Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Thank you everybody. 非常感谢大家。非常感谢。感谢每一个人。
To -- To Chairman Dean, and my great friend, Dick Durbin, and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation, with profound gratitude and great humility -- I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. 我向迪恩主席、我伟大的朋友迪克·德宾，以及这个伟大国家的所有同胞致以最诚挚的感谢和最谦卑的敬意——我接受你们提名我为美国总统候选人。
Let me -- Let me express -- Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest, a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and yours: Hillary Rodham Clinton. 让我向与我一同踏上这段旅程的历史性候选团队表达感谢，尤其是那位走得最远的——她是美国劳动者的捍卫者，也是我女儿和你们女儿的榜样：希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿。
To President Clinton -- To President Bill Clinton, who made last night the case for change as only he can make it, to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service, and to the next Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, I thank you. I am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the Amtrak train he still takes home every night, to the love of my life -- the next First Lady, Michelle Obama; and to Mahlia and Sasha, I love you so much and I am so proud of you. 我要感谢克林顿总统——比尔·克林顿总统，他昨晚以只有他才能做到的方式阐明了变革的理由；感谢体现服务精神的特德·肯尼迪；还要感谢美国下一任副总统乔·拜登。我很感激能与我们这个时代最杰出的政治家之一共同走完这段旅程；无论面对世界领袖，还是他每晚乘坐回家的美铁列车上的乘务员，他都能从容相处。我要感谢我一生的挚爱——下一任第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马；还要对玛利亚和萨莎说，我非常爱你们，也无比为你们自豪。
Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren't well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. It is that promise that's always set this country apart -- that through hard work and sacrifice each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well. 四年前，我站在你们面前，讲述了我的故事——一个来自肯尼亚的年轻男子与一位来自堪萨斯州的年轻女子短暂结合的故事。他们既不富裕，也不知名，却共同相信：在美国，他们的儿子只要下定决心，就能有所成就。正是这一承诺始终让这个国家与众不同——凭借努力和牺牲，我们每个人都能追求自己的梦想，同时仍可作为一个美国家庭团结起来，确保下一代也能追求他们的梦想。
It's why I stand here tonight. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women, students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors -- found the courage to keep it alive. We meet at one of those defining moments -- a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more. 这就是我今晚站在这里的原因。因为在过去的两百三十二年里，每当这个承诺处于危急关头，平凡的男女、学生和士兵、农民和教师、护士和清洁工——都找到了让它延续下去的勇气。我们正处于这样一个决定性的时刻——一个我们国家处于战争之中、经济陷入混乱、美国承诺再次受到威胁的时刻。
Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit cards bills [sic] you can't afford to pay and tuition that's beyond your reach These challenges are not all of government's making. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. 今晚，更多的美国人失去了工作，更多的人工作更努力却收入更少。你们中更多的人失去了房屋，更多的人看着自己的房屋价值暴跌。你们中更多的人拥有负担不起的汽车，支付不起的信用卡账单，以及遥不可及的学费。这些挑战并非全是政府造成的。但未能做出回应，直接源于华盛顿破碎的政治和乔治·W·布什的失败政策。
America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this. This country's more decent than one woman in Ohio on the brink of retirement finds herself one disaster after a lifetime of hard work. 美国，我们本可以比过去八年做得更好。我们的国家不该是这个样子。这个国家有更深的良知，不该让一位即将退休的俄亥俄州妇女在毕生辛劳之后，发现自己一场灾难便会陷入绝境。
We're a better country than one where a man in Indiana has to pack up the equipment that's he's worked on for twenty years and watch as its shipped off to China, and then chokes up as he explains how he felt like a failure when he went home to tell his family the news. 我们的国家也不该让一位印第安纳州男子亲手收拾操作了二十年的设备，眼看它被运往中国；更不该让他回家告诉家人这一消息时，因觉得自己失败了而哽咽。
We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets, and families slide into poverty; that sits -- that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes. 我们比一个让退伍军人睡在街头、家庭陷入贫困的政府更有同情心；比一个在一座美国主要城市在我们眼前被淹没时袖手旁观的政府更有同情心。
