the world, it spills over, as much as we'd like to pretend that we can block it out. 在这个相互联系的世界里,这一点也不会改变;如果世界其他地区存在贫困、疾病和冲突,它就会蔓延开来,无论我们多么想假装可以将其阻挡在外。

So, with our commitment to new Sustainable Development Goals, we have the chance to end the outrage of extreme poverty. We can bring more electricity to Africa, so that students can study at night and businesses can stay open. We can banish the scourge of malaria and Zika. We can realize our goal of the first AIDS-free generation. We can do that. It's within our grasp. And we can help those who are working to replace corruption with transparent, accountable institutions that serve their people. 因此,凭借我们对新可持续发展目标的承诺,我们有机会终结极端贫困这一暴行。我们可以为非洲带去更多电力,这样学生就可以在晚上学习,企业可以保持营业。我们可以消除疟疾和寨卡病毒的祸害。我们可以实现第一代无艾滋病的目标。我们能做到。这在我们的掌握之中。我们可以帮助那些正在努力用透明、负责任、服务人民的制度取代腐败的人们。

As leaders in global development, the United States and Canada understand that development is not charity -- it's an investment in our future prosperity. Because not only do such investments and policies help poor countries, they're going to create billions of customers for U.S. and Canadian products, and they'll make less likely the spread of deadly epidemics to our shores, and they'll stabilize parts of the word that threaten the security of our people. 作为全球发展的领导者,美国和加拿大明白,发展不是慈善——而是对我们未来繁荣的投资。因为这样的投资和政策不仅帮助贫穷国家,还将为美国和加拿大的产品创造数十亿客户,它们将减少致命流行病蔓延到我们海岸的可能性,它们将稳定世界上威胁我们人民安全的地区。

In fact, both the United States and Canada believe our own security -- and not just prosperity -- is enhanced when we stand up for the rights of all nations and peoples to live in security and peace. And even as there are times when unilateral action is necessary to defend our people, we believe that in a world where wars between great powers are far less likely but transnational threats like terrorism know no boundaries, our security is best advanced when nations work together. 事实上,美国和加拿大都认为,当我们为所有国家和人民生活在安全与和平中的权利挺身而出时,我们自身的安全——而不仅仅是繁荣——就会得到增强。尽管有时需要采取单边行动来保卫我们的人民,但我们相信,在一个大国之间的战争远不太可能、但恐怖主义等跨国威胁不分国界的世界里,当各国共同努力时,我们的安全最能得到保障。

We believe that disputes that do arise between nations should be, wherever possible, resolved peacefully, with diplomacy; that international organizations should be supported; that multilateralism is not a dirty word. 我们认为,国家之间确实出现的争端应尽可能通过外交手段和平解决;应支持国际组织;多边主义不是一个脏词。

And certainly, we're more secure when we stand united against terrorist networks and ideologies that have reached to the very doorstep of this hall. We honor all those taken from us by violent extremists, including Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall. With Canada's additional contributions, including training Iraqi forces, our coalition is on the offensive across Iraq, across Syria. And we will destroy the terrorist group ISIL. We will destroy them. 当然,当我们团结一致反对恐怖主义网络和已经到达这座殿堂门口的意识形态时,我们会更加安全。我们向所有被暴力极端分子夺走的人致敬,包括加拿大约翰·里兹德尔和罗伯特·霍尔。随着加拿大的额外贡献,包括训练伊拉克部队,我们的联盟正在伊拉克和叙利亚各地发起攻势。我们将摧毁ISIL恐怖组织。我们将摧毁它们。

We'll continue helping local forces and sharing intelligence, from Afghanistan to the Philippines, so that we're pushing back comprehensively against terrorist networks. And in contrast to the hatred and the nihilism of terrorists, we'll work with partners around the world, including, particularly, Muslim communities, to offer a better vision and a path of development, and opportunity, and tolerance. Because they are, and must be, our partners in this effort. 我们将继续帮助当地部队并分享情报,从阿富汗到菲律宾,这样我们就能全面打击恐怖主义网络。与恐怖分子的仇恨和虚无主义形成鲜明对比的是,我们将与世界各地的伙伴合作,特别是与穆斯林社区合作,提供一个更美好的愿景,一条发展、机会和宽容的道路。因为他们是,也必须是,我们在这一努力中的伙伴。

