希拉里纽约大学毕业典礼演讲辞(中英文对照)

第一篇：希拉里纽约大学毕业典礼演讲辞(中英文对照)

Commencement Speech at New York University by Hillary Clinton Thank you.Thank you so much.Thank you.And does it get any better than this, a graduation ceremony for one of the great universities in the world in the home of New York Yankees? Nothing could be better.(Applause.)And thanks to all of you for cheering a visitor.I didn't realize that was permitted in Yankee Stadium.I am honored to receive this degree.And on behalf of the other honorees, I say thank you.Thank you for giving us this singular privilege of being part of this commencement ceremony.As I look out at this huge crowd of graduates, family, and friends, I can only reflect on what an extraordinary moment in history you are receiving your degrees, a moment in time of our country and the world where your talents and your energy, your passion and commitment is more needed than ever.There is no doubt that you are well prepared for a world that seems somewhat uncertain but which will welcome the education that you have received on behalf of not only of yourselves and your families, but your communities and your country.As Secretary of State, I am well aware of the challenges that we face.You, as new graduates, and your generation will be up against those challenges: climate change and hunger, extreme poverty and extreme ideologies, new diseases and nuclear proliferation.But I am absolutely convinced that you and we are up to the task.There is no problem we face here in America or around the world that will not yield to human effort, to cooperation, to positive interdependence that makes clear humanity is going on, our challenges are ones that summon the best of us, and we will make the world better tomorrow than it is today.(Applause.)

Now, I know that it is fashionable in commencement speeches to be idealistic, and that may sound so, but at the root of my conviction is a strong sense of reality.Because you see, I don’t think we have a choice.We can sit on the sidelines, we can wring our hands, we can retreat into cynicism, and we know what the results will be: We will cede the field to those whose ideologies are absolutely anathema to people of conscience and faith all over the world.So our positive interdependence, which is a fact, will prepare us to meet these challenges.But they can no longer be seen just as government-to-government.There is a time and an opportunity, and with the new technologies available, for us to be citizen diplomats, citizen activists, to solve problems one by one that will give in to hard work, patience, and persistence, and will then aggregate to the solutions we seek.Now, I know we cannot send a special envoy to negotiate with a pandemic, or call a summit with carbon dioxide, or sever relations with the global financial crisis.To confront these threats and to seize the opportunities that they also present, we need to build new partnerships from the bottom up, and to use every tool at our disposal.That is the heart of smart power.But smart power requires smart people, people who have gone the distance for their education, who have opened themselves up to this increasingly complex and interconnected world, and this changing global landscape requires us to expand our concept of diplomacy.Now, when I was graduating so many years ago, diplomacy was the domain of privileged men working behind closed doors.Today, our diplomats are not limited, and our diplomacy is no longer confined to the State Department or our embassies.We are laying the foundation for 21st century statecraft.Where? In the classrooms of NYU, in the board rooms of the businesses of this great city, in the halls of academia, in the1

operating rooms of our great hospitals.We are looking for those personal commitments and connections, and that is where all of you come in.The biggest challenges we face today will be solved by the 60 percent of the world’s population under the age of 30.And already, young people, like all of you, are using their talents and ingenuity to help fashion their own brand of service and diplomacy.A few examples: In the nation of Colombia, two young college graduates, fed up with the violence in their country, used Facebook to organize 14 million people into the largest antiterrorism demonstrations in the history of the world.(Applause.)In a few short weeks, their peaceful efforts did as much damage to the terrorist networks as years of military action.I know that one of your graduates spent months on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro searching for sustainable development models to bring to women and families and help them lift themselves out of poverty.Another of your classmates was studying in China last year when the devastating earthquake struck, and that has led to work ever since to deliver supplies and assistance to villagers in remote areas.International students have gone on to fight for human rights in Rwanda, build civil society in the nation of Georgia, run businesses, and lead governments.And many of you, I know, used social networking platforms to make Barack Obama the President of the United States of America.(Applause.)

President Obama and I deeply understand how important it is for the young people of our country, but the young people of every country, to be given the opportunity to translate your beliefs and ideals into service and action, just as John Kennedy did when he created the Peace Corps and as President Bill Clinton did when he created AmeriCorps.This is in the tradition of citizen service.(Applause.)

I hope many of you will join our ranks in the Foreign Service and the Civil Service, but I know that not all will choose to become professional diplomats, and I also know that the State Department alone cannot tackle these great problems.So my message to you today is this: Be the special envoys of your ideals;use the communication tools at your disposal to advance the interests of our nation and humanity everywhere;be citizen ambassadors using your personal and professional lives to forge global partnerships, build on a common commitment to solving our planet’s common problems.By creating your own networks, you can extend the power of governments to meet the needs of this and future generations.You can help lay the groundwork for the kind of global cooperation that is essential if we wish, in our time, to end hunger and defeat disease, to combat climate change, and to give every child the chance to live up to his or her God-given potential.(Applause.)