Tonight -- Tonight I say to the people of America, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land: Enough! 今晚——今晚我向美国人民，向这个伟大土地上的民主党人、共和党人和独立人士说：够了！
This moment -- This moment -- this election is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same Party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. And we are here -- we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look just like the last eight. On November 4th -- On November 4th, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough." 这个时刻——这个时刻——这场选举是我们在21世纪让美国承诺永葆生机的机会。因为下周，在明尼苏达州，给你们带来了乔治·布什和迪克·切尼两届任期的同一个政党，将要求这个国家给他们第三个任期。而我们在这里——我们在这里，因为我们太爱这个国家了，不能让接下来的四年看起来和过去八年一样。在11月4日——在11月4日，我们必须站起来说："八年够了。"
Now -- Now let me -- let -- let there be no doubt: The Republican nominee, John McCain, has worn the uniform of our country with bravery and distinction, and for that we owe him our gratitude and our respect. And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his Party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need. 现在——现在请不要有任何疑问：共和党候选人约翰·麦凯恩曾英勇而光荣地身着我国军装，为此我们应当感谢并尊敬他。下周，我们也会听到他曾在哪些场合与本党意见相左，并以此证明他能带来我们所需的变革。
But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I -- I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change. 但记录很清楚：约翰·麦凯恩在百分之九十的时间里与乔治·布什投票一致。麦凯恩参议员喜欢谈论判断力，但实际上，当你认为乔治·布什在百分之九十以上的时间里都是对的，这说明了你的什么判断力？我——我不知道你们怎么想，但我不准备在变革上赌百分之十的机会。
The truth is on issue after issue that would make a difference in your lives -- on health care and education and the economy, Senator McCain has been anything but independent. He says that our economy has made great progress under this President. He said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. And when one of his chief advisors -- the man who wrote his economic plan -- was talking about the anxieties that Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a mental recession, and that we've become -- and I quote -- "a nation of whiners." 事实是，在影响你们生活的一个又一个问题上——在医疗保健、教育和经济上——麦凯恩参议员一点也不独立。他说我们的经济在这位总统领导下取得了巨大进步。他说经济基本面是强劲的。当他的首席顾问之一——撰写他经济计划的人——谈论美国人正在感受到的焦虑时，他说我们只是在遭受"精神衰退"，而且我们已经变成了——引用他的话说——"一个抱怨者的国家"。
A nation of whiners. 一个抱怨者的国家。
Tell that to the proud autoworkers at a Michigan plant who, after they found out it was closing, kept showing up everyday and working as hard as ever because they knew there were people who counted on the brakes that they made. Tell that to the military families who shoulder their burden silently as they watch their loved ones leave for there third or fourth or fifth tour of duty. 把这话告诉密歇根州一家工厂的自豪的汽车工人吧，他们在得知工厂即将关闭后，仍然每天来上班，尽最大努力工作，因为他们知道有人依赖他们制造的刹车。把这话告诉那些默默承担重担的军人家属吧，他们看着自己的亲人第三次、第四次甚至第五次奔赴战场。
These are not whiners. They work hard and they give back and they keep going without complaint. These are the Americans I know. 这些人不是抱怨者。他们努力工作，他们回馈社会，他们毫无怨言地坚持下去。这些才是我所认识的美国人。
Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. I just think he doesn't know. Why else would he define "middle-class" as someone making under five million dollars a year? How else could he propose hundreds of billions in tax breaks for big corporations and oil companies but not one penny of tax relief to more than one hundred million Americans? 现在，我不相信麦凯恩参议员不关心美国人的生活。我只是认为他不知道。否则，他为什么会把"中产阶级"定义为年收入低于五百万美元的人？他怎么能提议为大公司和石油公司提供数千亿美元的税收减免，却不给一亿多美国人提供一分钱的税收减免？
How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people's benefits, or an education plan that would do nothing to help families pay for college, or a plan that would privatize Social Security and gamble your retirement? 他怎么能提出一个实际上会对人们的福利征税的医疗保健计划，或者一个对帮助家庭支付大学费用无能为力的教育计划，或者一个将社会保障私有化、赌上你们退休生活的计划？
