Thank you so much. To -- To the great Governor of Iowa and Lieutenant Governor of Iowa; to my dear -- dear friend Tom Harkin for the outstanding work that he does; to the congressional delegation of Iowa that is doing outstanding work; and to Nancy Pelosi, Madam Speaker, thank you all for the wonderful welcome and the wonderful hospitality. 非常感谢大家。向——向爱荷华州伟大的州长和副州长；向我亲爱的——亲爱的朋友汤姆·哈金，感谢他所做的杰出工作；向爱荷华州国会代表团所做的出色工作；以及南希·佩洛西议长，感谢你们所有人给予的热情欢迎和盛情款待。
I love you back. [to audience] 我也爱你们。[对观众说]
A little less than one year from today, you will go into the voting booth and you will select the President of the United States of America. Now, here’s the good news -- the name George W. Bush will not be on the ballot. The name of my cousin Dick Cheney will not be on the ballot. We’ve been trying to hide that for a long time. Everybody has a black sheep in the family. The era of Scooter Libby justice, and Brownie incompetence, and Karl Rove politics will finally be over. 距离今天不到一年的时间，你们将走进投票站，选出美利坚合众国总统。现在，好消息是——乔治·W·布什的名字不会出现在选票上。我表哥迪克·切尼的名字也不会出现在选票上。我们一直试图掩盖这件事很久了。每个家族都有个败类。斯库特·利比式的司法、布朗尼式的无能，以及卡尔·罗夫式的政治时代终将结束。
But the question you’re going to have to ask yourself when you caucus in January and you vote in November is, “What’s next for America?” We are in a defining moment in our history. Our nation is at war. The planet is in peril. The dream that so many generations fought for feels as if it’s slowly slipping away. We are working harder for less. We’ve never paid more for health care or for college. It’s harder to save and it’s harder to retire. And most of all we’ve lost faith that our leaders can or will do anything about it. 但你们在一月参加党团会议、十一月投票时必须问自己的问题是："美国的下一步是什么？"我们正处于历史的一个决定性时刻。我们的国家正在交战。地球正面临危机。那么多代人为之奋斗的梦想似乎正在慢慢溜走。我们工作更辛苦，收入却更少。我们从未为医疗保健或大学支付过如此高昂的费用。储蓄更难了，退休也更难了。最重要的是，我们已经失去了对领导人能够或愿意为此做些什么的信心。
We were promised compassionate conservatism and all we got was Katrina and wiretaps. We were promised a uniter, and we got a President who could not even lead the half of the country that voted for him. We were promised a more ethical and more efficient government, and instead we have a town called Washington that is more corrupt and more wasteful than it was before. And the only mission that was ever accomplished is to use fear and falsehood to take this country to a war that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged. 我们被承诺富有同情心的保守主义，但得到的只有卡特里娜飓风和窃听。我们被承诺一个团结者，但得到的却是一个连投票给他的那一半国民都无法领导的总统。我们被承诺一个更道德、更高效的政府，但我们却得到了一个比以往更腐败、更浪费的华盛顿。唯一完成的使命是利用恐惧和谎言将这个国家带入一场本不应授权、本不应发动的战争。
It is because of these failures that America is listening, intently, to what we say here today -- not just Democrats, but Republicans and Independents who’ve lost trust in their government, but want to believe again. And it is because of these failures that we not only have a moment of great challenge, but also a moment of great opportunity. 正是由于这些失败，美国正在认真倾听我们今天在这里所说的话——不仅是民主党人，还有那些对政府失去信任但想要重新相信的共和党人和独立人士。也正因这些失败，我们不仅面临巨大挑战的时刻，也面临巨大机遇的时刻。
We have a chance to bring the country together in a new majority -- to finally tackle problems that George Bush made far worse, but that had festered long before George Bush ever took office -- problems that we’ve talked about year after year after year after year. 我们有机会将国家团结起来，形成一个新的多数——去最终解决那些乔治·布什使之更加恶化、但在他上台之前早已根深蒂固的问题——那些我们年复一年反复讨论的问题。