This starts with opportunities for educational exchanges, the kind of dorm room and classroom diplomacy that NYU is leading on.I want to commend my friend, your president, the trustees of this great university,for understanding and believing in the importance of educational exchanges.You know, study abroad is like spring training for this century.It helps you develop the fundamentals, the teamwork, and the determination to succeed.And we want more American students to have that opportunity.That’s why we are increasing funding for Gilman scholarships by more than 40 percent.More than 400 New Yorkers have used Gilman scholarships to spend a semester abroad, including nine students from NYU last year.Now, of course, study abroad is a two-way street, and we should bring more qualified students from other countries to study here.NYU provides a prime example of what international students can bring to a campus and how they can benefit themselves and their countries.Over 700,000 international students came to the United States last year, and NYU had the second largest number of any school in the country.(Applause.)

Now, the benefits from such exchanges are so great that I am committed to streamline the visa process –(applause)– particularly for science and technology students so that even more qualified students will come to our campuses in the future.We’re also doing more to marry technology with global service.That’s why today I am pleased to announce that over the next year the State Department will be creating Virtual Student Foreign Service Internships to harness the energy of a rising generation of citizen diplomats.Working from college and university campuses, American students will partner with our embassies abroad to conduct digital diplomacy that reflects the realities of the networked world.And you can learn more about this initiative on the State Department’s website.But I know that you don’t have to wait for us to create a new program.When you go home today, go online and find the website called Kiva, K-i-v-a, where you can help someone like San Ma, a mother in Vietnam who is seeking a microcredit loan to buy rice seed and fertilizer for her family farm;or log on to Heifer International’s site, and for less than the cost of a dinner out, you can donate a flock of geese to a hungry family in Asia or Africa;or help Wangari Mathai’s Green Belt movement in planting trees and offsetting carbon emissions and empowering women in Africa.Now, supporting these projects and others like them doesn't require a lot of time or money.But for the people you help and the planet you protect, your participation can be not just a game changer, but a life changer.Global service also means promoting good governance.We need informed citizens, both here at home and around the world, to hold their governments accountable for getting results and finding solutions.And this is not only directed at the graduates today, but there are a lot of proud mothers and fathers and husbands and wives and grandparents and children and others who have seen you to this day.And this is an offer and a challenge to all of us.In the times that we face, we know we don’t have a person to waste, we don’t have an idea to overlook.In fact, we have to be even more committed to reaching out and crossing the pides that too often separate us.For those who have come to this country to celebrate a child or a friend’s graduation, please take home this message: America more than ever wants your help;in fact, needs your help as we build these new partnerships and as we seek solutions to the global crises that cannot be solved by any one people or one government alone.We need each other.We always have.It’s just so much more apparent today.A flu starting in one country spreads quickly around the world.An extremist ideology starting with a few people explodes across the internet.A global financial crisis affects farmers and small business people in every corner of the globe.That is a new reality.But equally important is that we also now have the tools to work together to forge this common approach to these common threats.So, Class of 2009, you have an historic opportunity.Every class is told that, and to some extent I suppose it is always true.But just in the course of this commencement ceremony, you’ve heard several references to the global economic crisis.The times that you are graduating in are, yes, perhaps more difficult and somewhat more daunting.But that’s when we really rise together.One of the best lines from one of my favorite baseball movies, A League of Their Own –(applause)– said it well, “If it were easy, anybody could do it.”

You know, when the Yankees moved in to their old stadium next door in 1923, there was only person on the roster from west of St.Louis.Their team mostly looked the same, talked the same, and came from the same kind of cities and towns and rural areas across America.Think about the team that plays in this new stadium.It includes players from Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Panama, four other countries.The Dominican Republic alone is home to seven Yankees.In the same way, NYU has evolved as well.The university was founded to serve the City of New York.Today it serves the world.We know that there is much yet ahead that none of us can predict.There is no way to stop change.Change will come.What is unknown is whether it will bring progress or not.But you have done what you needed to do to get the best insurance policy you could, and that is an NYU education.(Applause.)And so armed with that education, I have every confidence that you will not only succeed by the dint of your own hard work and effort, but you will contribute far beyond your own personal needs.This is your moment.You’ve made it to the big leagues, and you are up to bat.Go out and give us a future worthy of this great university, of this great city, of this great country, and of the world we all wish to create together.Thank you, congratulations, and Godspeed.(Applause.)