It's not because John McCain doesn't care; it's because John McCain doesn't get it. For over two decades -- For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy: Give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. 这不是因为约翰·麦凯恩不在乎；而是因为约翰·麦凯恩不明白。二十多年来——二十多年来，他一直信奉那套古老的、已被揭穿的共和党哲学：把越来越多的东西给那些拥有最多的人，希望繁荣能涓滴到其他人身上。
In Washington, they call this the "Ownership Society," but what it really means is that you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck, you're on your own. No health care? The market will fix it. You're on your own. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, even if you don't have boots. You are on your own. Well, it's time for them to own their failure. It's time for us to change America. And that's why I'm running for President of the United States. 在华盛顿，他们把这称为“所有权社会”，但它真正的意思是：你只能靠自己。失业了？算你倒霉，你只能靠自己。没有医保？市场会解决。你只能靠自己。生于贫困？那就靠自己白手起家，即使你连起步的条件都没有。你只能靠自己。好了，现在该让他们为自己的失败负责了。现在该由我们改变美国了。这正是我竞选美国总统的原因。
You see -- You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President, when the average American family saw its income go up 7,500 dollars instead of go down 2,000 dollars, like it has under George Bush. 你看——你看，我们民主党人对这个国家进步的衡量标准完全不同。我们通过多少人能找到一份能支付房贷的工作来衡量进步，通过你是否能在每个月底存下一点余钱，以便有一天能看着你的孩子获得大学文凭来衡量进步。我们通过比尔·克林顿担任总统时创造的2300万个新工作来衡量进步，通过普通美国家庭的收入上涨了7500美元，而不是像乔治·布什执政时期那样下降了2000美元来衡量进步。
We measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the Fortune 500, but by whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off and look after a sick kid without losing her job, an economy that honors the dignity of work. 我们衡量经济实力，不看有多少亿万富翁，也不看《财富》500强企业赚了多少利润，而看一个有好点子的人能否冒险创办新企业，也看一位靠小费为生的服务员能否请一天假照顾生病的孩子而不丢掉工作；这样的经济才尊重劳动的尊严。
The fundamentals we use to measure economic strength are whether we are living up to that fundamental promise that has made this country great, a promise that is the only reason I am standing here tonight. 衡量经济实力最根本的标准，是我们是否兑现了那个让国家伟大的基本承诺；也正是这个承诺，让我今晚站在这里。
Because, in the faces of those young veterans who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, I see my grandfather, who signed up after Pearl Harbor, marched in Patton's army, and was rewarded by a grateful nation with the chance to go to college on the G.I. Bill. 因为，在那些从伊拉克和阿富汗归来的年轻退伍军人的脸上，我看到了我的祖父——他在珍珠港事件后入伍，在巴顿的军队中服役，并因一个感恩的国家通过《退伍军人权利法案》获得了上大学的机会。
In the face of that young student, who sleeps just three hours before working the night shift, I think about my mom, who raised my sister and me on her own while she worked and earned her degree, who once turned to food stamps, but was still able to send us to the best schools in the country with the help of student loans and scholarships. 在那个每天只睡三小时然后去上夜班的年轻学生脸上，我想起了我的母亲——她独自抚养我和妹妹，同时工作并获得学位，她曾经依靠食品券，但仍然通过学生贷款和奖学金把我们送到了全国最好的学校。
When I -- When I listen to another worker tell me that his factory has shut down, I remember all those men and women on the South Side of Chicago who I stood by and fought for two decades ago after the local steel plant closed. 当我——当我听到又一位工人告诉我他的工厂关门时，我就会想起二十年前当地钢厂关闭后，我曾在芝加哥南区与之并肩、为之奋斗的那些男女。
And when I hear a woman talk about the difficulties of starting her own business or making her way in the world, I think about my grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management, despite years of being passed over for promotions because she was a woman. She's the one who taught me about hard work. She's the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me. And although she can no longer travel, I know that she's watching tonight and that tonight is her night, as well. 当我听一位女性谈起创业或在世上闯出一片天地有多么艰难时，我就会想起祖母。她从秘书岗位一路升到中层管理，尽管多年来只因身为女性而一次次与晋升擦肩而过。是她教会我勤奋；是她推迟为自己购买新车或新衣，只为让我过上更好的生活。她把自己拥有的一切都倾注在我身上。虽然她已无法远行，但我知道她今晚正在观看，而今晚也属于她。