Meanwhile, when nations violate international rules and norms -- such as Russia's aggression against Ukraine -- the United States and Canada stand united, along with our allies, in defense of our collective security. Doing so requires a range of tools, like economic sanctions, but it also requires that we keep our forces ready for 21st century missions, and invest in new capabilities. 与此同时,当国家违反国际规则和规范时——比如俄罗斯对乌克兰的侵略——美国和加拿大将与我们的盟友一道,团结一致地捍卫我们的集体安全。要做到这一点需要各种工具,比如经济制裁,但也需要我们保持军队为21世纪任务做好准备,并投资于新的能力。

As your ally and as your friend, let me say that we'll be more secure when every NATO member, including Canada, contributes its full share to our common security. Because the Canadian armed forces are really good -- and if I can borrow a phrase, the world needs more Canada. NATO needs more Canada. We need you. We need you. 作为你们的盟友和朋友,我要说,当每个北约成员国(包括加拿大)都为我们的共同安全贡献其全部份额时,我们会更加安全。因为加拿大军队真的很优秀——如果我可以借用一句话的话,世界需要更多的加拿大。北约需要更多的加拿大。我们需要你们。我们需要你们。

Just as we join together in our common defense, so must we work together diplomatically, particularly to avert war. Diplomacy results are rarely quick, but it turns out even the most intractable conflicts can be resolved. Here in our own hemisphere, just in the last few weeks, after half a century of war, Colombia is poised to achieve an historic peace. And the nations of North America will be an important partner to Colombia going forward, including working to remove landmines. 正如我们在共同防御中团结一致一样,我们也必须在外交上共同努力,特别是为了避免战争。外交成果很少能迅速取得,但事实证明,即使是最棘手的冲突也能得到解决。就在我们自己的半球,就在过去几周,经过半个世纪的战争,哥伦比亚即将实现历史性和平。北美国家将成为哥伦比亚未来的重要伙伴,包括帮助排除地雷。

Around the world, Canadian and American diplomats working together can make a difference. Even in Syria, where the agony and the suffering of the Syrian people tears at our hearts, our two nations continue to be leaders in humanitarian aid to the Syrian people. And although a true resolution of this conflict so far has eluded us, we know that the only solution to this civil war is a political solution, so that the Syrian people can reclaim their country and live in peace. 在世界各地,加拿大和美国的外交官共同努力就能有所作为。即使在叙利亚,叙利亚人民的痛苦和苦难撕裂着我们的心,我们两国仍然是向叙利亚人民提供人道主义援助的领导者。尽管这场冲突的真正解决迄今仍遥不可及,但我们知道,这场内战的唯一解决方案是政治解决方案,这样叙利亚人民才能收回他们的国家,生活在和平之中。

And Canadians and Americans are going to work as hard as we can to make that happen. I should add that here in the nation of Lester Pearson, we reaffirm our commitment to keep strengthening the peacekeeping that saves lives around the world. 加拿大和美国人将尽我们最大的努力来实现这一目标。我还要补充一点,在莱斯特·皮尔逊的国度里,我们重申我们将继续加强在世界各地拯救生命的维和行动。

There is one threat, however, that we cannot solve militarily, nor can we solve alone -- and that is the threat of climate change. Now, climate change is no longer an abstraction. It's not an issue we can put off for the future. It is happening now. It is happening here, in our own countries. The United States and Canada are both Arctic nations, and last year, when I became the first U.S. President to visit the Arctic, I could see the effects myself. 然而,有一种威胁是我们无法用军事手段解决的,也是我们无法独自解决的——那就是气候变化的威胁。现在,气候变化不再是一个抽象概念。这不是一个我们可以推迟到未来的问题。它正在发生。它就发生在这里,在我们自己的国家。美国和加拿大都是北极国家,去年,当我成为第一位访问北极的美国总统时,我亲眼看到了影响。