第二篇：希拉里纽约大学毕业典礼演讲口译

Remarks at the New York University Commencement Ceremony Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State

Yankee Stadium, New York City

May 13, 2009 2009年美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿在纽约大学毕业典礼上的演讲

纽约大学扬基体育场 2009年5月13日

Thank you.Thank you so much.Thank you.And does it get any better than this, a graduation ceremony for one of the great universities in the world in the home of New York Yankees? Nothing could be better.(Applause.)And thanks to all of you for cheering a visitor.I didn't realize that was permitted in Yankee Stadium.谢谢，谢谢，非常感谢。还有比这更好的事吗——世界上最好的大学之一在纽约扬基队主场所在地举行毕业典礼？真是再好不过了。（掌声）谢谢大家如此热烈地为一位来访的客人加油。我原以为在扬基体育场不可以这样做。

I am honored to receive this degree.And on behalf of the other honorees, I say thank you.Thank you for giving us this singular privilege of being part of this commencement ceremony.As I look out at this huge crowd of graduates, family, and friends, I can only reflect on what an extraordinary moment in history you are receiving your degrees, a moment in time of our country and the world where your talents and your energy, your passion and commitment is more needed than ever.There is no doubt that you are well prepared for a world that seems somewhat uncertain but which will welcome the education that you have received on behalf of not only of yourselves and your families, but your communities and your country.能够获得这个学位，我感到十分荣幸。我代表获得此一荣誉的其他人向你们表示感谢。谢谢你们给予我们参加这次毕业典礼的殊荣。当我看到眼前这一大群毕业生及其亲朋好友时，我不禁想到，你们是在一个不同寻常的历史时刻获得学位，我们的国家和整个世界比以往更需要你们的才智和精力、你们的激情和承诺。毫无疑问，你们已经为投入这样的世界作好了充分的准备：这个世界似乎前景不很明朗，但将赞赏你们不仅为了你们自己和家人而且为了你们的社区和国家所接受的教育。

As Secretary of State, I am well aware of the challenges that we face.You, as new graduates, and your generation will be up against those challenges: climate change and hunger, extreme poverty and extreme ideologies, new diseases and nuclear proliferation.But I am absolutely convinced that you and we are up to the task.There is no problem we face here in America or around the world that will not yield to human effort, to cooperation, to positive interdependence that makes clear humanity is going on, our challenges are ones that summon the best of us, and we will make the world better tomorrow than it is today.(Applause.)作为国务卿，我十分清楚我们面临的各项挑战。作为新的毕业生，你们和你们这一代人将面对这样的挑战：气候变化和饥饿、赤贫和极端主义的意识形态、新的疾病和核扩散。但我深信，你们和我们能够胜任这样的任务。我们在美国和整个世界所面临的各种问题，都能够通过人们的努力、合作和积极的相互依赖得到解决，而这种相互依赖表明，人类社会正在继续前进。挑战将激发我们最好的一面，我们将把明天的世界变得比今天更加美好。（掌声）

Now, I know that it is fashionable in commencement speeches to be idealistic, and that may sound so, but at the root of my conviction is a strong sense of reality.Because you see, I don’t think we have a choice.We can sit on the sidelines, we can wring our hands, we can retreat into cynicism, and we know what the results will be: We will cede the field to those whose ideologies are absolutely anathema to people of conscience and faith all over the world.So our positive interdependence, which is a fact, will prepare us to meet these challenges.But they can no longer be seen just as government-to-government.There is a time and an opportunity, and with the new technologies available, for us to be citizen diplomats, citizen activists, to solve problems one by one that will give in to hard work, patience, and persistence, and will then aggregate to the solutions we seek.我知道，在毕业典礼上作理想化的演说是当前的时尚，[我的讲话]听起来也许很理想化，但我的信念深处有一种强烈的现实感。因为你们知道，我认为我们别无选择。我们可以袖手旁观，我们可以束手无策，我们可以采取悲观怀疑的态度，但我们知道这样做会产生什么样的结果：我们会把阵地拱手让给那些其意识形态为世界上所有有良知和信仰者所不齿的人。因此，我们之间积极的相互依赖 ——这是一个事实——将使我们为应对这些挑战做好准备。但这不能再被仅仅视作政府与政府之间的事情。随着新技术的不断涌现，我们有时间和机会成为公民外交家、公民活动家，通过辛勤工作、耐心和毅力一个一个地解决问题，逐步积累成我们所寻求的解决方案。