And that is why the same old Washington textbook campaigns just won’t do in this election. That’s why not answering questions ‘cause we are afraid our answers won’t be popular just won’t do. That’s why telling the American people what we think they want to hear instead of telling the American people what they need to hear just won’t do. Triangulating and poll-driven positions because we’re worried about what Mitt or Rudy might say about us just won’t do. If we are really serious about wining this election Democrats, we can’t live in fear of losing it. 正因如此，老一套的华盛顿教科书式竞选在这次选举中行不通。正因如此，因为害怕我们的回答不受欢迎而回避问题行不通。正因如此，告诉美国人民我们以为他们想听的话，而不是告诉他们需要听的话，行不通。因为担心米特或鲁迪会怎么说我们而采取三角化和民调驱动的立场行不通。如果我们真的想赢得这次选举，民主党人，我们就不能活在对失败的恐惧中。
This party -- the party of Jefferson and Jackson, of Roosevelt and Kennedy -- has always made the biggest difference in the lives of the American people when we led, not by polls, but by principle; not by calculation, but by conviction; when we summoned the entire nation to a common purpose -- a higher purpose. And I run for the Presidency of the United States of America because that’s the party America needs us to be right now. 这个党——杰斐逊和杰克逊的党，罗斯福和肯尼迪的党——当我们不是由民调而是由原则引领，不是由算计而是由信念引领，当我们召唤整个国家为一个共同目标——一个更高远的目标——而团结起来时，我们总是能在美国人民的生活中产生最大的影响。我竞选美利坚合众国总统，因为这就是美国现在需要我们成为的党。
A party that offers not just a difference in policies, but a difference in leadership. 一个不仅提供政策差异，更提供领导力差异的党。
A party that doesn’t just focus on how to win but why we should. 一个不仅关注如何获胜，更关注为何要获胜的党。
A party that doesn’t just offer change as a slogan, but real, meaningful change -- change that America can believe in. 一个不仅将变革作为口号，而是提供真实的、有意义的变革的党——美国可以相信的变革。
That’s why I’m in this race. That’s why I am running for the Presidency of the United States of America -- to offer change that we can believe in. 这就是我参加这场竞选的原因。这就是我竞选美利坚合众国总统的原因——提供我们可以相信的变革。
I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more than any other candidate in this race to take on lobbyists -- and won. They have not funded my campaign, they will not get a job in my White House, and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am President. 我参加这场竞选，是要告诉企业说客，他们在华盛顿设定议程的日子已经结束了。在这场竞选中，我比任何其他候选人都更多地挑战说客——并取得了胜利。他们没有资助我的竞选，他们不会在我的白宫获得职位，当我成为总统时，他们不会淹没美国人民的声音。
I’m in this race to take those tax breaks away from companies that are moving jobs overseas and put them in the pockets of hard working Americans who deserve it. And I won’t raise the minimum wage every ten years -- I will raise it to keep pace so that workers don’t’ fall behind. 我参加这场竞选，是要从那些将工作岗位转移到海外的公司手中收回税收优惠，把它们放入辛勤工作的美国人的口袋，他们才配得上这些。我不会每十年才提高一次最低工资——我会让它保持同步增长，这样工人就不会落后。
That is why I am in it. To protect the American worker. To fight for the American worker. 这就是我参加竞选的原因。保护美国工人。为美国工人而战。
