My fellow Americans, I am speaking to you tonight from the Oval Office. 我的美国同胞们，今晚我在椭圆形办公室向你们发表讲话。
Before I begin, let me speak to important news from earlier today. After 8 months of nonstop negotiation, my administration—by my administration, a cease-fire and a hostage deal has been reached by Israel and Hamas, the elements of which I laid out in great detail in May of this year. 在开始之前，让我先谈谈今天早些时候的重要消息。经过8个月的不间断谈判，我的政府——由我的政府促成——以色列和哈马斯达成了停火和人质协议，协议的内容我在今年5月已经详细阐述过。
This plan was developed and negotiated by my team and will be largely implemented by the incoming administration. That's why I told my team to keep the incoming administration fully informed, because that's how it should be: working together as Americans. 这项计划是由我的团队制定和谈判的，将在很大程度上由即将上任的政府实施。这就是为什么我告诉我的团队要让即将上任的政府充分了解情况，因为这是应该做的：作为美国人共同努力。
This will be my final address to you from—the American people from the Oval Office, from this desk as President. And I've been thinking a lot about who we are and, maybe more importantly, who we should be. 这将是我作为总统最后一次在椭圆形办公室、在这张办公桌前向美国人民发表讲话。我一直在思考我们是谁，也许更重要的是，我们应该成为什么样的人。
Long ago, in New York Harbor, an ironworker installed beam after beam, day after day. He was joined by steelworkers, stone masons, engineers. They built not just a single structure, but a beacon of freedom. 很久以前，在纽约港，一名钢铁工人日复一日地安装一根又一根钢梁。钢铁工人、石匠、工程师加入了他的行列。他们建造的不仅仅是一座建筑，而是一座自由的灯塔。
The very idea of America was so big, we felt the entire world needed to see: the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France after our Civil War. Like the very idea of America, it was built not by one person, but by many people, from every background and from around the world. 美国的理念如此伟大，我们觉得整个世界都需要看到：自由女神像，这是法国在内战后送给我们的礼物。就像美国的理念一样，它不是由一个人建造的，而是由许多来自不同背景、来自世界各地的人共同建造的。
Like America, the Statue of Liberty is not standing still. Her foot literally steps forward atop a broken chain of human bondage. She's on the march, and she literally moves. She was built to sway back and forth to withstand the fury of stormy weather, to stand the test of time, because storms are always coming. She sways a few inches, but she never falls into the current below—an engineering marvel. 就像美国一样，自由女神像不是静止不动的。她的脚确实向前迈出，踩在破碎的人类奴役锁链上。她在前进，确实在移动。她被设计成可以来回摆动以抵御暴风雨的狂暴，经得起时间的考验，因为风暴总是会来。她摆动几英寸，但永远不会掉进下面的水流中——这是一个工程奇迹。
The Statue of Liberty is also an enduring symbol of the soul of our Nation, a soul shaped by forces that bring us together and by forces that pull us apart. And yet, through good times and tough times, we've withstood it all. 自由女神像也是我们国家灵魂的永恒象征，这个灵魂被将我们凝聚在一起和将我们分开的力量所塑造。然而，无论顺境还是逆境，我们都经受住了这一切。
A nation of pioneers and explorers, of dreamers and doers, of ancestors native to this land, of ancestors who came by force, a nation of immigrants who came to build a better life, a nation holding the torch of the most powerful idea ever in the history of the world: that all of us—all of us—are created equal; that all of us deserve to be treated with dignity, justice, and fairness; that democracy must defend and be defined and be imposed, moved in every way possible. Our rights, our freedoms, our dreams. 一个由先驱者和探险家、梦想家和实干家、这片土地的原住民祖先、被迫来到这里的祖先、为了更好生活而来的移民组成的国家，一个高举世界历史上最强大理念火炬的国家：我们所有人——我们所有人——生而平等；我们所有人都应该得到尊严、正义和公平的对待；民主必须得到捍卫、定义和实施，以一切可能的方式推进。我们的权利，我们的自由，我们的梦想。
But we know the idea of America—our institution, our people, our values that uphold it—are constantly being tested. Ongoing debates about power and the exercise of power, about whether we lead by the example of our power or the power of our example, whether we show the courage to stand up to the abuse of power or we yield to it. 但我们知道，美国的理念——我们的制度、我们的人民、支撑它的价值观——一直在经受考验。关于权力和权力行使的持续辩论，关于我们是通过权力的榜样还是榜样的力量来领导，关于我们是否有勇气站起来反对滥用权力还是屈服于它。
