Good evening. There are still some very important votes to be taken by members of Congress, but I want to announce that the leaders of both parties, in both chambers, have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default -- a default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy. 晚上好。国会议员们仍有一些非常重要的表决要进行，但我要宣布，两党在参众两院的领导人已经达成一项协议。这项协议将削减赤字并避免违约——违约本会给我们的经济带来毁灭性影响。
The first part of this agreement will cut about $1 trillion in spending over the next 10 years -- cuts that both parties had agreed to early on in this process. The result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since Dwight Eisenhower was President -- but at a level that still allows us to make job-creating investments in things like education and research. We also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. 这项协议的第一部分将在未来十年削减约1万亿美元的支出——这些削减项目是两党在谈判早期就已同意的。其结果将使年度国内支出降至自德怀特·艾森豪威尔担任总统以来的最低水平——但仍能让我们对教育、科研等领域作出创造就业机会的投资。我们也确保这些削减不会来得过于突然，以致拖累脆弱的经济。
Now, I've said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to our deficit problem must be balanced. Despite what some Republicans have argued, I believe that we have to ask the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. Despite what some in my own party have argued, I believe that we need to make some modest adjustments to programs like Medicare to ensure that they're still around for future generations. 我从一开始就说过，解决赤字问题的最终方案必须保持平衡。尽管一些共和党人提出不同主张，我认为必须要求最富裕的美国人和最大的企业放弃税收优惠及特殊扣除项目，承担其应有份额的责任。尽管我所属政党中的一些人提出不同主张，我认为我们也需要对医疗保险等项目作出适度调整，以确保它们能延续到后代。
That's why the second part of this agreement is so important. It establishes a bipartisan committee of Congress to report back by November with a proposal to further reduce the deficit, which will then be put before the entire Congress for an up or down vote. 这正是协议第二部分如此重要的原因。它将成立一个两党国会委员会，在11月前提交进一步削减赤字的方案，随后交由全体国会议员作赞成或反对的表决。
In this stage, everything will be on the table. To hold us all accountable for making these reforms, tough cuts that both parties would find objectionable would automatically go into effect if we don't act. And over the next few months, I'll continue to make a detailed case to these lawmakers about why I believe a balanced approach is necessary to finish the job. 在这一阶段，所有议题都将列入讨论范围。为使我们所有人都对推动这些改革负责，如果我们不采取行动，两党都会认为难以接受的严厉削减措施将自动生效。在未来几个月里，我还将继续向这些议员详细说明：为什么我相信，必须采取平衡的办法才能完成这项任务。
Now, is this the deal I would have preferred? No. I believe that we could have made the tough choices required -- on entitlement reform and tax reform -- right now, rather than through a special congressional committee process. But this compromise does make a serious down payment on the deficit reduction we need, and gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year. 那么，这是不是我更希望达成的协议？不是。我认为，我们本可以现在就对福利项目改革和税制改革作出必要的艰难抉择，而不是通过一个特别国会委员会的程序来处理。但这项妥协确实为我们所需的减赤目标迈出了坚实的一步，也给两党强烈的动力，在年底前完成一项平衡的方案。
Most importantly, it will allow us to avoid default and end the crisis that Washington imposed on the rest of America. It ensures also that we will not face this same kind of crisis again in six months, or eight months, or 12 months. And it will begin to lift the cloud of debt and the cloud of uncertainty that hangs over our economy. 最重要的是，这项协议将使我们避免违约，并结束华盛顿强加给全体美国人的这场危机。它也确保我们不会在六个月、八个月或十二个月后再次面临同样的危机。它将开始驱散笼罩在我们经济上空的债务阴霾和不确定性阴霾。
Now, this process has been messy; it's taken far too long. I've been concerned about the impact that it has had on business confidence and consumer confidence and the economy as a whole over the last month. Nevertheless, ultimately, the leaders of both parties have found their way toward compromise. And I want to thank them for that. 这个过程一直很混乱，耗时也远远过长。过去一个月，我一直担心它对企业信心、消费者信心以及整体经济造成的影响。不过归根结底，两党的领导人还是找到了通向妥协的道路。对此，我要向他们表示感谢。
Most of all, I want to thank the American people. It's been your voices -- your letters, your emails, your tweets, your phone calls -- that have compelled Washington to act in the final days. And the American people's voice is a very, very powerful thing. 我尤其要感谢美国人民。正是你们的声音——你们的来信、电子邮件、推文和电话——促使华盛顿在最后关头采取行动。美国人民的声音极其强大。
We're not done yet. I want to urge members of both parties to do the right thing and support this deal with your votes over the next few days. It will allow us to avoid default. It will allow us to pay our bills. It will allow us to start reducing our deficit in a responsible way. And it will allow us to turn to the very important business of doing everything we can to create jobs, boost wages, and grow this economy faster than it's currently growing. 我们的工作尚未完成。我敦促两党议员在接下来的几天里做正确的事，用你们的选票支持这项协议。它将使我们避免违约。它将使我们能够偿还账单。它将使我们能够以负责任的方式开始削减赤字。它还将让我们着手一项极其重要的工作：竭尽所能创造就业、提高工资，并让经济增长快于当前的速度。
That's what the American people sent us here to do, and that's what we should be devoting all of our time to accomplishing in the months ahead. 这正是美国人民派我们到这里来完成的工作，也是今后数月我们应当全力以赴完成的工作。
Thank you very much, everybody. 非常感谢大家。