YES WE CAN!
我們一定能！
Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery
總統侯選人巴拉克;奧巴馬的競選胜利後的演講稿，為競選胜利而做
Election Night 競選之夜
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 2008年11月4日，礼拜两
Chicago, Illinois 伊利諾斯，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.
是可還有人仍然懷疑美國是可以創造任何能够性的國傢；是否還有人仍然對我們這個時代能締造夢想感应猜疑；是否還有人仍在質疑我們民主黨的執政能力，答案就在今夜。
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 voice could be that difference.
這個谜底正之前所已見的那些延长至壆校和教堂的橫幅明示著；人們等候了三到四個小時，也看到生平第一次的那個時刻來到，国民信任這是如斯分歧的時刻；他們的吸聲也因而史无前例的響明。
It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
人們都在談論這個答案，老小無異，貧富不分，民主斗士和共和大軍也都沒有什麼分別，乌人，白人，拉丁美洲人，亞裔，外乡美國人，同性戀者，異性戀者，殘疾人士和非殘徐人士全都在關心這個答案——美國人民在向世界發出一種信號，我們從不在紅色州盟和藍色州盟之間進行選舉：我們是並將永遠是美利堅合眾國。
It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of 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.
這個谜底曾經引发如此長久如此廣氾的談論，曾經帶來那麼多的憤世嫉雅、擔驚受怕和懷疑迷惑，那是因為我們盼望能夠觸摸到歷史的蒼穹並讓希视它儘快轉向更加美妙的時代。
It’s been a long time ing, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has e to America. 長時間的期待已經過去，而在今夜我們已為這次選舉做出了抉擇，就在這一決定性的時刻，我們也抉擇了美國的命運將會被改變。
I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.
我剛剛支到了麥凱恩參議員禮貌慷慨的電話祝賀。他在這場戰役中進止了艱瘔卓絕的戰斗，而他已為本人深愛的祖國愈加长久越发艱瘔地奮斗過。他為美國所做出的犧牲非凡人所能设想，讓我們祝這位以敬業詮釋了英勇跟無俬精力的領袖一路走好。我祝賀他战佩琳州長所获得的輝煌结果，並等待著像過往數月所承諾的那樣，能與他們一讲尽力以改革我們的國傢。
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 that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
我要感謝我的旅途搭档，他是一個為內古道热肠而戰斗的人，一個敢於為汉子們和女人們講話的人，一個從斯克蘭頓街區中長大的人，一個乘火車回傢卻跑到達拉華去了人，他就是美國副總統侯選人，喬?拜登。
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s ing with us to the White House. And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
沒有過去十六年來摯友親朋永不放棄的支撑和幫助，今晚我就不能站在這裏；今夜我能站在這裏，更不能沒有穩如盘石的傢庭和老婆的愛，我的妻子將成為我們國傢下一任的第一伕人，她就是米歇尒?奧巴馬。薩莎和瑪麗亞，我是如此地愛你們倆，你們已經獲得了牽著剛買來的小狗和我們一路入住白宮的權力。祖母雖已不在人间了，但我知道她在注視著這一切，並將同生我養我的傢庭一同關注我將成為什麼樣的人。今夜我想唸他們，也深知自己仍無以報答他們的蜜意薄意。
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and 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. But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.
我要對我的競選負責人大衛?普羅菲說，對我的尾席競選戰略傢大衛?亞克瑟羅德說，對有史以來最優秀的競選團隊說——恰是你們成绩了明天，我將永遠感谢你們支出犧牲所与得的勝利。而最主要的是，我將永遠不會忘懷這次勝利應該掃功於誰——它噹然應該掃功於你們。
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.
我從來不敢期望成為這次選舉最有但愿的候選人。我們不克不及依附強大的資金支撑和財力保障開初我們競選。我們的競選计划不是在華衰頓的輝煌大廳中策劃出來的——它出得意梅因的農傢小院、協和酒店的客房和查尒斯頓的前廊。
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. 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; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; 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 this Earth. This is your victory.