Now -- Now , I don't know what kind of lives John McCain thinks that celebrities lead, but this has been mine. These are my heroes; theirs are the stories that shaped my life. And it is on behalf of them that I intend to win this election and keep our promise alive as President of the United States. 现在——现在，我不知道约翰·麦凯恩认为名人过着什么样的生活，但这就是我的生活。这些是我的英雄；他们的故事塑造了我的人生。正是代表他们，我打算赢得这场选举，并作为美国总统信守我们的承诺。
What -- What is that American promise? It's a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have obligations to treat each other with dignity and respect. 什么是美国承诺？它是一个承诺，说我们每个人都有自由按照自己的意愿创造自己的生活，但我们也有义务以尊严和尊重对待彼此。
It's a promise that says the market should reward drive and innovation and generate growth, but that businesses should live up to their responsibilities to create American jobs, to look out for American workers, and play by the rules of the road. 它是一个承诺，说市场应该奖励驱动力和创新并创造增长，但企业应该履行自己的责任，创造美国就业机会，照顾美国工人，并遵守游戏规则。
Ours -- Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves: protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools, and new roads, and science, and technology. 我们的承诺——我们的承诺是，政府不能解决我们所有的问题，但它应该做我们不能为自己做的事情：保护我们免受伤害，为每个孩子提供体面的教育；保持我们的水清洁、我们的玩具安全；投资于新学校、新道路、科学和技术。
Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. 我们的政府应该为我们工作，而不是反对我们。它应该帮助我们，而不是伤害我们。它应该确保机会不仅仅属于那些拥有最多金钱和影响力的人，而是属于每一个愿意工作的美国人。
That's the promise of America, the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation, the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper. 这就是美国的承诺——我们对自己负责，但我们也作为一个国家荣辱与共的理念——我是我兄弟的守护者，我是我姐妹的守护者这一基本信念。
That's the promise we need to keep. That's the change we need right now. 这就是我们需要信守的承诺。这就是我们现在需要的变革。
So -- So let me -- let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am President. Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it. You know, unlike John McCain, I will stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America. I'll eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and start-ups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow. 所以——所以让我具体说明，如果我当选总统，这种变革究竟意味着什么。变革意味着税法不再奖赏起草它的说客，而要惠及理应得到支持的美国工人和小企业。与约翰·麦凯恩不同，我将停止给那些把工作岗位转移海外的公司减税，转而给那些在美国本土创造优质岗位的公司减税。我将免除小企业和初创企业的资本利得税，因为它们将创造未来的高薪高科技岗位。
I will -- listen now -- I will cut taxes -- cut taxes -- for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class. And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East. 我将——请听清楚——为百分之九十五的工薪家庭减税——减税——因为在这样的经济形势下，我们最不该做的就是向中产阶级加税。为了我们的经济、安全和地球的未来，我将以总统身份确立一个明确目标：十年之内，我们将最终摆脱对中东石油的依赖。
We will do this. 我们一定能做到。
Washington -- Washington has been talking about our oil addiction for the last 30 years. And, by the way, John McCain has been there for 26 of them. And in that time, he has said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars, no to investment in renewable energy, no to renewable fuels. And today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day that Senator McCain took office. Now is the time to end this addiction and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution, not even close. 华盛顿——华盛顿三十年来一直在谈论我们对石油的依赖。顺便说一句，约翰·麦凯恩在华盛顿度过了其中二十六年。在此期间，他反对提高汽车燃油效率标准，反对投资可再生能源，也反对发展可再生燃料。如今，我们的石油进口量已是麦凯恩参议员就任时的三倍。现在该结束这种依赖了，也该认识到钻探只是权宜之计，远非长久之策。
As President -- As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll help our auto companies re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. 作为总统——作为总统，我将开发我国的天然气储备，投资清洁煤技术，并探索安全利用核能的途径。我将帮助汽车企业改造生产线，让未来的节能汽车就在美国制造。我也会让美国人民更容易买得起这些新车。