Glaciers -- like Canada's Athabasca Glacier -- are melting at alarming rates. Tundra is burning. Permafrost is thawing. This is not a conspiracy. It's happening. Within a generation, Arctic sea ice may all but disappear in the summer. 冰川——比如加拿大的阿萨巴斯卡冰川——正在以惊人的速度融化。冻原在燃烧。永久冻土在解冻。这不是阴谋。它正在发生。在一代人的时间里,北极海冰可能在夏季几乎完全消失。

And so skeptics and cynics can insist on denying what's right in front of our eyes. But the Alaska Natives that I met, whose ancestral villages are sliding into the sea -- they don't have that luxury. They know climate change is real. They know it is not a hoax. And from Bangladesh to the Pacific islands, rising seas are swallowing land and forcing people from their homes. 因此,怀疑论者和愤世嫉俗者可以坚持否认我们眼前的事实。但我遇到的阿拉斯加原住民,他们祖先的村庄正在滑入大海——他们没有那种奢侈。他们知道气候变化是真实的。他们知道这不是骗局。从孟加拉国到太平洋岛屿,海平面上升正在吞噬土地,迫使人们离开家园。

Around the world, stronger storms and more intense droughts will create humanitarian crises and risk more conflict. This is not just a moral issue, not just a economic issue, it is also an urgent matter of our national security. 在世界各地,更强的风暴和更严重的干旱将造成人道主义危机,并增加冲突风险。这不仅是一个道德问题,也不仅是一个经济问题,它还是我们国家安全的紧迫事务。

And for too long, we've heard that confronting climate change means destroying our own economies. But let me just say, carbon emissions in the United States are back to where they were two decades ago, even as we've grown our economy dramatically over the same period. Alberta, the oil country of Canada, is working hard to reduce emissions while still promoting growth. 长期以来,我们一直听说应对气候变化意味着摧毁我们自己的经济。但让我说,美国的碳排放量已经回到了20年前的水平,而同期我们的经济却大幅增长。阿尔伯塔省,加拿大的石油大省,正在努力在促进增长的同时减少排放。

So if Canada can do it, and the United States can do it, the whole world can unleash economic growth and protect our planet. We can do this. We can do it. We can do this. We can help lead the world to meet this threat. 所以,如果加拿大能做到,美国能做到,那么全世界都可以在释放经济增长的同时保护我们的星球。我们能做到。我们能做到。我们能做到。我们可以带领世界应对这一威胁。

Already, together in Paris, we achieved the most ambitious agreement in history to fight climate change. Now let's bring it into force this year. With our agreement with Mexico that we announced today, let's generate half the electricity on this continent from clean energy sources within a decade. That's achievable. Let's partner in the Arctic to help give its people the opportunity they deserve, while conserving the only home they know. 我们已经共同在巴黎达成了历史上最雄心勃勃的应对气候变化协议。现在让我们在今年使其生效。凭借我们今天宣布的与墨西哥的协议,让我们在十年内使这个大陆一半的电力来自清洁能源。这是可以实现的。让我们在北极开展合作,帮助那里的人民获得他们应得的机会,同时保护他们唯一的家园。

And building on the idea that began in Montreal three decades ago, let's finally phase down dangerous HFC greenhouse gases. This is the only planet we've got. And this may be the last shot we've got to save it. And America and Canada are going to need to lead the way. We're going to have to lead the way. 在三十年前始于蒙特利尔的构想基础上,让我们最终逐步淘汰危险的氢氟碳化合物温室气体。这是我们唯一拥有的星球。这可能是我们拯救它的最后机会。美国和加拿大需要带头。我们必须带头。

Just as we are joined in our commitment to protecting the planet, we are also joined in our commitment to the dignity of every human being. We believe in the right of all people to participate in society. We believe in the right of all people to be treated equally, to have an equal shot at success. That is in our DNA, the basic premise of our democracies. 正如我们共同致力于保护地球一样,我们也共同致力于每个人的尊严。我们相信所有人参与社会的权利。我们相信所有人都应得到平等对待、拥有平等成功机会的权利。这是我们的DNA,是我们民主制度的基本前提。