After 50 years at the center of all of this, I know that believing in the idea of America means respecting the institutions that govern a free society: the Presidency, the Congress, the courts, a free and independent press. Institutions that are rooted not—they just—not to reflect the timeless words, but they real—they echo the words of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident." Rooted in the timeless words of the Constitution, "We the People." 在这一切的中心工作了50年后，我知道，相信美国的理念意味着尊重治理自由社会的制度：总统职位、国会、法院、自由独立的媒体。这些制度根植于——不仅仅是反映永恒的话语，而是真实地——呼应《独立宣言》的话语："我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的。"根植于《宪法》的永恒话语："我们人民。"
Our system of separation of powers, checks and balances, it may not be perfect, but it's maintained our democracy for nearly 250 years, longer than any other nation in history that's ever tried such a bold experiment. 我们的三权分立、制衡制度可能并不完美，但它维持了我们近250年的民主，比历史上任何其他尝试过如此大胆实验的国家都要长。
In the past 4 years, our democracy has held strong. And every day, I've kept my commitment to be President for all Americans through one of the toughest periods in our Nation's history. 在过去的4年里，我们的民主保持了强大。每一天，我都信守承诺，在我国历史上最艰难的时期之一，成为所有美国人的总统。
I've had a great partner in Vice President Kamala Harris. 我有一个伟大的伙伴——副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯。
It's been the honor of my life to see the resilience of essential workers getting us through a once-in-a-century pandemic, the heroism of servicemembers and first responders keeping us safe, the determination of advocates standing up for our rights and our freedoms. 看到一线工人在百年一遇的疫情中展现的韧性、军人和急救人员保护我们安全的英雄气概、倡导者为我们的权利和自由挺身而出的决心，是我一生的荣幸。
Instead of losing their jobs to an economic crisis that we inherited, millions of Americans now have the dignity of work; millions of entrepreneurs and companies creating new businesses and industries, hiring American workers, using American products. 数百万美国人没有因我们继承的经济危机而失去工作，而是拥有了工作的尊严；数百万企业家和公司正在创建新的企业和产业，雇佣美国工人，使用美国产品。
And together, we've launched a new era of American possibilities, one of the greatest modernizations of infrastructure in our entire history, from new roads, bridges, clean water, affordable high-speed internet for every American. 我们共同开启了美国可能性的新时代，这是我们整个历史上最伟大的基础设施现代化之一，包括新的道路、桥梁、清洁水、为每个美国人提供负担得起的高速互联网。
We invented the semiconductor, smaller than the tip of my little finger. And now it's bringing those chip factories and those jobs back to America where they belong, creating thousands of jobs. 我们发明了半导体，比我小指的指尖还要小。现在它正在把那些芯片工厂和那些工作带回它们所属的美国，创造数千个就业机会。
Finally giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for millions of seniors. 终于赋予医疗保险谈判降低数百万老年人处方药价格的权力。
And finally doing something to protect our children and our families by passing the most significant gun safety law in 30 years and bringing violent crime to a 50-year low. 终于通过了30年来最重要的枪支安全法，并将暴力犯罪降至50年来的最低点，来保护我们的孩子和家庭。
Meeting our sacred obligation to over 1 million veterans so far who were exposed to toxic materials and to their families—providing medical care and education benefits and more for their families. 到目前为止，我们履行了对超过100万名接触有毒物质的退伍军人及其家人的神圣义务——为他们的家人提供医疗保健、教育福利等。
You know, it will take time to feel the full impact of all we've done together. But the seeds are planted, and they'll grow, and they'll bloom for decades to come. 你知道，我们共同所做的一切的全部影响需要时间才能感受到。但种子已经种下，它们会生长，在未来几十年里开花结果。
At home, we've created nearly 17 million new jobs, more than any other single administration in a single term. More people have health care than ever before. 在国内，我们创造了近1700万个新工作岗位，超过任何一届政府在单一任期内创造的数量。拥有医疗保健的人数比以往任何时候都多。