I’m in this race because I want to stop talking about the outrage of 47 million Americans without health care and start actually doing something about it. I expanded health care in Illinois by bringing Democrats and Republicans together. By taking on the insurance industry. And that is how I will make certain that every single American in this country has health care they can count on and I won’t do it twenty years from now, I won’t do it ten years from now, I will do it by the end of my first term as President of the United States of America. 我参加这场竞选，是因为我想停止谈论4700万美国人没有医疗保障这一令人愤慨的事实，开始真正采取行动。我在伊利诺伊州通过团结民主党和共和党扩大了医疗保障。通过挑战保险行业。这就是我将如何确保这个国家的每一个美国人都能拥有可以依赖的医疗保障的方式，我不会在二十年后才做，不会在十年后才做，我会在我的第一个总统任期内完成。
I run for president to make sure that every American child has the best education that we have to offer -- from the day they are born to the day they graduate from college. And I won’t just talk about how great teachers are -- as President I will reward them for their greatness -- by raising salaries and giving them more support. That’s why I’m in this race. 我竞选总统，是要确保每一个美国孩子都能获得我们能提供的最好教育——从他们出生的那一天到大学毕业的那一天。我不会只是谈论教师有多伟大——作为总统，我会奖励他们的伟大——通过提高薪资和给予他们更多支持。这就是我参加这场竞选的原因。
I am running for President because I am sick and tired of democrats thinking that the only way to look tough on national security is by talking, and acting, and voting like George Bush Republicans. 我竞选总统，是因为我厌倦了民主党人认为在国家安全问题上显得强硬的唯一方式就是像乔治·布什的共和党人那样说话、行事和投票。
When I am this party’s nominee, my opponent will not be able to say that I voted for the war in Iraq; or that I gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran; or that I supported Bush-Cheney policies of not talking to leaders that we don’t like. And he will not be able to say that I wavered on something as fundamental as whether or not it is ok for America to torture -- because it is never ok. That’s why I am in it. 当我成为这个党的提名人时，我的对手将无法说我投票支持了伊拉克战争；无法说我在伊朗问题上给了乔治·布什怀疑的空间；无法说我支持了布什-切尼的不与我们不喜欢的领导人对话的政策。他也无法说我在美国是否可以酷刑这样根本的问题上动摇过——因为酷刑永远是不可以的。这就是我参加竞选的原因。
As President, I will end the war in Iraq. We will have our troops home in sixteen months. I will close Guantanamo. I will restore habeas corpus. I will finish the fight against Al Qaeda. And I will lead the world to combat the common threats of the 21st century -- nuclear weapons and terrorism; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease. And I will send once more a message to those yearning faces beyond our shores that says, “You matter to us. Your future is our future. And our moment is now.” 作为总统，我将结束伊拉克战争。我们将在十六个月内让军队回国。我将关闭关塔那摩。我将恢复人身保护令。我将完成对基地组织的战斗。我将引领世界应对21世纪的共同威胁——核武器和恐怖主义；气候变化和贫困；种族灭绝和疾病。我将再次向大洋彼岸那些渴望的面孔传递一个信息："你们对我们很重要。你们的未来就是我们的未来。我们的时刻就是现在。"
America, our moment is now. Our moment is now. I don’t want to spend the next year or the next four years re-fighting the same fights that we had in the 1990s. I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America, I want to be the President of the United States of America. 美国，我们的时刻就是现在。我们的时刻就是现在。我不想在接下来的一年或四年里重新打上世纪九十年代那些同样的仗。我不想让红色美国对抗蓝色美国，我想成为美利坚合众国的总统。
And if those Republicans come at me with the same fear-mongering and swift-boating that they usually do, then I will take them head on. Because I believe the American people are tired of fear and tired of distractions and tired of diversions. We can make this election not about fear, but about the future. And that won’t just be a Democratic victory; that will be an American victory. And that is a victory America needs right now. 如果那些共和党人像他们往常一样用恐惧煽动和快艇攻击来对付我，我会正面迎击他们。因为我相信美国人民已经厌倦了恐惧，厌倦了分心，厌倦了转移注意力。我们可以让这次选举不是关于恐惧，而是关于未来。那将不仅仅是民主党的胜利；那将是美国的胜利。那是美国现在需要的胜利。