I think we can all agree that our democracies are far from perfect. They can be messy, and they can be slow, and they can leave all sides of a debate unsatisfied. Justin is just getting started. So in case you hadn't figured that out, that's where this gray hair comes from. But more than any other system of government, democracy allows our most precious rights to find their fullest expression, enabling us, through the hard, painstaking work of citizenship, to continually make our countries better. To solve new challenges. To right past wrongs. 我想我们都同意,我们的民主制度远非完美。它们可能很混乱,可能很缓慢,可能让辩论的各方都不满意。贾斯廷才刚刚开始。所以如果你还没搞清楚的话,我的白头发就是这么来的。但与任何其他政府体制相比,民主让我们最珍贵的权利得到最充分的体现,使我们能够通过公民的辛勤、艰苦的工作,不断让我们的国家变得更好。解决新挑战。纠正过去的错误。

And, Prime Minister, what a powerful message of reconciliation it was -- here and around the world -- when your government pledged a new relationship with Canada's First Nations. 还有,总理,当贵政府承诺与加拿大第一民族建立新关系时,这是一个多么强有力的和解信息啊——在这里和世界各地都是如此。

Democracy is not easy. It's hard. Living up to our ideals can be difficult even in the best of times. And it can be harder when the future seems uncertain, or when, in response to legitimate fears and frustrations, there are those who offer a politics of "us" versus "them," a politics that scapegoats others -- the immigrant, the refugee, someone who seems different than us. We have to call this mentality what it is -- a threat to the values that we profess, the values we seek to defend. 民主不容易。很难。即使在最好的时代,践行我们的理想也可能很困难。而当未来似乎不确定时,或者当人们在回应合理的恐惧和挫折时,有些人提出了一种"我们"对抗"他们"的政治,一种将他人——移民、难民、看起来与我们不同的人——当作替罪羊的政治。我们必须直斥这种心态的本质——它是对我们所信奉、所捍卫的价值观的威胁。

It's because we respect all people that the world looks to us as an example. The colors of the rainbow flag have flown on Parliament Hill. They have lit up the White House. That is a testament to our progress, but also the work that remains to ensure true equality for our fellow citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. 正是因为我们尊重所有人,世界才以我们为榜样。彩虹旗的颜色曾飘扬在国会山。它们曾照亮白宫。这证明了我们的进步,但也证明了要确保我们的男女同性恋、双性恋和跨性别公民享有真正平等,仍有工作要做。

Our Muslim friends and neighbors who run businesses, and serve in our governments and in our armed forces, and are friends with our children, play on our sports teams -- we've got to stand up against the slander and the hate leveled against those who look or worship differently. That's our obligation. That's who we are. That's what makes America special. That's what makes Canada special. Here. Here in Canada. 我们的穆斯林朋友和邻居,他们经营企业,在我们的政府和军队中服役,是我们孩子的朋友,和我们一起参加运动队——我们必须站出来反对针对那些外貌或信仰不同的人的诽谤和仇恨。这是我们的义务。这就是我们。这就是美国的特别之处。这就是加拿大的特别之处。就在这里。就在加拿大。

Here in Canada, a woman has already risen to the highest office in the land. In America, for the first time, a woman is the presumptive nominee of a major party and perhaps President. I have a bias on these issues but our work won't be finished until all women in our country are truly equal -- paid equally, treated equally, given the same opportunities as men, when our girls have the same opportunities as our boys. That's who we need to be. 在加拿大,已经有女性登上了国家最高职位。在美国,第一次有女性成为主要政党的推定候选人,或许还能成为总统。在这些问题上我有自己的偏向,但我们的工作不会结束,直到我们国家的所有女性都真正平等——同工同酬、平等对待、拥有与男性相同的机会,直到我们的女孩拥有与男孩相同的机会。这才是我们需要成为的样子。