And overseas, we've strengthened NATO. Ukraine is still free. And we've pulled ahead of our competition with China. And so much more. 在海外，我们加强了北约。乌克兰仍然自由。我们在与中国的竞争中领先。还有更多成就。
I'm so proud of how much we've accomplished together for the American people. And I wish the incoming administration success, because I want America to succeed. 我为我们为美国人民共同取得的成就感到无比自豪。我祝愿即将上任的政府取得成功，因为我希望美国取得成功。
That's why I've upheld my duty to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition of power to ensure we lead by the power of our example. I have no doubt that America is in a position to continue to succeed. 这就是为什么我履行职责确保权力和平有序交接，确保我们以榜样的力量领导。我毫不怀疑美国有能力继续取得成功。
That's why, in my farewell address tonight, I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. And this is the dangerous concern—and that's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of very few ultrawealthy people, and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. 这就是为什么在今晚的告别演说中，我想警告国家一些让我非常担忧的事情。这就是危险的担忧——那就是极少数超级富豪手中危险的权力集中，以及如果他们的权力滥用得不到遏制所带来的危险后果。
Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. 今天，美国正在形成一个由极端财富、权力和影响力组成的寡头政治，这实际上威胁着我们整个民主、我们的基本权利和自由，以及每个人获得公平机会的权利。
We see the consequences all across America. And we've seen it before, more than a century ago. But the American people stood up to the robber barons back then and busted the trusts. 我们在美国各地都看到了后果。我们一个多世纪前也见过。但当时美国人民站起来对抗强盗大亨，打破了垄断。
They didn't punish the wealthy. They just made the wealthy pay the by—play by the rules everybody else had to. Workers won rights to earn their fair share. You know, they were dealt into the deal, and it helped put us on the path to building the largest middle class and the most prosperous century any nation the world has ever seen, and we've got to do that again. 他们没有惩罚富人。他们只是让富人遵守其他人都必须遵守的规则。工人赢得了获得公平份额的权利。你知道，他们被纳入了交易，这帮助我们走上了建设世界上最大中产阶级和最繁荣世纪的道路，我们必须再次这样做。
In the last 4 years, that is exactly what we've done. 在过去的4年里，我们正是这样做的。
People should be able to make as much as they can, but pay—play by the same rules, pay their fair share in taxes. 人们应该能够尽其所能赚钱，但要遵守同样的规则，缴纳公平份额的税款。
So much is at stake. Right now the existential threat of climate change has never been clearer. Just look across the country, from California to North Carolina. 利害攸关。现在气候变化的生存威胁从未如此清晰。看看全国各地，从加利福尼亚到北卡罗来纳。
That's why I signed the most significant climate and clean energy law ever—ever—in the history of the world, and the rest of the world is trying to model it now. It's working, creating jobs and industries of the future. 这就是为什么我签署了世界历史上——有史以来——最重要的气候和清洁能源法，现在世界其他国家都在试图效仿。它正在发挥作用，创造未来的就业机会和产业。
You know, we've proven we don't have to choose between protecting the environment and growing the economy. We're doing both. But powerful forces want to wield their unchecked influence to eliminate the steps we've taken to tackle the climate crisis to serve their own interest for power and profit. 你知道，我们已经证明我们不必在保护环境和发展经济之间做出选择。我们两者都在做。但强大的势力想要行使他们不受限制的影响力，取消我们为应对气候危机所采取的措施，以服务于他们自己的权力和利润利益。
We must not be bullied into sacrificing the future, the future of our children and our grandchildren. We must keep pushing forward and push faster. There is no time to waste. 我们绝不能被胁迫牺牲未来——我们子孙后代的未来。我们必须继续前进，加快步伐。没有时间可以浪费。
It's also clear that American leadership in technology is unparalleled—an unparalleled source of innovation that can transform lives. We see the same dangers of the concentration of technology, power, and wealth. 同样明显的是，美国在技术方面的领导地位无与伦比——这是一个可以改变生活的无与伦比的创新源泉。我们看到了技术、权力和财富集中带来的同样危险。