Now, I know we cannot send a special envoy to negotiate with a pandemic, or call a summit with carbon dioxide, or sever relations with the global financial crisis.To confront these threats and to seize the opportunities that they also present, we need to build new partnerships from the bottom up, and to use every tool at our disposal.That is the heart of smart power.But smart power requires smart people, people who have gone the distance for their education, who have opened themselves up to this increasingly complex and interconnected world, and this changing global landscape requires us to expand our concept of diplomacy.2 我知道我们不能派特使与大规模流行的疾病进行谈判，不能与二氧化碳召开高峰会，也不能与全球金融危机断绝关系。要抗击这些威胁并抓住这些威胁提供的机遇，我们需要自下而上地建立新的伙伴关系，利用手中可以利用的一切手段。这就是巧实力的实质。但巧实力来自精明的人，接受过良好教育的人，向日益复杂、相互关联的世界开放的人，而不断变化的全球场景要求我们必须扩大我们的外交概念。

Now, when I was graduating so many years ago, diplomacy was the domain of privileged men working behind closed doors.Today, our diplomats are not limited, and our diplomacy is no longer confined to the State Department or our embassies.We are laying the foundation for 21st century statecraft.Where? In the classrooms of NYU, in the board rooms of the businesses of this great city, in the halls of academia, in the operating rooms of our great hospitals.We are looking for those personal commitments and connections, and that is where all of you come in.回顾我多年前从学校毕业的时候，外交是闭门谋事的高官要员的事情。如今，我们的外交人员来自各行各业，我们的外交工作也不局限于国务院或我国驻外使领馆。我们正在为二十一世纪的治国大计培养人才。在哪里？就在纽约大学的教室里，就在这座伟大城市中各家公司董事会的会议室里，就在学术会堂里，就在我们一所所优秀医院的手术室里。我们需要的是个人承诺和个人纽带，而这正是你们各位能够一展身手之处。

The biggest challenges we face today will be solved by the 60 percent of the world’s population under the age of 30.And already, young people, like all of you, are using their talents and ingenuity to help fashion their own brand of service and diplomacy.我们今天所面临的一系列最重大的挑战将由占世界人口60%的30岁以下的群体来解决。而年轻一代，像你们所有人一样，已在发挥他们的才华和智慧，帮助形成具有他们独特风格的公益和外交工作。

A few examples: In the nation of Colombia, two young college graduates, fed up with the violence in their country, used Facebook to organize 14 million people into the largest antiterrorism demonstrations in the history of the world.(Applause.)In a few short weeks, their peaceful efforts did as much damage to the terrorist networks as years of military action.仅举几个例子：哥伦比亚两名年轻的大学毕业生受够了这个国家内部的暴力冲突，他们利用―脸谱网‖（Facebook）组织了一次世界历史上规模最大的反恐怖主义抗议示威活动，共有1400万人参加。（掌声）在短短几个星期中，他们的和平努力对恐怖主义网络的打击程度不亚于多年的军事行动。

I know that one of your graduates spent months on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro searching for sustainable development models to bring to women and families and help them lift themselves out of poverty.Another of your classmates was studying in China last year when the devastating earthquake struck, and that has led to work ever since to deliver supplies and assistance to villagers in remote areas.International students have gone on to fight for human rights in Rwanda, build civil society in the nation of Georgia, run businesses, and lead governments.And many of you, I know, used social networking platforms to make Barack Obama the President of the United States of America.(Applause.)我知道，你们这届毕业生中的一员曾在乞力马扎罗峰（Mount Kilimanjaro）的山坡上生活了好几个月，努力寻找可持续发展模式，以便利用这种模式帮助妇女和家庭自力更生地摆脱贫困。你们的另一位同学去年在中国留学期间遇上大地震爆发，灾情惨重，这位同学自此一直在从事为偏远地区的村民输送物资和援助的工作。留学生们有的前往卢旺达参加争取人权的斗争，有的到格鲁吉亚建设公民社会，有的经营公司企业，有的领导政府工作。我知道，你们之中有很多人利用社交网络平台帮助巴拉克·奥巴马当上了美利坚合众国总统。（掌声）President Obama and I deeply understand how important it is for the young people of our country, but the young people of every country, to be given the opportunity to translate your beliefs and ideals into service and action, just as John Kennedy did when he created the Peace Corps and as President Bill Clinton did when he created AmeriCorps.This is in the tradition of citizen service.(Applause.)奥巴马总统和我都深切理解为我国乃至所有国家的年轻人创造机会的重要意义，以便你们把自己的信念和理想化为奉献与行动，正如约翰·肯尼迪创建和平队（Peace Corps）和比尔·克林顿总统创建美国志愿队（AmeriCorps）一样，这符合公民服务的传统。（掌声）