And let me say this -- because I don't feel particularly politically correct on this issue -- I don't believe that these are American values or Canadian values or Western values. I believe, and Justin believes, and I hope all of you believe, these are universal values. And we must be bold in their defense, at home and around the world. And not shy away from speaking up on behalf of these values of pluralism and tolerance and equality. 让我这样说吧——因为在这个问题上我不觉得特别政治正确——我不相信这些是美国价值观、加拿大价值观或西方价值观。我相信,贾斯廷相信,我希望你们所有人都相信,这些是普世价值观。我们必须大胆地捍卫它们,在国内和世界各地都是如此。不要羞于为这些多元、宽容和平等的价值观发声。

I fear sometimes that we are timid in defense of these values. That's why I will continue to stand up for those inalienable rights, here in our own hemisphere -- in places like Cuba and Venezuela -- but also in more distant lands. For the rights of citizens in civil society to speak their mind and work for change. For the right of journalists to report the truth. For the right of people of all faiths to practice their religion freely. Those things are hard, but they're right. They're not always convenient, but they're true. 我有时担心我们在捍卫这些价值观时过于胆怯。这就是为什么我将继续为这些不可剥夺的权利挺身而出,在我们自己的半球——在古巴和委内瑞拉这样的地方——也在更遥远的土地上。为公民社会公民表达意见和推动变革的权利。为记者报道真相的权利。为所有信仰的人自由信仰宗教的权利。这些事情很难,但它们是正确的。它们不总是方便的,但它们是真实的。

In the end, it is this respect for the dignity of all people, especially the most vulnerable among us, that perhaps more than anything else binds our two countries together. Being Canadian, being American is not about what we look like or where our families came from. It is about our commitment to a common creed. And that's why, together, we must not waver in embracing our values, our best selves. And that includes our history as a nation of immigrants, and we must continue to welcome people from around the world. 归根结底,正是这种对所有人尊严的尊重,特别是对我们当中最弱势群体的尊重,或许比任何其他东西都更能将我们两国紧密联系在一起。作为加拿大人,作为美国人,重要的不是我们的长相或我们的家族来自哪里。而是我们对共同信念的承诺。这就是为什么我们必须共同坚定地拥抱我们的价值观,拥抱我们最好的自己。这包括我们作为移民国家的历史,我们必须继续欢迎来自世界各地的人们。

The vibrancy of our economies are enhanced by the addition of new, striving immigrants. But this is not just a matter of economics. When refugees escape barrel bombs and torture, and migrants cross deserts and seas seeking a better life, we cannot simply look the other way. We certainly can't label as possible terrorists vulnerable people who are fleeing terrorists. 新的、奋斗的移民增强了我们经济的活力。但这不仅仅是经济问题。当难民逃离炸弹和酷刑,当移民穿越沙漠和海洋寻求更好的生活时,我们不能简单地视而不见。我们当然不能将逃离恐怖分子的弱势群体标记为可能的恐怖分子。

We can insist that the process is orderly. We can insist that our security is preserved. Borders mean something. But in moments like this, we are called upon to see ourselves in others, because we were all once strangers. If you weren't a stranger, your grandparents were strangers. Your great-grandparents were strangers. They didn't all have their papers ready. They fumbled with language faced discrimination, had cultural norms that didn't fit. At some point, somewhere, your family was an outsider. So the mothers, the fathers, the children we see today -- they're us. We can't forsake them. 我们可以坚持程序是有序的。我们可以坚持我们的安全得到保障。边界是有意义的。但在这样的时刻,我们被召唤在他人身上看到自己,因为我们都曾经是陌生人。如果你不是陌生人,你的祖父母是陌生人。你的曾祖父母是陌生人。他们不都是证件齐全的。他们语言不通,面临歧视,有着不适应的文化规范。在某个时刻、某个地方,你的家族曾是局外人。所以我们今天看到的母亲、父亲、孩子——他们就是我们。我们不能抛弃他们。

So, as Americans and Canadians, we will continue to welcome refugees, and we can ensure that we're doing so in a way that maintains our security. We can and we will do both. We can and we will do both. 因此,作为美国人和加拿大人,我们将继续欢迎难民,我们可以确保我们这样做的方式能维护我们的安全。我们能够也将两者兼顾。我们能够也将两者兼顾。