You know, his farewell address, President Eisenhower spoke of the dangers of the military-industrial complex. He warned us then about, and I quote, "the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power," end of quote. Six days—six decades later, I'm equally concerned about the potential rise of a tech-industrial complex that could pose real dangers for our country as well. 你知道，在他的告别演说中，艾森豪威尔总统谈到了军事工业复合体的危险。他当时警告我们，引用他的话说，"权力错误使用的灾难性上升的可能性"。六天——六十年后，我同样担心可能出现的科技工业复合体，这也可能对我们的国家构成真正的危险。
Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit. 美国人正被大量的错误信息和虚假信息淹没，这助长了权力滥用。新闻自由正在崩溃。编辑正在消失。社交媒体正在放弃事实核查。真相被为权力和利润而编造的谎言所扼杀。
We must hold the social platforms accountable to protect our children, our families, and our very democracy from the abuse of power. 我们必须让社交平台承担责任，保护我们的孩子、家庭和我们的民主免受权力滥用。
Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is the most consequential technology of our time, perhaps of all time. Nothing offers more profound possibilities and risks for our economy and our security, our society, it's our very—for humanity. 与此同时，人工智能是我们这个时代，也许是有史以来最重要的技术。没有什么能像人工智能那样为我们的经济、安全、社会——对人类——带来如此深远的可能性和风险。
Artificial intelligence even has the potential to help us answer my call to end cancer as we know it. But unless safeguards are in place, AI could spawn new threats to our rights, our way of life, to our privacy, how we work, and how we protect our Nation. 人工智能甚至有可能帮助我们实现我终结癌症的呼吁。但除非有保障措施到位，否则人工智能可能会对我们的权利、生活方式、隐私、工作方式以及我们保护国家的方式带来新的威胁。
We must make sure AI is safe and trustworthy and good for all humankind. In the age of AI, it's more important than ever that the people must govern. And as the land of liberty, America—not China—must lead the world on the development of AI. 我们必须确保人工智能是安全、可信的，对全人类有益。在人工智能时代，人民必须治理比以往任何时候都更重要。作为自由之地，美国——而不是中国——必须在人工智能的发展上引领世界。
You know, in the years ahead, it will help to be—it's going to be up to the President, the Presidency, the Congress, the courts, the free press, and the American people to confront these powerful forces. 你知道，在未来几年里，将由总统、总统职位、国会、法院、新闻自由和美国人民来对抗这些强大的势力。
We must reform the Tax Code, not by giving the biggest tax cuts to billionaires, but by making them begin to pay their fair share. 我们必须改革税法，不是给亿万富翁最大的减税，而是让他们开始缴纳公平份额。
We need to get dark money—that's that hidden funding behind too many campaigns' contributions—we need to get it out of our politics. 我们需要把暗钱——太多竞选捐款背后的隐藏资金——从我们的政治中清除出去。
We need to enact an 18-year time limit—term limit—time and term—for the strongest ethics reform—and the strongest ethics reforms for our Supreme Court. 我们需要为我们的最高法院制定18年的任期限制——最强有力的伦理改革。
We need to ban Members of Congress from trading stock while they're in the Congress. 我们需要禁止国会议员在任职期间交易股票。
We need to amend the Constitution to make clear that no President—no President—is immune from crimes that he or she commits while in office. The President's power is not limited—it's not absolute, and it shouldn't be. 我们需要修改宪法，明确规定任何总统——任何总统——都不能免于在任期间所犯罪行的起诉。总统的权力不是无限的——不是绝对的，也不应该是绝对的。
And in a democracy, there's another danger to the concentration of power and wealth. It erodes a sense of unity and common purpose. It causes distrust and division. Participating in our democracy becomes exhausting and even disillusioning, and people don't feel like they have a fair shot. 在民主制度中，权力和财富的集中还有另一个危险。它侵蚀了团结感和共同目标感。它导致不信任和分裂。参与我们的民主变得令人疲惫甚至失望，人们感觉不到自己有公平的机会。
But we have to stay engaged in the process. I know it's frustrating. 但我们必须继续参与这个过程。我知道这很令人沮丧。