So we need to figure out ways to prepare all of our institutions of government, including and especially the State Department, to harness the efforts of those who do not enter the Foreign Service but still engage in your own type of foreign service.Our State Department personnel are skilled, dedicated, passionate, and effective.And for those of you still looking for jobs, we are hiring a new generation of diplomats.(Applause.)因此，我们需要设法让我国所有政府机构做好准备，国务院不仅包括在内而且要作为重点，以便让那些不是职业外交人员但仍以自己的方式从事外交工作的人发挥作用。我们国务院的工作人员经验丰富，忠于职守，工作热情而有效率。你们之中还在求职的人请注意，我们正在招聘新一代外交人员。（掌声）I hope many of you will join our ranks in the Foreign Service and the Civil Service, but I know that not all will choose to become professional diplomats, and I also know that the State Department alone cannot tackle these great problems.So my message to you today is this: Be the special envoys of your ideals;use the communication tools at your disposal to advance the interests of our nation and humanity everywhere;be citizen ambassadors using your personal and professional lives to forge global partnerships, build on a common commitment to solving our planet’s common problems.By creating your own networks, you can extend the power of governments to meet the needs of this and future generations.You can help lay the groundwork for the kind of global cooperation that is essential if we wish, in our time, to end hunger and defeat disease, to combat climate change, and to give every child the chance to live up to his or her God-given potential.(Applause.)我希望你们中间能有很多人加入我们的行列成为外交官和公务员，但我知道并非所有人都愿意成为职业外交官，我也知道国务院无法单凭自己的力量解决这些重大问题。因此，我今天要对你们说的是：做你们自己的理念的特使；利用你们手中的交流工具增进我国及全人类的利益；做一位公民大使，利用你们的个人经历和专业活动结交全球伙伴，以共同承诺为基础解决我们的星球所面临的共同问题。通过建立你们自己的网络，你们能够扩展政府的能力，以满足这一代人和子孙后代的需求。你们能够帮助奠定全球合作的基础，我们若想在有生之年消除饥饿，战胜疾病，控制气候变化，让每个孩子都有机会发挥他们的天赋潜能，就离不开这种全球合作。（掌声）

You know, study abroad is like spring training for this century.It helps you develop the fundamentals, the teamwork, and the determination to succeed.And we want more American students to have that opportunity.That’s why we are increasing funding for Gilman scholarships by more than 40 percent.More than 400 New Yorkers have used Gilman scholarships to spend a semester abroad, including nine students from NYU last year.你们知道，出国留学就象是为一场世纪棒球赛作准备的春训。它有助于你们增强基础技能、团队精神和取得成功的决心。我们要让更多的美国学生获得这种机会。这正是我们把吉尔曼奖学金（Gilman Scholarships）的数额增加40%以上的原因。已经有400多名纽约人利用吉尔曼奖学金花一个学期的时间去国外留学，其中包括去年在国外留学的纽约大学的9位同学。

Now, of course, study abroad is a two-way street, and we should bring more qualified students from other countries to study here.NYU provides a prime example of what international students can bring to a campus and how they can benefit themselves and their countries.Over 700,000 international students came to the United States last year, and NYU had the second largest number of any school in the country.(Applause.)当然，出国留学是一条双行道，我们也应该吸引其他国家更多的优秀学生到美国来学习。外国学生丰富了美国的大学，使他们自己和他们的祖国受益，纽约大学在这方面树立了一个杰出榜样。去年有70万名外国学生来美国求学，纽约大学招收的外国学生人数在全美各高校中名列第二。(掌声)Now, the benefits from such exchanges are so great that I am committed to streamline the visa process –(applause)– particularly for science and technology students so that even more qualified students will come to our campuses in the future.We’re also doing more to marry technology with global service.That’s why today I am pleased to announce that over the next year the State Department will be creating Virtual Student Foreign Service Internships to harness the energy of a rising generation of citizen diplomats.Working from college and university campuses, American students will partner with our embassies abroad to conduct digital diplomacy that reflects the realities of the networked world.And you can learn more about this initiative on the State Department’s website.由于这些交流带来了巨大的益处，我决心简化签证手续──(掌声)──特别是为理工科的学生，以便未来有更多优秀学生到我们的大学深造。我们也在扩大把高科技与全球性服务相结合的做法。因此，今天我高兴地宣布，在今后一年里国务院将建立起―学生网上外交实习项目‖(Virtual Student Foreign Service Internships)，使正在成长的一代公民外交家的能量得到有效利用。美国大学生将与我国驻外使馆协作，在自己的校园内开展网上外交活动，反映网络化世界的现实。你们可以在国务院网站上了解该项目的详情。