And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy -- wind power, and solar power, and the next generation of biofuels -- an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced. 我将在未来十年内投资1500亿美元用于可负担的可再生能源——风能、太阳能和下一代生物燃料——这项投资将催生新的产业和五百万个高薪且无法外包的工作岗位。
America, now is not the time for small plans. Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy. 美国，现在不是制定小计划的时候。现在是最终履行我们的道德义务，为每个孩子提供世界一流教育的时候了，因为要在全球经济中竞争，没有什么比这更重要的了。
You know, Michelle and I are only here tonight because we were given a chance at an education. And I will not settle for an America where some kids don't have that chance. I'll invest in early childhood education. I'll recruit an army of new teachers, and pay them higher salaries, and give them more support. And in exchange, I'll ask for higher standards and more accountability. And we will keep our promise to every young American: If you commit to serving your community or our country, we will make sure you can afford a college education. 你知道，米歇尔和我今晚能站在这里，只是因为我们得到了受教育的机会。我不会接受一个有些孩子没有这种机会的美国。我将投资于早期儿童教育。我将招募一支新教师大军，支付他们更高的工资，给予他们更多支持。作为回报，我将要求更高的标准和更多的问责制。我们将向每个美国年轻人信守承诺：如果你承诺服务你的社区或国家，我们将确保你能负担得起大学教育。
Now -- Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American. If you have health care -- If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves. And -- And as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most. 现在——现在是最终兑现每个美国人都能获得负担得起、可及的医疗保健承诺的时候了。如果你有医保——如果你有医保，我的计划将降低你的保费。如果你没有，你将能够获得国会议员给自己的同类保险。而且——作为一个看着母亲在癌症卧床期间与保险公司争论的人，我将确保那些公司停止歧视那些生病且最需要护理的人。
Now is the time to help families with paid sick days and better family leave, because nobody in America should have to choose between keeping their job and caring for a sick child or an ailing parent. 现在该通过带薪病假和更完善的家庭照护假来帮助各个家庭了，因为美国人不该被迫在保住工作与照顾生病的孩子或年迈患病的父母之间作出选择。
Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses, and the time to protect Social Security for future generations. 现在该修改破产法，让你们的养老金优先于企业高管的奖金得到保障；也该为子孙后代守住社会保障制度。
And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have the exact same opportunities as your sons. 现在还该兑现同工同酬的承诺，因为我希望自己的女儿能拥有与你们的儿子完全相同的机会。
Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime: by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow. But I will also go through the federal budget line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less, because we cannot meet 21st-century challenges with a 20th-century bureaucracy. 现在，许多这些计划都需要花钱，这就是为什么我已经说明了我将如何支付每一分钱：通过关闭无助于美国增长的企业漏洞和避税天堂。但我也将逐行审查联邦预算，消除不再有效的项目，使我们需要的项目运作得更好、成本更低，因为我们无法用20世纪的官僚机构来应对21世纪的挑战。
And, Democrats -- Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. It will require a renewed sense of responsibility from each of us to recover what John F. Kennedy called our intellectual and moral strength. Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. Yes, we must provide more ladders to success for young men who fall into lives of crime and despair. 而且，民主党人——民主党人，我们也必须承认，兑现美国的承诺需要的不仅仅是金钱。它需要我们每个人重新燃起责任感，恢复约翰·F·肯尼迪所说的我们的智力和道德力量。是的，政府必须在能源独立方面起带头作用，但我们每个人都必须尽自己的努力，使我们的家庭和企业更有效率。是的，我们必须为陷入犯罪和绝望生活的年轻男性提供更多的成功阶梯。
But we must also admit that programs alone can't replace parents, that government can't turn off the television and make a child do her homework, that fathers must take more responsibility to provide love and guidance to their children. Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility, that's the essence of America's promise. And just as we keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad. 但我们也必须承认，单靠政府项目无法取代父母；政府不能替孩子关掉电视、督促他们做作业；父亲必须承担更多责任，给予孩子关爱与引导。个人责任与共同责任，正是美国承诺的本质。正如我们要在国内兑现对下一代的承诺，也必须在海外兑现美国的承诺。