A fair shot is what makes America, America. Everyone is entitled to a fair shot—not a guarantee, but just a fair shot, an even playing field—going as far as your hard work and talent can take you. We can never lose that essential truth—remain who we are. 公平的机会是美国之所以成为美国的原因。每个人都有权获得公平的机会——不是保证，只是公平的机会，一个公平的竞争环境——凭借你的努力和才能走得尽可能远。我们永远不能失去这个基本真理——保持我们的本色。
I've always believed, and I've told other world leaders, America can be defined by one word: possibilities. Only in America do we believe anything is possible, like a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Claymont, Delaware, sitting behind the—this desk in the Oval Office as President of the United States. 我一直相信，并告诉其他世界领导人，美国可以用一个词来定义：可能性。只有在美国，我们相信一切皆有可能，就像一个来自宾夕法尼亚州斯克兰顿和特拉华州克莱蒙特出身平凡、口吃的孩子，坐在椭圆形办公室的这张办公桌前成为美国总统。
That's the magic of America. It's all around us. 这就是美国的魔力。它就在我们身边。
Upstairs in the Residence of the White House, I've walked by a painting of the Statue of Liberty I don't know how many times. In the painting, there are several workers climbing on the outstretched arm of the statue that holds the torch. It reminds me every day I pass it of the story and soul of our Nation and the power of the American people. 在白宫官邸楼上，我走过一幅自由女神像的画，不知道多少次了。画中有几名工人爬上雕像高举火炬的伸出的手臂。每天经过它时，它都让我想起我们国家的故事和灵魂，以及美国人民的力量。
There's a story of a veteran—this is—a veteran, a son of an immigrant, whose job it was to climb that torch and polish the amber panes so rays of light could reach out as far as possible. He was known as the "keeper of the flame." 有一个关于退伍军人的故事——这是一个——退伍军人，一个移民的儿子，他的工作是爬上火炬，擦亮琥珀色的窗格，让光线尽可能远地照射出去。他被称为"火焰守护者"。
He once said of the Statue of Liberty, quote, "speaks a silent universal language, one of hope, that anyone who seeks and speaks freedom can understand." 他曾经谈到自由女神像，引用他的话说："它说一种无声的通用语言，一种希望的语言，任何寻求和诉说自由的人都能理解。"
Yes, we sway back and forth to withstand the fury of the storm, to stand the test of time—a constant struggle—constant struggle—a short distance between peril and possibility. 是的，我们来回摆动以抵御风暴的狂暴，经得起时间的考验——一场持续的斗争——持续的斗争——在危险和可能性之间只有很短的距离。
But what I believe is the America of our dreams is always closer than we think. And it's up to us to make our dreams come true. 但我相信，我们梦想中的美国总是比我们想象的更近。实现我们的梦想取决于我们自己。
Let me close by stating my gratitude to so many people. To the members of my administration, as well as public service and first responders across the country and around the world, thank you for stepping up to serve. 最后，让我表达对许多人的感激之情。感谢我的政府成员，以及全国和世界各地的公共服务人员和急救人员，感谢你们挺身而出服务。
To our servicemembers and your families, it's been the highest honor of my life to lead you as Commander in Chief. 感谢我们的军人及其家属，作为总司令领导你们是我一生的最高荣誉。
And of course, to Kamala and her incredible partner—a historic Vice President. She and Doug have become like family. And to me, family is everything. 当然，感谢卡玛拉和她了不起的伴侣——一位历史性的副总统。她和道格已经像家人一样。对我来说，家庭就是一切。
And my deepest appreciation to our amazing First Lady, who is with me in the Oval today, for our entire family. You are the love of my life and lifes of my love. 感谢我们了不起的第一夫人，今天她和我一起在椭圆形办公室，感谢我们整个家庭。你是我一生的挚爱，也是我爱的生命。
And my eternal thanks to you, the American people. After 50 years of public service, I give you my word, I still believe in the idea for which this Nation stands, a nation where the strengths of our institutions and the character of our people matter and must endure. 永远感谢你们，美国人民。经过50年的公共服务，我向你们保证，我仍然相信这个国家所代表的理念，一个制度的力量和人民的品格至关重要且必须持久的国家。
Now it's your turn to stand guard. May you all be the keeper of the flame. May you keep the faith. I love America. You love it too. 现在轮到你们站岗了。愿你们都成为火焰的守护者。愿你们保持信念。我爱美国。你们也爱它。
God bless you all, and may God protect our troops. Thank you for this great honor. 上帝保佑你们所有人，愿上帝保护我们的军队。感谢这份巨大的荣誉。