But I know that you don’t have to wait for us to create a new program.When you go home today, go online and find the website called Kiva, K-i-v-a, where you can help someone like San Ma, a mother in Vietnam who is seeking a microcredit loan to buy rice seed and fertilizer for her family farm;or log on to Heifer International’s site, and for less than the cost of a dinner out, you can donate a flock of geese to a hungry family in Asia or Africa;or help Wangari Mathai’s Green Belt movement in planting trees and offsetting carbon emissions and empowering women in Africa.但我知道，你们不需要等到我们建立起一个新项目之后再行动。今天你们回家后，上网找到一个称为Kiva——K-i-v-a——的网站，在那里你可以帮助像San Ma这样一位越南母亲，她正在寻找一笔小额贷款，为她的家庭农场购买稻种和肥料；或者你们可以进入海菲国际（Heifer International）的网站，只要花费比在外面吃一顿晚餐还少的钱就可以把一群鹅捐赠给亚洲或非洲一个饥饿的家庭；或帮助文加里·马塔伊（Wangari Mathai）倡导的“绿带运动”(Green Belt movement)，种植树木，中和碳排放，并帮助非洲妇女发挥潜能。Now, supporting these projects and others like them doesn't require a lot of time or money.But for the people you help and the planet you protect, your participation can be not just a game changer, but a life changer.Global service also means promoting good governance.We need informed citizens, both here at home and around the world, to hold their governments accountable for getting results and finding solutions.支持这些项目及其他类似项目不需要花费大量时间与金钱，但对于你们帮助的人们和保护的地球来说，你们的参与不仅能够改变游戏规则，还能够改变人们的生活。全球性服务还意味着促进良治。我们在国内和世界各地都需要有见地的公民向政府问责，督促政府取得效益和找到解决问题的方案。

And this is not only directed at the graduates today, but there are a lot of proud mothers and fathers and husbands and wives and grandparents and children and others who have seen you to this day.And this is an offer and a challenge to all of us.In the times that we face, we know we don’t have a person to waste, we don’t have an idea to overlook.In fact, we have to be even more committed to reaching out and crossing the pides that too often separate us.For those who have come to this country to celebrate a child or a friend’s graduation, please take home this message: America more than ever wants your help;in fact, needs your help as we build these new partnerships and as we seek solutions to the global crises that cannot be solved by any one people or one government alone.这并非仅仅针对今天的毕业生，在场的还有许许多多自豪的父母双亲、丈夫或妻子、祖父祖母、孩子们和其他人，他们目睹你们走到了今天。对我们所有的人来说，这是邀请，也是挑战。在我们所处的时代，我们知道我们需人尽其才，集思广益。我们更应不断开拓新天地，超越经常使我们分道扬镳的分歧。前来美国参加子女或朋友毕业典礼的诸位，请铭记这一点：美国比以往任何时候都更希望得到你们的帮助；具体而言，我们需要你们帮助我们建立这些新的合作关系，帮助我们寻求解决全球危机的途径。任何一个国家的人民或任何一个国家的政府都无法单独战胜全球性的危机。

We need each other.We always have.It’s just so much more apparent today.A flu starting in one country spreads quickly around the world.An extremist ideology starting with a few people explodes across the internet.A global financial crisis affects farmers and small business people in every corner of the globe.That is a new reality.But equally important is that we also now have the tools to work together to forge this common approach to these common threats.我们大家休戚相关。我们之间历来如此。今天，这一点更为明显。一个国家爆发流感会迅速蔓延全球。一种极少数人酝酿的极端主义观念可通过因特网急剧扩散。一场全球性的金融危机将殃及全世界每一个角落的农民和小业主。这是新的 7 现实。但同样不可忽视的是，现在我们也可以通过已经拥有的各种方式，同心协力抗击这些共同威胁。

So, Class of 2009, you have an historic opportunity.Every class is told that, and to some extent I suppose it is always true.But just in the course of this commencement ceremony, you’ve heard several references to the global economic crisis.The times that you are graduating in are, yes, perhaps more difficult and somewhat more daunting.But that’s when we really rise together.One of the best lines from one of my favorite baseball movies, A League of Their Own –(applause)– said it well, ―If it were easy, anybody could do it.‖ 2009年毕业班的同学们，你们面临着历史性的机遇。每一届毕业生都听到这样的话，而且我认为在某种程度上确实如此。不过，在今天的毕业典礼上，你们已多次听到有关全球经济危机的话题。应该承认，你们毕业的这个时代或许更为困难，在某种意义上也更令人生畏。然而，这正是需要我们共同挺身而出的时候。我不禁想起一部我喜爱的关于棒球的影片，《女子棒球队》(A League of Their Own)，其中一句精彩的台词 ──(掌声)── 说得真好，“如果没有困难，任何人都能做到”。

