Hello, Chicago. 你好，芝加哥。
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy: Tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voices could be that difference. 如果还有人怀疑美国是否是一个一切皆有可能的地方；如果还有人怀疑我们建国者的梦想在我们这个时代是否依然鲜活；如果还有人质疑我们民主的力量：今夜就是你们的答案。这个答案是由那些在学校和教堂周围排起长龙的人群所诉说的，其规模是这个国家前所未见的；是由那些等待了三个小时、四个小时的人们所诉说的，其中许多人是生平第一次这样做，因为他们相信这一次必须有所不同；相信他们的声音就是改变的力量。
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled -- Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America! 这个答案是由老少、贫富、民主党人和共和党人、黑人、白人、拉美裔、亚裔、印第安人、同性恋者、异性恋者、残疾人和非残疾人所发出的——这些美国人向世界传递了一个信息：我们从来都不仅仅是一群个人的集合，或者是红州和蓝州的集合：我们现在是、而且永远都是美利坚合众国！
It's the answer that -- that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. 这个答案让那些长期以来被太多人告知要愤世嫉俗、要恐惧、要对我们的能力心存疑虑的人们，将双手放在历史的弧线上，再次将它弯向更美好未来的希望。
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America. 这一刻来之不易，但今夜，因为我们在这一天、在这场选举中、在这个决定性的时刻所做的一切，变革已经降临美国。
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead. 就在今天傍晚早些时候，我接到了麦凯恩参议员一个格外大度的电话。麦凯恩参议员在这场竞选中进行了长期而艰苦的斗争，而为了他所热爱的国家，他甚至更长久、更艰苦地战斗过。他为美国所承受的牺牲，是我们大多数人无法想象的。这位勇敢无私的领袖所付出的服务，让我们这个国家变得更好。我向他表示祝贺；我祝贺佩林州长所取得的一切成就，我期待在未来的岁月里与他们合作，共同重振这个国家的承诺。
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next First Lady: Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. 我要感谢我在这一旅程中的搭档，这位用心竞选、为他那些在斯克兰顿街头一起长大、一起坐火车回特拉华的男女同胞发声的人，美国当选副总统乔·拜登。如果没有我十六年来最好的朋友、我们家的顶梁柱、我一生的挚爱、国家下一任第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马坚定不移的支持，今夜我就不会站在这里。萨莎和玛利亚，我对你们的爱超乎你们的想象，你们也赢得了将要陪我们一起去白宫的那只新小狗。
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters -- thank you so much for the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them. 虽然她已经不在我们身边，但我知道我的祖母正在注视着我，还有那些成就了今天的我的家人。今夜我想念他们，我知道我对他们的感激之情无以衡量。我的妹妹玛雅、妹妹阿尔玛、我所有的兄弟姐妹们——非常感谢你们给予我的支持。我对他们心存感激。
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe -- the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America. To my chief strategist David Axelrod -- who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics -- you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done. 还有我的竞选经理戴维·普洛夫——这场竞选的无名英雄，他打造了——我认为是美国历史上最出色的政治竞选团队。我的首席战略师戴维·阿克塞尔罗德——一路走来每一步都是我的伙伴。还有政治史上集结过的最优秀的竞选团队——是你们让这一切成为可能，对你们为完成这一切所付出的牺牲，我永远心怀感激。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give 5 dollars and 10 dollars and 20 dollars to the cause. 但最重要的是，我永远不会忘记这场胜利真正属于谁。它属于你们。它属于你们。我从来不是这一职位最有希望的人选。我们起步时并没有太多资金或支持。我们的竞选不是在华盛顿的厅堂里酝酿的。它始于得梅因的后院、康科德的客厅、查尔斯顿的前廊。它是由那些男女劳动者所建立的，他们从自己微薄的积蓄中拿出五美元、十美元、二十美元来支持这项事业。
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy, who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep. It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth. This is your victory. 它从那些拒绝其这一代人冷漠之说的年轻人身上汲取了力量，他们离开家乡和亲人，去从事报酬微薄、睡眠稀少的工作。它从那些不顾严寒酷暑、为素不相识的人敲门拜访的不再年轻的人身上汲取了力量，也从数以百万计的志愿者和组织者身上汲取了力量，他们证明了两百多年之后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消亡。这是你们的胜利。
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. 我知道你们这样做不仅仅是为了赢得一场选举。我知道你们这样做不是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们理解前方任务的艰巨。因为即使我们今夜欢庆，我们也知道明天将带来的挑战是我们一生中最大的：两场战争、一个身处险境的星球、一个世纪以来最严重的金融危机。即使我们今夜站在这里，我们也知道有勇敢的美国人在伊拉克的沙漠和阿富汗的群山中醒来，为我们冒着生命危险。
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education. There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair. 有父母在孩子入睡后辗转难眠，盘算着如何偿还抵押贷款、支付医药费，或为孩子的大学教育攒够钱。我们有新能源要开发，新工作要创造，新学校要建造，还有威胁要应对，联盟要修复。
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there. 前方的路将很漫长。我们的攀登将很陡峭。我们可能无法在一年甚至一届任期内到达彼岸。但是，美国，我从未像今夜这样充满希望，相信我们一定能到达。我向你们承诺，我们作为一个民族一定能够到达。
