Morning, everybody. 大家早上好。
Last week, Vice President-Elect Biden and I began the process of announcing our economic team. Today, we are pleased to name another key member of this team: our nominee for Secretary of Commerce, my great friend, Governor Bill Richardson. 上周，当选副总统拜登和我开始宣布了我们的经济团队。今天，我们很高兴地提名该团队的另一位关键成员：商务部长候选人，我的好朋友比尔·理查森州长。
With each passing day, the work our team has begun, developing plans to revive our economy, becomes more urgent. Earlier this week, we learned that the U.S. economy has been in recession since December of 2007 and that our manufacturing output is at a 26 year low -- two stark reminders of the magnitude of the challenges we face. 日复一日，我们团队已经启动的工作——制定重振经济的计划变得愈加紧迫。本周早些时候，我们得知美国经济自2007年12月起便已陷入衰退，而制造业产出正处于26年来的最低点——这两个事实严峻地提醒着我们所面临挑战的规模之大。
But while I know rebuilding our economy won't be easy -- and it won't happen overnight -- I also know this: that right now, somewhere in America, a small business is at work with the next big idea; a scientist is on the cusp of the next big breakthrough discovery; an entrepreneur is sketching plans for the startup that will revolutionize an industry. 然而，我知道重建经济不会一蹴而就，也不可能在一夜之间完成，但我也深知：就在此刻，在美国的某个地方，一家小企业正在孕育下一个伟大的创意；一位科学家正处在下一项重大突破发现的边缘；一位企业家正在勾勒将彻底改变某个行业的创业计划。
Right now, across America, the finest products in the world are rolling off our assembly lines. And the proudest, most determined, most productive workers in the world are on the job -- some, already on their second shift of the day; many, putting in longer hours than ever before. 此刻，在全美各地，世界上最优质的产品正从我们的生产线上源源下线。世界上最自豪、最坚定、最高效的工人们正在岗位上劳作——有些人已经开始了当天的第二班工作；许多人比以往任何时候都工作得更久。
After nearly two years of traveling across this country, meeting with workers, visiting businesses large and small, I am more confident than ever that we have everything we need to renew our economy. We've got the ingenuity, the technology, the skill, and commitment; we just need to put it to work. It's time to not just address the immediate economic threats, but to start laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity to help American businesses grow and thrive at home, and expand our efforts to promote American enterprise around the world. 在近两年走遍这个国家，与工人会面、走访各类大小企业之后，我比以往任何时候都更加确信，我们拥有重振经济所需的一切。我们有聪明才智、技术、技能和决心；我们只需要把它们运用起来。现在不仅要应对眼前的经济威胁，更要开始为长期繁荣奠定基础，帮助美国企业在本土成长壮大，并扩大我们在全球推广美国企业的努力。
This work is the core mission of the Secretary of Commerce. And with his breadth and depth of experience in public life, Governor Richardson is uniquely suited for this role as a leading economic diplomat for America. During his time in state government and Congress, and in two tours of duty in the cabinet, Bill has seen from just about every angle what makes our economy work and what keeps it from working better. 这项工作正是商务部长的核心使命。凭借其在公共生活中广博而深厚的经验，理查森州长尤其适合担任这一角色，成为美国首屈一指的经济外交官。在州政府和国会任职期间，以及在内阁的两次任期中，比尔几乎从每一个角度都了解了是什么让我们的经济运转，以及是什么阻碍了它更好地运转。
As Governor of New Mexico, Bill showed how government can act as a partner to support our businesses, helping to create 80,000 new jobs. And under his leadership, New Mexico saw the lowest unemployment rate in decades. 作为新墨西哥州州长，比尔展示了政府如何作为伙伴支持企业发展，帮助创造了八万个新就业岗位。在他的领导下，新墨西哥州的失业率创下了数十年来的最低纪录。
As a former Secretary of Energy, Bill understands the steps we must take to build a new, clean-energy industry and create the green jobs of the twenty-first century -- jobs that pay well and won't be outsourced; jobs that will help us end our dependence on foreign oil. 作为前能源部长，比尔明白我们必须采取哪些步骤来建立一个全新的清洁能源产业，并创造二十一世纪的绿色就业岗位——这些岗位薪酬优厚，不会被外包出去；这些岗位将帮助我们结束对外国石油的依赖。
And as a former Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill brings both international stature and a deep understanding of today's global economy. He understands that the success of today's business in Detroit or Columbus often depends on whether it can sell products in places like Santiago or Shanghai. And he knows that America's reputation in the world is critical not just to our security, but to our prosperity -- that when the citizens of the world respect America's leadership, they are more likely to buy America's products. 而作为前驻联合国大使，比尔既拥有国际声望，又深刻理解当今的全球经济。他明白，今天底特律或哥伦布市的企业能否取得成功，往往取决于它们能否在圣地亚哥或上海等地销售产品。他也知道，美国在世界上的声誉不仅对我们的安全至关重要，对我们的繁荣同样关键——当世界各国人民尊重美国的领导时，他们更有可能购买美国的产品。
To this crucial work of restoring America's international standing, Bill will bring a leadership style all his own. Bill has never been content to just learn from briefing books, never satisfied with only the official version of the story. During his time in Congress, he held more than 2,500 town-hall meetings, so he could hear directly from constituents. He was a regular in the U.N. cafeteria, mixing it up with U.N. employees over lunch. And during his 2002 campaign for Governor, he actually broke a world record by shaking nearly 14,000 hands in just eight hours. 在恢复美国国际地位这一关键工作中，比尔将带来他独有的领导风格。比尔从不满足于仅仅从简报书中学习，从不满足于只了解故事的官方版本。在国会任职期间，他主持了超过两千五百场市政厅会议，以便直接听取选民的意见。他是联合国食堂的常客，午餐时与联合国员工打成一片。而在2002年竞选州长期间，他甚至在短短八小时内与近一万四千人握手，打破了一项世界纪录。
(I've got to check that statistic.) （我得核实一下这个统计数字。）
All of this reflects a determination to reach out and understand where people are coming from, what they hope for, and what he can do to help. This approach, I believe, has been the key to Bill's success as a negotiator and will be key to his work on the critical functions of the Commerce Department -- from administering our census and monitoring our climate to protecting our intellectual property and restoring our economic diplomacy. 所有这一切都体现了一种主动接触、理解人们的立场、他们的期望以及自己能提供什么帮助的决心。我相信，这种方式是比尔作为谈判者取得成功的关键，也将是他在商务部关键职能上开展工作的关键——从执行人口普查、监测气候，到保护我们的知识产权、恢复我们的经济外交。
In the end, Bill Richardson is a leader who shares my values, and he will be measured his progress the same way I do. Are we creating good jobs instead of losing them? Are incomes growing instead of shrinking? I know Bill will be an unyielding advocate for American business and American jobs at home and around the world. And I look forward to working with him in the years ahead. 归根结底，比尔·理查森是一位与我价值观相同的领导者，他衡量自己工作进展的方式也与我相同。我们是在创造好工作岗位，而非失去它们？收入是在增长，而非萎缩？我知道，比尔将在国内和世界各地成为美国企业和美国就业岗位的坚定捍卫者。我期待着在未来的岁月里与他共事。