I am not in this race to fulfill some long-held ambitions or because I believe it’s somehow owed to me. I never expected to be here, I always knew this journey was improbable. I’ve never been on a journey that wasn’t. I am running in this race because of what Dr. King called “the fierce urgency of now.” Because I believe that there’s such a thing as being too late. And that hour is almost upon us. 我参加这场竞选不是为了实现某个长期以来的野心，也不是因为我觉得这某种意义上是欠我的。我从未期望能站在这里，我一直知道这段旅程是不太可能的。我从未经历过一段不可能的旅程。我参加这场竞选，是因为金博士所说的"当下的紧迫使命"。因为我相信确实存在"为时已晚"这样的事。而那个时刻几乎已经降临到我们头上。
I don’t want to wake up four years from now and find out that millions of Americans still lack health care because we couldn’t take on the insurance industry. 我不想在四年后醒来发现，数百万美国人仍然缺乏医疗保障，因为我们无法挑战保险行业。
I don’t want to see that the oceans have risen a few more inches. The planet has reached a point of no return because we couldn’t find a way to stop buying oil from dictators. 我不想看到海平面又上升了几英寸。地球已经到了不可逆转的临界点，因为我们找不到停止从独裁者手中购买石油的方法。
I don’t want to see more American lives put at risk because no one had the judgment or the courage to stand up against a misguided war before we sent our troops into fight. 我不想看到更多的美国生命被置于危险之中，因为在派出军队参战之前，没有人有判断力或勇气站出来反对一场误入歧途的战争。
I don’t want to see homeless veterans on the streets. I don’t want to send another generation of American children to failing schools. I don’t want that future for my daughters. I don’t want that future for your sons. I do not want that future for America. 我不想看到无家可归的退伍军人流落街头。我不想让又一代美国孩子进入失败的学校。我不想要那样的未来给我的女儿们。我不想要那样的未来给你们的儿子们。我不想要那样的未来给美国。
I’m in this race for the same reason that I fought for jobs for the jobless and hope for the hopeless on the streets of Chicago; for the same reason I fought for justice and equality as a civil rights lawyer; for the same reason that I fought for Illinois families for over a decade. 我参加这场竞选的原因，和我在芝加哥街头为失业者争取工作、为绝望者争取希望的原因一样；和我作为民权律师为正义和平等而战的原因一样；和我为伊利诺伊州家庭奋斗了十多年的原因一样。
Because I will never forget that the only reason that I’m standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn’t popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world. 因为我永远不会忘记，我今天能站在这里的唯一原因是，在某处有某人，在冒着风险的时候为我站了出来。在困难的时候站了出来。在不受欢迎的时候站了出来。因为那个人站了出来，又有几个人站了出来。然后几千人站了出来。然后几百万人站了出来。带着勇气和明确的目标站起来，他们就这样改变了世界。
That’s why I’m running, Iowa -- to give our children and grandchildren the same chances somebody gave me. 这就是我竞选的原因，爱荷华州——为了给我们的子孙后代某人给予我的同样机会。
That’s why I’m running, Democrats -- to keep the American Dream alive for those who still hunger for opportunity, who still thirst for equality. 这就是我竞选的原因，民主党人——为了为那些仍然渴望机会、仍然渴求平等的人保持美国梦的活力。
That’s why I’m asking you to stand with me, that’s why I’m asking you to caucus for me, that’s why I am asking you to stop settling for what the cynics say we have to accept. 这就是我请求你们与我并肩站立的原因，这就是我请求你们为我参加党团会议的原因，这就是我请求你们不要再接受愤世嫉俗者说我们必须接受的东西。
In this election -- in this moment -- let us reach for what we know is possible. A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again. 在这场选举中——在这个时刻——让我们去追求我们知道可能实现的目标。一个痊愈的国家。一个修复的世界。一个重新相信的美国。
Thank you very much everybody. 非常感谢大家。