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. 会有挫折和反复。会有许多人不同意我作为总统所作的每一项决定或政策。我们也知道政府无法解决每一个问题。但我会始终坦诚地告诉你们我们所面临的挑战。我会倾听你们的声音，尤其是在我们意见相左的时候。最重要的是，我会请你们一起参与重建这个国家的工作，这是美国二百二十一年来一直进行的方式——一街一区、一砖一瓦、一双双长满老茧的手所完成的。二十一个月前在隆冬时节开始的事情，不能在这个秋夜结束。
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. 仅凭这场胜利并不是我们所追求的变革。它只是我们促成变革的机会。如果我们回到老路上，变革就不会发生。没有你们，没有新的服务精神、新的牺牲精神，变革就不会发生。所以，让我们唤起一种新的爱国精神和责任感，让我们每一个人都决心贡献力量、更加努力地工作，不仅关心自己，也关心彼此。让我们记住，如果说这场金融危机给了我们什么教训，那就是我们不能在华尔街繁荣的同时，让主街受苦。
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. 在这个国家，我们作为一个民族、一个整体同荣同损。让我们抵制住退回到那些毒害我们政治已久的党派之争、小肚鸡肠和不成熟态度的诱惑。
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a Party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours: "We are not enemies but friends...." "Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection."1 让我们记住，正是来自这个州的一位男士第一次把共和党的旗帜扛进了白宫，这个党建立在自立、个人自由和民族团结的价值观之上。这些是我们共同拥有的价值观。虽然民主党今夜取得了伟大的胜利，但我们怀着一份谦卑和愈合那些阻碍我们进步的分裂的决心来做这件事。正如林肯对一个远比我们更加分裂的国家所说："我们不是敌人，而是朋友……""虽然激情可能使我们紧张，但它不应割断我们感情的纽带。"1
And to those Americans who -- whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your President, too. 至于那些我尚未赢得其支持的美国人，我今夜或许没有赢得你们的选票，但我听到了你们的声音。我需要你们的帮助。我也将是你们的总统。
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. 至于所有今夜在我们的海岸之外注视着这一切的人，从议会和王宫，到那些在世界被遗忘的角落里围坐在收音机旁的人们，我们的故事各不相同，但我们的命运是共同的，美国领导力的新曙光已经到来。
To those -- To those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we've proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope. 对于那些想要撕裂这个世界的人：我们将击败你们。对于那些寻求和平与安全的人：我们支持你们。对于所有那些怀疑美国的灯塔是否依然闪耀如初的人：今夜我们再次证明，我们国家的真正力量并非来自我们武力的强大或财富的规模，而是来自我们理想的持久力量：民主、自由、机会，以及不屈的希望。
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. 这才是美国真正的天才之处：美国能够变革。我们的联邦可以变得更加完美。我们已经取得的成就，给了我们对未来能够也必须取得的成就的希望。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. 这场选举创造了许多个第一，有许多故事将被传颂几代人。但今夜在我心头的，是关于一位在亚特兰大投票的女性的故事。她和数以百万计在这次选举中排队发出自己声音的其他人非常相似，除了一点：安·尼克松·库珀今年一百零六岁。
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. 她出生时距离奴隶制仅过去一代人的时间；那个时代路上还没有汽车，天上还没有飞机；像她这样的人不能投票，原因有二：因为她是一个女人，因为她皮肤的颜色。
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. 今夜，我想到了她在这一百年里在美国所见证的一切——那些心痛与希望；那些斗争与进步；那些被告知我们做不到的时刻，以及那些坚守那美国信条的人们：是的，我们能。
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot: Yes we can. 在一个女性声音被压制、希望被漠视的时代，她活到了看见她们站起来、发出声音、伸手去争取选票的那一天：是的，我们能。
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose: Yes we can. 当沙尘暴肆虐的土地上弥漫着绝望、全国陷入萧条之时，她看到一个国家以新政、新工作、新的共同目标感征服了恐惧本身：是的，我们能。
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved: Yes we can. 当炸弹落在我们港口、暴政威胁世界之时，她在那里见证了一代人崛起成就伟大、民主得以拯救：是的，我们能。
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "we shall overcome": Yes we can. 她见证了蒙哥马利的公交车、伯明翰的高压水龙、塞尔玛的一座桥，以及一位来自亚特兰大的牧师告诉一个民族"我们终将克服"：是的，我们能。
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. 人类登上了月球，一堵墙在柏林倒塌，一个世界被我们自己的科学和想象力连接起来。
And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change: Yes we can. 而今年，在这场选举中，她用手指触摸屏幕，投下了自己的一票，因为在美国度过一百零六年后，经历了最好的时光和最黑暗的时刻，她知道美国能够如何变革：是的，我们能。
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made? 美国，我们已经走过了这么远。我们已经见证了这么多。但还有那么多事情要做。所以今夜，让我们问问自己——如果我们的孩子能活到下个世纪；如果我的女儿们有幸能像安·尼克松·库珀那样长寿，他们将看到怎样的变革？我们将取得怎样的进步？
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can. 这是我们回应这一召唤的机会。这是我们的时刻。这是我们的时代，让我们的人民重新就业，为我们的孩子打开机会之门；恢复繁荣，推动和平事业；重拾美国梦，重申那个根本的真理，即合众为一；只要我们一息尚存，我们就怀有希望。当我们面对愤世嫉俗、质疑和那些告诉我们做不到的人时，我们将用那概括了一个民族精神的不朽信条来回应：是的，我们能。
Thank you. 谢谢大家。
God bless you. 愿上帝保佑你们。
And may God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。