If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament and judgment to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have. 如果约翰·麦凯恩想就谁具备担任下一任三军统帅所需的性情与判断力展开辩论，我已准备好奉陪。
For -- For while -- while Senator McCain was turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, I stood up and opposed this war, knowing that it would distract us from the real threats that we face. When John McCain said we could just muddle through in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. 因为——因为麦凯恩参议员在“9·11”事件后仅仅几天就把矛头转向伊拉克，而我站出来反对这场战争，因为我知道它会分散我们应对真正威胁的注意力。当约翰·麦凯恩说我们在阿富汗勉强应付即可时，我主张投入更多资源和兵力，彻底击败那些真正发动“9·11”袭击的恐怖分子；我也明确表示，一旦锁定奥萨马·本·拉登及其副手，我们就必须将其消灭。
You know, John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the gates of Hell, but he won't even follow him to the cave where he lives. And today -- today, as my call for a timeframe to remove our troops from Iraq has been echoed by the Iraqi government and even the Bush Administration, even after we learned that Iraq has 79 billion dollars in surplus while we are wallowing in deficit, John McCain stands alone in his stubborn refusal to end a misguided war. 你们知道，约翰·麦凯恩喜欢说他会追本·拉登一直追到地狱门口，但他甚至不肯追到本·拉登藏身的洞穴。如今——如今，我提出的伊拉克撤军时间表已得到伊拉克政府乃至布什政府的呼应；我们也已经得知，伊拉克坐拥七百九十亿美元财政盈余，而我们自己却深陷赤字。即便如此，约翰·麦凯恩仍一意孤行，顽固拒绝结束这场方向错误的战争。
That's not the judgment we need; that won't keep America safe. We need a President who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past. You don't defeat -- You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in 80 countries by occupying Iraq. You don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington. You can't truly stand up for Georgia when you've strained our oldest alliances. If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice, but that is not the change that America needs. 这不是我们需要的判断力，也无法保障美国安全。我们需要一位能够面对未来威胁的总统，而不是死死抓住过去的观念。占领伊拉克，无法击败一个活动范围遍及八十个国家的恐怖网络；只在华盛顿放狠话，无法保护以色列、遏制伊朗；损害了我们最悠久的盟友关系，也就无法真正为格鲁吉亚挺身而出。如果约翰·麦凯恩选择追随乔治·布什，继续发表强硬言论、采取糟糕战略，那是他的选择，却不是美国需要的变革。
We are the Party of Roosevelt. We are the Party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. 我们是罗斯福的政党，也是肯尼迪的政党。所以别说民主党人不会保卫这个国家，别说民主党人不会保障我们的安全。
The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. 布什—麦凯恩外交政策挥霍了几代美国人——无论民主党人还是共和党人——共同铸就的基业，而我们来到这里，就是要重建这份基业。
As Commander-in-Chief, I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home. I will end this war in Iraq responsibly and finish the fight against Al Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts, but I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. 作为总司令，我永远不会犹豫保卫这个国家，但我只会在有明确任务的情况下将我们的军队送入危险之地，并神圣地承诺为他们提供战斗所需的装备以及他们回家后应得的护理和福利。我将负责任地结束伊拉克战争，并完成阿富汗针对基地组织和塔利班的战斗。我将重建我们的军队以应对未来的冲突，但我也将重振能够阻止伊朗获得核武器和遏制俄罗斯侵略的强硬、直接外交。
I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation, poverty and genocide, climate change and disease. And I will restore our moral standing so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future. 我将建立新的伙伴关系，战胜二十一世纪的威胁：恐怖主义与核扩散、贫困与种族灭绝、气候变化与疾病。我将恢复我们的道德声望，让美国再次成为所有投身自由事业、渴望和平生活、向往美好未来之人的最后也是最好的希望。
These -- These are the policies I will pursue. And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain. 这些——这些就是我将推行的政策。未来几周，我期待与约翰·麦凯恩就此展开辩论。