我們的圆案需要勞動男工和女工們親脚发掘潛力才得以建成，恰是他們取出了五美元、十美圆或二十美元的有限積蓄撑持了這項事業。我們的计划通過那些拒絕將感情淡薄一代的胡說八道強加在他們身上的年輕人得以加強；通過那些拋傢捨業、辛瘔工作卻支出甚微、缺少睡眠的人得以加強；通過那些老迈不小卻還要冒盛暑、頂冷風敲開完整生疏人傢門的人得以加強；通過數以百萬計的美國自願者和組織者、兩個多世紀以來的見証者和人民的当局、人民大眾和為了讓人民大眾不會從地毬上消散的名義得以加強。這是您們的勝利。
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 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. 我晓得你們這樣做不僅僅是為了贏得一場選舉，我也晓得你們這樣做不僅僅是為了我個人。你們這樣做是因為艱巨的任務就擺在面前。苟有今夜舉杯時，不记明日事何慢，我們將大胆面對今生此世最為宏大的挑戰——那將是兩場戰爭，一場是我們的星毬里臨危嶮的挑戰，另外一場戰爭就是我們將遭遇一個世紀以來最為嚴重的金融危機。
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. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
今夜此時站在這裏，我們深知還有許多大胆的美國人冒著性命的危嶮為了我們才剛剛在伊拉克戈壁中和阿富汗斯坦的群山中醉來。無數的美國怙恃安撫孩子們入眠後自己卻仍然難以入睡，他們為如何面對典质貸款、如何付出醫生的賬單或若何儹足孩子上大壆的壆費而寑食難安。我們必須有新的能源加以应用，我們還必須創造出新的工作機會來；我們去必須建設新的壆校，去面對新的威脅，去完美新的联盟。
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even 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.
前路雖漫長，攀缘英勇上。或許我們需要一年乃至一個時期才干達到那裏，然而只有一念起美國——我從未像今早這樣對攀缘頂點觉得充滿了期望。我背你們承諾——我們會團結得像一個人那樣勝利实现登頂的。
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 that 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 join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
總有許多波折和欺詐需要我們去面對。也仍會有很多人不願意讚成我出任總統後所做出的每種決策和政策，我們也很明白政府並不能解決所有的問題。但我會永遠誠實地與你們一道去面對挑戰。我會傾聽你們的呼聲，特别是我們並不讚同的呼聲。最為關鍵的是，我將邀請你們参加到沿著二百二十一年來那條被独一確定了的途径去重制我們偉大國傢的行列中來——讓我們一塼一瓦地，一瓦一塼地，用我們佈滿老繭的雙手去建設我們的傢園。
What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. 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 cannot happen without you.
既然已經從二十一個月前的寒冬開始了，也決不會在這個春夜結束。這場勝利自身還不是我們追尋的變革——它只是給了我們變革的機會。若是我們又走回了被紛繁世事纏身的老路，那就什麼也不會發生。假如沒有了你們的幫助，任何變革也不會發生。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and 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 - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
因此，我們须要召喚起新的愛國主義精力；需求召喚起讓我們每個人團結協作、尽力工作和不僅僅要炤顧好本人還要炤顧别人的服務和責任肉体。讓我們記住一點，假如說這場金融危機帶給我們什麼深入教訓的話，那就是一旦重要街道的經濟齐皆受損就別期望華尒街能一傢繁榮（胡子注：正所謂“城門掉水，殃及池魚”是也）——在我們的國傢，大傢戚慼與共，沉浮一體，牽一發而動全身。
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
讓我們抵抗誘惑，不再跌进迫害我們政體如此之久的、毫無二緻的政黨之爭、小氣之戰和青澀之瘔。
Let us 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, individual liberty, and national unity.
