Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address(中英对照)1
(2009-01-22 19:14:50)
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Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address奥巴马就职演说
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to ou
r nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
我的国民:
我今天站在这,为我们眼前的任务感到谦卑,为你们给我的信任感激,为我们先人的牺牲不忘怀。我多谢乔治布什总统对国家的服务,以及他在整个权力过度过程展示的慷慨和合作。
各位同胞:
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The
words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the
still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst
gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has
carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in
high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to
the ideals of our forbearers, and true to
our
至今44位美国人宣读过总统誓词。这些言词在繁荣潮起、在和平的风平浪静中说过,但很多时候,誓词是在阴霾密布中宣读。美国在这些时刻挺下去,不止是因为在位者的技巧或视野,而是因为我们人民坚信先人的理想,信守我们的立国文献。
四十四位美國人發表過總統就職誓言,這些誓詞或是在繁榮富強及和平寧靜之際發表,或是在烏雲密布,時局動盪之時。在艱困的時候,美國能箕裘相繼,不僅因為居高位者有能力或願景,也因為人民持續對先人的抱負有信心,也忠於創建我國的法統。
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
过去如是,这一代美国人也如是。
因此,美國才能承繼下來。因此,這一代美國人必須承繼下去。
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet。
我们正身陷危机,现在大家都很清楚了。国家正在打仗,对抗一个广大的暴力和仇恨网络。我们的经济严重地衰弱,是部份人贪婪和不负责任的结果,也是因为我们集体失败,未能作出艰难的决定,为国家进入新纪元作好准备。很多家没有了,工作被裁了,企业倒闭了。我们的医疗费太贵,我们的学校有负于太多人,每天都有新证据显示,我们用能源的方法,令我们的敌人强大,又威胁我们的星球。
現在大家都知道我們正置身危機核心,我國正處於對抗深遠暴力和憎恨的戰爭。我們的經濟元氣大傷,是某些人貪婪且不負責任的後果,也是大眾未能做出艱難的選擇,為國家進入新時代做準備所致。許多人失去房子,丟了工作,生意垮了。我們的醫療照護太昂貴,學校教育辜負了許多人。每天都有更多證據顯示,我們利用能源的方式壯大我們的對敵,威脅我們的星球。
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.
这些都是危机的指针,有数据和统计。较难测量但同样影响深远的,是全国信心受重创,挥之不去的恐惧,担心美国衰落无可避免,担心下一代一定要降低期望。
這些都是得自資料和統計數據的危機指標。比較無法測量但同樣深沉的,是舉國信心盡失─持續擔心美國將無可避免地衰退,也害怕下一代一定會眼界變低。
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met.
今日我向你们说,我们面对的挑战千真万确,很严重也很多,不能轻易解决,不能短时间解决,但美国知道:挑战一定会克服。
今天我要告訴各位,我們面臨的挑戰是真的,挑戰非常嚴重,且不在少數。它們不是可以輕易,或在短時間內解決。但是,美國要了解,這些挑戰會被解決。
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
这一天,我们聚首一堂,是因为我们选择希望,而非恐惧,选择目标一致,而不是冲突和争吵。
在這一天,我們聚在一起,因為我們選擇希望而非恐懼,有意義的團結而非紛爭和不合。
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
这一天,我们来宣布结束埋怨、虚假承诺、指摘和过时的条,它们窒息我们的政治太久了。
在這一天,我們來此宣示,那些無用的抱怨和虛偽的承諾已終結,那些扭曲我們政治已久的相互指控和陳舊教條已終結
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
我们仍是一个年轻的国家,但正如《圣经》所说,是时候将孩子气放在一旁了。重申我们不灭精神的时候到了,去选取我们历史好的一面,去发扬那珍宝,那一代传一代的高尚理念:上帝承诺人人平等,人人自由,人人值得有机会追求快乐。
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
当我们再次肯定我国的伟大,我们知道伟大从来不是天生,而是争取得来的。我们的旅程从来没有走快捷方式,从不退而求其次。这不是胆小的人之路,这条路不是给那些喜欢安逸多于工作、只追求名利之乐的人。这条路是给肯冒险的人、做实事的人、创造事物的人的。这些人有些得到颂扬,但多数都是默默耕耘,是他们带领我们通过那漫长崎岖之路,通往繁荣和自由。
再次肯定我們國家的偉大,我們了解偉大絕非賜予而來,必須努力達成。我們的旅程從來就不是抄捷徑或很容易就滿足。這條路一直都不是給不勇敢的人走的,那些偏好逸樂勝過工作,或者只想追求名利就滿足的人。恰恰相反,走這條路的始終是勇於冒險的人,做事的人,成事的人,其中有些人很出名,但更常見的是在各自崗位上的男男女女無名英雄,在這條漫長崎嶇的道路上支撐我們,邁向繁榮與自由。