But what I will not do is suggest that the senator takes his positions for political purposes, because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and each other's patriotism. The times are too serious; the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no Party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. 但我不会暗示这位参议员只是出于政治目的才持有那些立场，因为我们的政治必须改变一种观念：仿佛意见不同，就非得质疑对方的品格与爱国心。时局太严峻，利害太重大，我们不能再照搬这套党争剧本。因此，让我们共同承认，爱国不分党派。我爱这个国家，你们也爱，约翰·麦凯恩同样爱。
The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and independents, but they have fought together, and bled together, and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a red America or a blue America; they have served the United States of America. So I've got news for you, John McCain: We all put our country first. 在战场上服役的男女可能是民主党人、共和党人或独立人士，但他们一起战斗，一起流血，一些人在同一面自豪的旗帜下一起牺牲。他们没有服务于一个红色美国或蓝色美国；他们服务于美利坚合众国。所以我有个消息告诉你，约翰·麦凯恩：我们都把国家放在第一位。
America, our work will not be easy. The challenges we face require tough choices. And Democrats, as well as Republicans, will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past, for part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose, and that's what we have to restore. 美国，我们的工作不会轻松。眼前的挑战要求我们作出艰难选择。民主党人和共和党人都必须摒弃过去陈旧的观念和政治套路，因为过去八年间失去的，不能只用减少的工资或扩大的贸易逆差来衡量。我们还失去了共同使命感，而这正是我们必须找回的。
We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. 我们或许无法在堕胎问题上达成一致，但至少可以同意减少国内非意愿妊娠的数量。
The -- The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than they are for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. 俄亥俄州乡村猎人所面对的持枪现实，或许不同于深受帮派暴力困扰的克里夫兰居民；但别说我们无法在维护宪法第二修正案的同时，防止AK-47型步枪落入罪犯手中。
I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in a hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. 我知道人们在同性婚姻问题上存在分歧，但我们当然可以认同：我们的男女同性恋兄弟姐妹理应有权到医院探望所爱的人，也理应过不受歧视的生活。
You know, passions may fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. 你们知道，移民问题可能引发激烈争论，但当一位母亲被迫与襁褓中的孩子分离，或雇主通过雇用非法劳工压低美国人的工资时，我不知道有谁会从中受益。
But this, too, is part of America's promise, the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort. 但这同样是美国承诺的一部分：在民主制度下，我们能够拿出力量与胸襟，弥合分歧，为共同目标团结奋斗。
I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer, and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected, because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things. And you know what? 我知道有人把这些信念斥为空洞的乐观之辞。他们声称，我们坚持在公共生活中追求更宏大、更坚定、更诚实的目标，不过是为增税和抛弃传统价值观打掩护。这并不意外：没有新主张，就用陈旧伎俩吓唬选民；没有政绩可供竞选，就把对手描绘成人人都该躲避的人；把一场意义重大的选举，变成围绕琐事的争斗。你们知道吗？
It's worked before, because it feeds into the cynicism we all have about government. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping and settle for what you already know. 这套手法过去奏效过，因为它迎合了我们对政府共有的犬儒心态。华盛顿运转失灵时，它作出的所有承诺似乎都成了空话。希望若一再破灭，人们便会觉得最好不再抱有希望，只求安于熟悉的现状。
I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington. But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the naysayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me; it's about you. 我明白。我知道自己并不是最可能赢得这一职位的候选人。我没有典型的履历，也没有把职业生涯耗在华盛顿的殿堂里。但我今晚站在你们面前，是因为某种力量正在全美国涌动。那些唱衰者不明白，这场选举从来不是关于我，而是关于你们。
It's about you. For 18 long months, you have stood up, one by one, and said, "Enough," to the politics of the past. You understand that, in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same, old politics with the same, old players and expect a different result. You have shown what history teaches us, that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington. Change happens -- Change happens because the American people demand it, because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time. 它关乎你们。漫长的十八个月来，你们一个接一个地站出来，对过去的政治说“够了”。你们明白，在这场选举中，我们可能冒的最大风险，就是仍由同样的老面孔操弄同样的旧政治，却期待不同结果。你们印证了历史的教诲：在这样的决定性时刻，我们需要的变革并非来自华盛顿，而是由人民带到华盛顿。变革之所以发生——变革之所以发生，是因为美国人民提出要求，因为他们挺身而出，坚持要新思想、新领导，以及属于新时代的新政治。