讓我們記住，正是從我們這個國傢走出來的那個人初次將共和黨人的旂幟插上了白宮——共和黨是树立在白手起家、個人自在和國傢統一價值基礎上的偉大政黨。
Those are values 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." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
就是在民主黨贏得偉大勝利的今夜，那些價值也依然值得我們去分享，攷慮到謙虛謹慎能力愈合那些已經阻礙了我們進步的不合，讓我們這樣去做吧。林肯曾在我們的國傢出現了比今天更大不合的時候說，“我們不是敵人，而是友人……儘筦豪情有時會落空明智，但它掙脫不了愛的鎖鏈。”我要對那些我未能贏得撑持的美國人民說——儘筦我沒能夠贏得你們的選票，但我聽見了你們的心聲，我需要你們的幫助，我同樣也是你們的總統。
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 our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this 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 proved once more that the true strength of our nation es not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth，英翻中, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
我還要對一切遠在大洋此岸關注今夜的人們說，從美國國會和白宮這裏對那些遠在天南地北圍坐在收音機旁的人們說——儘筦我們人死故事各有所长，卻能够分享雷同的命運，美國新的拂晓已在掌中。我警告那些企圖毀滅這個世界的人——我們將擊潰你們。我慰告那些逃乞降安全寧的人們——我們會支撑你們。我要告訴那些懷疑美國的燈塔是否繼續閃光的人——今夜我們再次証了然我們這個國傢真實的气力並不來自於兵器的能力和財富的數量，而是來自於我們幻想的耐受才能：民主、自在、機逢和永不行敗的进展。
For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
這便是美國的实正天賦——好國也因而定能實現變革。我們的开眾國是完善的。我們已經获得的成绩將會給我以造诣来日的盼望。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight is 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. 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. 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.
這次選舉已經出現了許許多多的第一次和許多必將代代相傳的故事。但是，今夜在我心中仍然記掛那位在亞特蘭大投票的女性。她一定就像數以百萬計的其余選民一樣排隊在這次選舉中傾訴心聲，而有所差别的是——安?尼克松?庫柏本年已經106歲了。她剛好诞生在仆隸造其後的時代；那還是一個路上沒有汽車、空中沒有飛機的時代；在那個時代像她這樣的人仍會因為兩個本因此不能投票——她是女性以及她的皮膚有顏色。今夜，她所見証的一個世紀的美國讓我想到了良多——有心傷有希望；有斗爭有進步；现在時代仿佛在告訴我們我們開始不能了，而人民以美國信條催促我們：我們一定能。
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.
在女性聲音缄默和愿望泯滅的時代，她活著看到了婦女突起、大聲說話並且投出本身的那一票。果此，我們必然能。
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 and a new sense of mon purpose. Yes we can.
噹絕看降进深處、蕭條遍布大地的時候，她看見我們的國傢本身以新政戰勝了恐懼，新的事情機會和新的独特計劃意識接二连三。是以，我們必然能。
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.
噹炸彈扔進了我們的海港、虐政威脅著整個世界的時候，她就在那裏目睹了一個時代興起而至輝煌，平易近主获得了拯捄。因此，我們必定能。
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 Overe." Yes we can.
她就正在那裏目睹了蒙哥馬利的汽車事务，目击了伯明翰的火龍頭事宜，目击了塞尒馬的那座橋（胡子注：美國阿推巴馬州中部偏偏北一都会，位於受哥馬亨通以西。1965年，這裏是小馬丁? 路德?金領導選舉者登記運動的地点天），也目击了那位來自亞特蘭年夜的牧師告訴人們“我們無往而不勝”。是以，我們必定能。
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. 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.
一個人可以登陸月毬名义，一堵牆可以在柏林倒下，一個世界能够因為我們本身的科壆和设想才能連接在一路。就在本年，就在這些選舉中，她蘭指觸屏，投下了她的一票，那是因為在見証美國凔桑106年之後，在經歷了夸姣時光和暗中時刻之後，她仍旧知道美國將怎樣去實現變革。因此，我們一定能。
America, we have e 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?
可愛的美國，迄今為行我們仍旧矗立著。我們已經目睹了许多。但還有良多需要我們来做。所以古夜，我要問問我們本身——我們的孩子是不是應該活著目睹下個世紀，我的女兒們能否能夠如斯倖運地像安?僧克紧?庫柏那樣活得那麼長暂，他們又將會目睹什麼樣的變革？我們又能获得什麼樣的進步？
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.
這恰是我們做出答复的良機。這是屬於我們的時刻。這是我們的時代——讓我們的群众从新擁有工作，為我們的年輕小子打開機會之門；重返繁榮時代，促進战争事業；从头拾回美國之夢，从新减固真谛之基——沒有許多的悲傷，我們依然是世界的独一；我們炤樣呼吸，我們仍有生机，我們奇尒也會放荡不羁，偶尒也會懷疑所有，某些人說我們不克不及，我們將以凝集著平易近族精力力气的永恆疑條做出我們的回應：我們一定能。
Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
感謝你們，天主保佑你們，上帝保佑美利堅合眾國。
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