You know, when the Yankees moved in to their old stadium next door in 1923, there was only person on the roster from west of St.Louis.Their team mostly looked the same, talked the same, and came from the same kind of cities and towns and rural areas across America.Think about the team that plays in this new stadium.It includes players from Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Panama, four other countries.The Dominican Republic alone is home to seven Yankees.In the same way, NYU has evolved as well.The university was founded to serve the City of New York.Today it serves the world.你们知道，当扬基队(Yankees)于1923年迁入隔壁的旧体育场时，名册上只有一位队员来自圣路易斯城(St.Louis)以西的地区。这支球队的队员外表大同小异，说话语气相同，均来自美国同一类地区的城镇和乡村。再看看今天在这个新场地竞技的球队，其中有来自墨西哥、日本、台湾、巴拿马及其他四国的队员。扬基队就有七名队员来自多米尼加共和国(Dominican Republic)。同样，纽约大学也在演变。学校创立时只为纽约市服务，如今则为全球服务。

We know that there is much yet ahead that none of us can predict.There is no way to stop change.Change will come.What is unknown is whether it will bring progress or not.But you have done what you needed to do to get the best insurance policy you could, and that is an NYU education.(Applause.)And so armed with that education, I have every confidence that you will not only succeed by the dint of your own hard work and effort, but you will contribute far beyond your own personal needs.This is your moment.You’ve made it to the big leagues, and you are up to bat.Go out and give us a future worthy of this great university, of this great city, of this great country, and of the world we all wish to create together.我们知道，前方有许多未知数，我们谁都无法预测。变革不可逆转。变革终会来临。无法预知的是，变革能否带来进步。然而，你们已尽了一切努力，获得了最好的保障，那就是纽约大学的教育。(掌声)有了这样的教育，我完全相信，你们不仅可凭着你们自身的勤奋努力获得成功，而且还能为社会做出重大贡献，远远超出自身的需求。这是你们的时刻。你们加入了这个宏大的联队，你们可以出击了。踏上征途，开创我们的未来，使之无愧于这所伟大的学府，无愧于这座伟大的城市，无愧于这个伟大的国家，无愧于我们都希望共同建立的世界

第三篇：纽约简介中英文对照

纽约建立于1624年。

New York was established in 1624.纽约是整个美国的金融经济中心、最大城市、港口和人口最多的城市，是美国最大城市及最大大港，也是世界第一大城市，位于纽约州东南部。

New York is the American financial and economic center, the largest port city, and the most populous city, the largest city and largest port is the United States, is also the world's first big city, located in southeastern New York.美国最大的金融、商业、贸易和文化中心。

The United States of America 's largest financial, commercial, trade and cultural center.纽约由曼哈顿、布朗克斯、布鲁克林、昆斯和里士满5个区组成。

New York from Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, queens and Richmond 5 regions.土地面积785平方公里，水域面积428平方公里；市区面积8,683平方公里；纽约大都会面积17,405平方公里。

The land area of 785 square kilometers, water area area 428 square kilometers;urban area of 8683 square kilometers;the New York metropolitan area is 17405 square kilometers.纽约是美国少数民族最为集中的地区。黑人有100万以上，著名的唐人街现有23万华人。New York is the United States the highest concentration of ethnic minority regions.Black has 1000000 above, the famous Chinatown has 230000 chinese.还有众多的意大利人和犹太人。城市标志：自由女神像。由于联合国总部设于该市，因此被世人誉为“世界之都”。

There are many Italians and jews.City landmarks: Statue of Liberty.Because United Nations Headquarters is arranged in the city, it was known as“ capital of the world”.哥伦比亚大学位于美国纽约市曼哈顿，于1754年建立，三位美国总统是该校的毕业生。

Columbia University is located in American New York city Manhattan, established in 1754, the three president of the United States is the school's graduates.其新闻学院颁发的普利策奖是美国新闻界的最高荣誉。

The news of Pulitzer award is the highest honor the United States press.

第四篇：希拉里在纽约大学毕业典礼上的演讲

Remarks at the New York University Commencement Ceremony Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Yankee Stadium, New York City May 13, 2009 2009年美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿在纽约大学毕业典礼上的演讲纽约大学扬基体育场 2009年5月13日

作为国务卿，我十分清楚我们面临的各项挑战。作为新的毕业生，你们和你们这一代人将面对这样的挑战：气候变化和饥饿、赤贫和极端主义的意识形态、新的疾病和核扩散。但我深信，你们和我们能够胜任这样的任务。我们在美国和整个世界所面临的各种问题，都能够通过人们的努力、合作和积极的相互依赖得到解决，而这种相互依赖表明，人类社会正在继续前进。挑战将激发我们最好的一面，我们将把明天的世界变得比今天更加美好。（掌声）

