I was telling Loretta backstage, a little pomp and circumstance never hurts. 我刚才还在后台跟洛蕾塔说，有点排场和仪式感总没坏处。
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is here. I want to congratulate Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates on her confirmation. She is here somewhere. There she is. And I want to thank the elected officials who are here today, the family and the friends, colleagues. At long last, I'm so proud to be here for the installation of our 83rd Attorney General of the United States, Loretta Lynch. We want to welcome Loretta's family -- her husband, Stephen Hargrove -- her father, Reverend Lorenzo Lynch. We want to say to Mrs. Lynch as well, thank you so much for your appearance. 索尼娅·索托马约尔大法官也来了。我要祝贺萨莉·耶茨就任副总检察长。她就在现场的某个地方。啊，在那儿。我还要感谢今天到场的民选官员、各位家属和朋友、各位同事。盼了这么久，我非常自豪能在这里主持美国第83任司法部长洛蕾塔·林奇的就职仪式。我们要欢迎洛蕾塔的家人——她的丈夫斯蒂芬·哈格罗夫——她的父亲洛伦佐·林奇牧师。我们也要对林奇夫人说一声，非常感谢您能到场。
As I said when I nominated Loretta, in a country built on the rule of law, there are few, perhaps no offices more important than that of Attorney General. The person in this position is the American people's lawyer, tasked with enforcing our federal laws and making sure they're applied evenly and equally. That's the legacy of Eric Holder. We are grateful for his outstanding service -- as one of the longest-serving Attorney Generals in our history. 正如我提名洛蕾塔时所说，在一个以法治为基石的国家，没有几个职位比司法部长更重要，或许可以说没有比这更重要的职位了。担任这一职务的人是美国人民的律师，肩负着执行联邦法律、确保法律公平公正适用的使命。这也是埃里克·霍尔德留下的遗产。我们感谢他的杰出贡献——他是美国历史上任期最长的司法部长之一。
And I want to thank his wonderful wife, Dr. Sharon Malone, who's here today. Where's Sharon at? There she is. As Attorney General, Eric was driven by his fundamental belief that justice is not an abstraction, it's a very real and tangible way that our laws interact with people in their daily lives. And the good news is Loretta shares that belief. 我还要感谢他出色的妻子莎伦·马龙博士，她今天也在现场。莎伦在哪里？啊，在那儿。作为司法部长，埃里克始终秉持着一个根本信念：正义不是一个抽象概念，而是法律以非常真实、具体的方式介入人们日常生活的体现。好消息是，洛蕾塔也怀有同样的信念。
She brings her own unique style of leadership. She brings a wealth of experience to the Justice Department at a time when there is so much work to be done -- from keeping us safe from terrorist attacks, to protecting our financial system, to safeguarding our environment, to upholding civil rights. And all of you at the Justice Department, public servants who do incredible work day in and day out, could not ask for a better leader. 她有自己独特的领导风格。在还有这么多工作要做的时候——从防范恐怖袭击、保护金融体系、捍卫环境，到维护公民权利——她为司法部带来了丰富的经验。而司法部的各位，这些日复一日出色工作的公职人员，能拥有这样一位领导人，再好不过了。
Many of you know Loretta's story. Born in segregated Greensboro, North Carolina, Loretta was raised by a fourth-generation Baptist minister and a school librarian -- both of whom don't seem to mind speaking their minds. That's just my quick impression -- and more importantly, taught Loretta the value of speaking up for what's right. 你们很多人都知道洛蕾塔的故事。洛蕾塔出生在仍实行种族隔离的北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒，由一位第四代浸信会牧师和一位学校图书管理员抚养长大——这两位似乎都不介意直言不讳。这只是我个人的快速印象——更重要的是，他们教会了洛蕾塔为正义挺身而出的价值。
As a young girl, she'd go to the Durham courthouse with her father and watch court proceedings, and he'd tell her stories about her grandfather, who risked everything to protect black people who found themselves caught up with the law but had almost no recourse under Jim Crow. And he did this with only a third grade education -- proving to Loretta that, no matter what our circumstances, we all have the power to make a difference in the lives of others. 小时候，她会跟着父亲去达勒姆县法院旁听庭审，父亲会给她讲祖父的故事。祖父冒着一切风险保护那些卷入法律纠纷、却在吉姆·克劳法下几乎没有任何追索权的黑人。而他只受过三年级教育——这向洛蕾塔证明了，无论我们身处何种境遇，每个人都有能力改变他人的生活。
So it's clear that both her parents had a huge influence on Loretta. They are her biggest cheerleaders. Apparently, when she applied to work at the U.S. Attorney's office and a FBI agent went to their house to conduct a routine background check, her parents pulled out a bunch of scrapbooks of Loretta's accomplishments -- made the agents look through them. I'm sure Loretta was mortified. "And here in third grade, she got the prize." "And here's one of her old poems." I can just picture the FBI agent sitting there, "Yes, ma'am." 所以很明显，父母对洛蕾塔有着巨大的影响。他们是她最坚定的啦啦队队长。据说，当年她申请到联邦检察官办公室工作时，一名联邦调查局探员去她家做例行背景调查，她父母拿出了一大堆记录洛蕾塔成就的剪贴簿——还非要让探员一本本翻看。我敢肯定洛蕾塔当时尴尬极了。"三年级的时候，她还得过这个奖呢。""这是她小时候写的一首诗。"我都能想象那个联邦调查局探员坐在那儿的样子："好的，夫人。"
The agent later told Loretta that she probably wasn't a threat to America because if she were, "her parents would have documented it in some way." That's something I can appreciate as a father. 那位探员后来告诉洛蕾塔，她应该不会对美国构成威胁，因为如果真有威胁的话，"她父母肯定早就把它记在什么本子上了"。作为一个父亲，我特别能体会这种心情。