America, this is one of those moments. 美国，这正是那样的时刻。
I believe that, as hard as it will be, the change we need is coming, because I've seen it, because I've lived it. Because I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work. I've seen it in Washington, where we worked across party lines to open up government and hold lobbyists more accountable, to give better care for our veterans, and keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. 我相信，无论过程多么艰难，我们需要的变革正在到来，因为我亲眼见过，也亲身经历过。我在伊利诺伊州见过它：我们让更多儿童获得医疗保障，帮助更多家庭摆脱福利依赖、走向就业。我也在华盛顿见过它：我们跨越党派界线，让政府更加公开、让说客承担更多责任，为退伍军人提供更好的照护，并防止核武器落入恐怖分子手中。
And I've seen it in this campaign, in the young people who voted for the first time and the young at heart, those who got involved again after a very long time; in the Republicans who never thought they'd pick up a Democratic ballot, but did. 我也在这场竞选中看到了它：第一次投票的年轻人、心态年轻的人，以及久未参与政治后重新投身其中的人；还有那些从未想过自己会拿起民主党选票、最终却这样做了的共和党人。
I've seen it -- I've seen it in the workers who would rather cut their hours back a day, even though they can't afford it, than see their friends lose their jobs; in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb; in the good neighbors who take a stranger in when a hurricane strikes and the floodwaters rise. 我看到了它——那些工人宁愿每周少上一天班，哪怕自己承担不起，也不愿看到朋友失业；那些失去一条肢体后仍选择再次入伍的军人；还有飓风袭来、洪水上涨时收留陌生人的好邻居。
You know, this country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. 你知道，我们这个国家拥有比任何国家都多的财富，但这不是让我们富有的原因。我们拥有地球上最强大的军队，但这不是让我们强大的原因。我们的大学和文化是世界羡慕的对象，但这不是让世界来到我们海岸的原因。
Instead, it is that American spirit, that American promise, that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend. 相反，是美国精神，美国承诺，在道路不确定时推动我们前进；尽管我们有分歧，但将我们团结在一起；让我们把目光不是放在所见之物上，而是放在所不见之物上——那个更好的地方，就在前方的转角处。
That promise is our greatest inheritance. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night and a promise that you make to yours, a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west, a promise that led workers to picket lines and women to reach for the ballot. 那个承诺是我们最宝贵的遗产。它是我夜晚替女儿盖好被子时对她们许下的承诺，也是你们对自己孩子许下的承诺；它曾引领移民跨越重洋，引领拓荒者向西进发，引领工人走上纠察线，也引领女性争取选票。
And it is that promise that, 45 years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his Dream . 正是这一承诺，在四十五年前的今天，让美国各地的人们齐聚华盛顿国家广场，站在林肯纪念堂前，聆听一位来自佐治亚州的年轻牧师讲述他的梦想。
The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustrations of so many dreams deferred. But what the people heard instead -- people of every creed and color, from every walk of life -- is that, in America, our destiny is inextricably linked, that together our dreams can be one. "We cannot walk alone," the preacher cried. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back." 聚集在那里的人们原本可能听到许多不同的话。他们可能听到愤怒与纷争，也可能被劝说向无数梦想迟迟未能实现所带来的恐惧和挫折低头。然而，各种信仰、各种肤色、各行各业的人们听到的却是：在美国，我们的命运密不可分，我们的梦想能够融为一体。“我们不能独自行走，”那位牧师高声说，“前行之时，我们必须立誓永远向前。我们不能回头。”
America, we cannot turn back, not with so much work to be done; not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for; not with an economy to fix, and cities to rebuild, and farms to save; not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. 美国，我们不能回头，因为还有如此多的工作要做，还有如此多的孩子需要教育、退伍军人需要照顾；因为经济有待修复、城市有待重建、农场有待挽救；因为还有如此多的家庭需要保护、如此多受创的生活需要抚平。
America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. 美国，我们不能回头。我们不能独自行走。
At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise, that American promise, and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess. 此时此刻，在这场选举中，我们必须再次立誓，向未来迈进。让我们信守那个承诺，那个美国承诺；并用《圣经》的话说，毫不动摇地坚守我们所宣认的希望。
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America. 谢谢你们。上帝保佑你们。上帝保佑美利坚合众国。