We're increasing our support to Central America, so that fewer families and children attempt the dangerous journey north. This fall at the United Nations, we'll host a global summit on refugees, because in the face of this crisis, more nations need to step up and meet our basic obligations to our fellow human beings. And it will be difficult, and budgets are tight, and there are legitimate issues and not everybody is going to be helped. But we can try. People of goodwill and compassion show us the way. 我们正在增加对中美洲的支持,这样就会有更少的家庭和儿童尝试危险的北上旅程。今年秋天在联合国,我们将主办一场全球难民峰会,因为面对这场危机,更多的国家需要站出来,履行我们对人类同胞的基本义务。这将是困难的,预算也很紧张,还有一些合理的问题,不是每个人都能得到帮助。但我们可以尝试。善良和有同情心的人们为我们指明了方向。

Greek islanders pulling families to shore. And Germans handing out sweets to migrants at railway stations. A synagogue in Virginia inviting Syrian refugees to dinner. And here, in Canada, the world has been inspired as Canadians across this country have opened up their hearts and their homes. And we've watched citizens knitting tuques to keep refugees warm in the winter. And we've seen your Prime Minister welcome new arrivals at the airport, and extend the hand of friendship and say, "You're safe at home now." 希腊岛民将家庭拉上岸。德国人在火车站向移民分发糖果。弗吉尼亚州的一座犹太教堂邀请叙利亚难民共进晚餐。而在这里,在加拿大,当加拿大人在全国各地敞开心扉、敞开家门时,世界受到了鼓舞。我们看到市民们编织毛线帽,让难民在冬天保暖。我们看到你们的总理在机场迎接新到来的人,伸出友谊之手说:"你们现在安全了,到家了。"

And we see the refugees who feel that they have a special duty to give back, and seize the opportunities of a new life. Like the girl who fled Afghanistan by donkey and camel and jet plane, and who remembers being greeted in this country by helping hands and the sound of robins singing. And today, she serves in this chamber, and in the cabinet, because Canada is her home. 我们也看到那些觉得自己有特殊责任回馈社会、抓住新生活机遇的难民。比如那个骑着驴、骆驼和飞机逃离阿富汗的女孩,她记得在这个国家被援助之手和知更鸟的歌声迎接。今天,她在这个议会任职,在内阁任职,因为加拿大是她的家。

A country "is not something you build as the pharaohs built the pyramids...a country is something that is built every day out of certain basic shared values." How true that is. How blessed we are to have had people before us, day by day, brick by brick, build these extraordinary countries of ours. How fortunate, how privileged we are to have the opportunity to now, ourselves, build this world anew. What a blessing. And as we go forward together, on that freedom road, let's stay true to the values that make us who we are -- Canadians and Americans, allies and friends, now and forever. 一个国家"不是像法老建造金字塔那样建造的……一个国家是每天都在某些基本的共同价值观之上建立起来的。"多么正确啊。我们多么幸运,在我们之前有人,日复一日,一砖一瓦,建造了我们这些非凡的国家。我们多么幸运,多么荣幸,现在有机会亲手重建这个世界。多么大的祝福啊。当我们一起向前走,在那条自由之路上,让我们坚守让我们成为自己的价值观——加拿大人和美国人,盟友和朋友,从现在到永远。

Thank you very much. Merci beaucoup. Thank you. 非常感谢。非常感谢。谢谢。

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Barack Obama(巴拉克·奥巴马)

Barack Obama(巴拉克·奥巴马)

美国首位非裔总统,第四十四任总统

出生:1961国籍:美国

巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)是美国第四十四任总统,也是美国历史上首位非裔美国人总统。他于1961年出生于夏威夷州,在2008年历史性当选总统之前曾担任伊利诺伊州参议员。在他的两届任期(2009-2017年)内,奥巴马总统取得了重大成就:通过《平价医疗法案》(奥巴马医改)使2000万美国人获得医疗保险,在2008年金融危机后改革金融监管体系,下令击毙本·拉登,结束美国在伊拉克的作战行动,推动全美同性婚姻合法化,恢复与古巴的外交关系,并通过《巴黎协定》领导全球应对气候变化的努力。他的总统任期被广泛认为是美国政治史上的重要里程碑,以希望、团结和变革的信息为特征。

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