So Loretta seized the opportunities that her family gave her to build a distinguished life in public service. After Harvard College and Harvard Law School, she rose to become a strong, independent prosecutor. 于是洛蕾塔抓住了家庭给予她的机会，在公共服务领域开创了卓越的人生。从哈佛学院和哈佛法学院毕业后，她成长为一名坚强、独立的检察官。
Loretta spent years in the trenches battling terrorism, and financial fraud, and cybercrime. She went from the Assistant U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York to Chief of the Long Island Office, Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney. Long Island in the House! And then U.S. Attorney. 洛蕾塔在一线奋战多年，打击恐怖主义、金融欺诈和网络犯罪。她从纽约东区联邦检察官办公室做起，一路升任长岛办公室主任、首席助理联邦检察官。长岛的朋友们，你们的人来了！后来又成为联邦检察官。
She chased public corruption. She helped secure billions in settlements from some of the world's biggest banks accused of fraud. She jailed some of New York's most notorious and violent mobsters and gang members. She pursued some of the world's most dangerous terrorists and cyber criminals. The law is her map; justice, her compass. She is tough, but she is fair. She is firm, but kind. Her intelligence and her judgment, her grace under fire have earned the trust and admiration of those she works with and those she serves -- and even those she goes up against. 她追查公共腐败案件，帮助从全球一些涉嫌欺诈的大银行手中追回了数十亿美元和解金。她将纽约一些最臭名昭著、最残暴的黑帮分子和团伙成员绳之以法。她追捕了一些世界上最危险的恐怖分子和网络罪犯。法律是她的地图；正义是她的指南针。她刚正不阿，却又公正仁慈。她立场坚定，却又心怀善意。她的智慧和判断力，以及她在压力下的优雅风度，赢得了同事和民众——甚至是对手——的信任和钦佩。
In fact, it's funny that we are "installing" Loretta today -- it's not like she's been waiting around for the embossed invitation. 事实上，说起来挺有意思的，我们今天在这里"任命"洛蕾塔——好像她一直在等着这份烫金邀请函似的。
She hit the ground running from day one. She's already made her mark here at home and abroad because of her laser focus on the core mission of the justice the protection of the American people. And she understands the importance of policing and improving relationships between law enforcement and communities. She went on a six-city tour to spotlight the challenges in community policing and the progress that's being made. She understands the importance of criminal justice reform. That we have to be smart on crime, not just tough. 她从第一天起就进入了状态。她已经在国内外展现了自己的能力，因为她始终聚焦于司法的核心使命——保护美国人民。她深知警务工作的重要性，以及改善执法部门与社区关系的重要性。她走访了六座城市，聚焦社区警务面临的挑战以及取得的进展。她明白刑事司法改革的重要性。我们要智慧地打击犯罪，而不仅仅是强硬地打击。
That's why she is committed to working as a partner to leaders with both parties who want to pursue reform that continues the trend of a falling crime rate and a falling incarceration rate. She understands the importance of protecting our national security while also securing our civil liberties. 正因如此，她致力于与两党领导人携手合作，推动改革，让犯罪率和监禁率持续下降的趋势得以延续。她深知在保护国家安全的同时，也必须保障我们的公民自由。
That's why she will safeguard the programs that are critical to protecting American lives and Americans' privacy. I see our FBI director, Jim Comey who's here, and I know he's committed to doing the same thing. 正因如此，她将守护那些对保护美国人生命和隐私至关重要的项目。我看到联邦调查局局长吉姆·科米也在现场，我知道他也致力于同样的目标。
She lives out the words of one of our greatest attorney generals, Robert F. Kennedy. The glory of justice and the majesty of the law are created not just by the constitution nor by the courts nor by the officers of the law nor by the lawyers, but by the men and women who constitute our society, who are protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law. 她践行着我们最伟大的司法部长之一罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的名言。正义的荣光与法律的威严，不仅仅由宪法、法院、执法官员或律师所铸就，更由构成我们社会的男男女女所铸就——他们是法律的守护者，同时也受到法律的保护。
That's always been the story of our nation. Our strength does not come from the words we've written on the page or the laws we've put down on the books. It comes from ordinary citizens, generation after generation, who do their part to uphold our founding ideals. 这一直是我们国家的故事。我们的力量并非来自写在纸上的文字，也不是来自载入法典的律法。它来自一代又一代的普通公民，他们尽自己的一份力量，捍卫我们的建国理想。
It comes from an unshakable faith in our ability to stand up for what is right. And to admit where we've fallen short. And then choose a better way forward. That was the cause to which Loretta dedicated her life long before she became America's top law enforcement officer. 它来自一种不可动摇的信念：我们有能力为正义挺身而出，有勇气承认我们的不足，然后选择一条更好的前进道路。早在成为美国最高执法官员之前很久，洛蕾塔就将自己的一生奉献给了这一事业。
Today, the American people can have no greater advocate for their right to equality under the law, no greater partner in securing justice for all than our Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. 今天，美国人民在法律面前平等的权利，有了最坚定的捍卫者；所有人的正义，有了最可靠的伙伴——那就是我们的司法部长洛蕾塔·林奇。