Now, I know that it is fashionable in commencement speeches to be idealistic, and that may sound so, but at the root of my conviction is a strong sense of reality.Because you see, I don’t think we have a choice.We can sit on the sidelines, we can wring our hands, we can retreat into cynicism, and we know what the results will be: We will cede the field to those whose ideologies are absolutely anathema to people of conscience and faith all over the world.So our positive interdependence, which is a fact, will prepare us to meet these challenges.But they can no longer be seen just as government-to-government.There is a time and an opportunity, and with the new technologies available, for us to be citizen diplomats, citizen activists, to solve problems one by one that will give in to hard work, patience, and persistence, and will then aggregate to the solutions we seek.我知道，在毕业典礼上作理想化的演说是当前的时尚，[我的讲话]听起来也许很理想化，但我的信念深处有一种强烈的现实感。因为你们知道，我认为我们别无选择。我们可以袖手旁观，我们可以束手无策，我们可以采取悲观怀疑的态度，但我们知道这样做会产生什么样的结果：我们会把阵地拱手让给那些其意识形态为世界上所有有良知和信仰者所不齿的人。因此，我们之间积极的相互依赖 ——这是一个事实——将使我们为应对这些挑战做好准备。但这不能再被仅仅视作政府与政府之间的事情。随着新技术的不断涌现，我们有时间和机会成为公民外交家、公民活动家，通过辛勤工作、耐心和毅力一个一个地解决问题，逐步积累成我们所寻求的解决方案。

Now, I know we cannot send a special envoy to negotiate with a pandemic, or call a summit with carbon dioxide, or sever relations with the global financial crisis.To confront these threats and to seize the opportunities that they also present, we need to build new partnerships from the bottom up, and to use every tool at our disposal.That is the heart of smart power.But smart power requires smart people, people who have gone the distance for their education, who have opened themselves up to this increasingly complex and interconnected world, and this changing global landscape requires us to expand our concept of diplomacy.我知道我们不能派特使与大规模流行的疾病进行谈判，不能与二氧化碳召开高峰会，也不能与全球金融危机断绝关系。要抗击这些威胁并抓住这些威胁提供的机遇，我们需要自下而上地建立新的伙伴关系，利用手中可以利用的一切手段。这就是巧实力的实质。但巧实力来自精明的人，接受过良好教育的人，向日益复杂、相互关联的世界开放的人，而不断变化的全球场景要求我们必须扩大我们的外交概念。

我知道，你们这届毕业生中的一员曾在乞力马扎罗峰（Mount Kilimanjaro）的山坡上生活了好几个月，努力寻找可持续发展模式，以便利用这种模式帮助妇女和家庭自力更生地摆脱贫困。你们的另一位同学去年在中国留学期间遇上大地震爆发，灾情惨重，这位同学自此一直在从事为偏远地区的村民输送物资和援助的工作。留学生们有的前往卢旺达参加争取人权的斗争，有的到格鲁吉亚建设公民社会，有的经营公司企业，有的领导政府工作。我知道，你们之中有很多人利用社交网络平台帮助巴拉克·奥巴马当上了美利坚合众国总统。（掌声）

奥巴马总统和我都深切理解为我国乃至所有国家的年轻人创造机会的重要意义，以便你们把自己的信念和理想化为奉献与行动，正如约翰·肯尼迪创建和平队（Peace Corps）和比尔·克林顿总统创建美国志愿队（AmeriCorps）一样，这符合公民服务的传统。（掌声）

我希望你们中间能有很多人加入我们的行列成为外交官和公务员，但我知道并非所有人都愿意成为职业外交官，我也知道国务院无法单凭自己的力量解决这些重大问题。因此，我今天要对你们说的是：做你们自己的理念的特使；利用你们手中的交流工具增进我国及全人类的利益；做一位公民大使，利用你们的个人经历和专业活动结交全球伙伴，以共同承诺为基础解决我们的星球所面临的共同问题。通过建立你们自己的网络，你们能够扩展政府的能力，以满足这一代人和子孙后代的需求。你们能够帮助奠定全球合作的基础，我们若想在有生之年消除饥饿，战胜疾病，控制气候变化，让每个孩子都有机会发挥他们的天赋潜能，就离不开这种全球合作。（掌声）

当然，出国留学是一条双行道，我们也应该吸引其他国家更多的优秀学生到美国来学习。外国学生丰富了美国的大学，使他们自己和他们的祖国受益，纽约大学在这方面树立了一个杰出榜样。去年有70万名外国学生来美国求学，纽约大学招收的外国学生人数在全美各高校中名列第二。(掌声)

Now, supporting these projects and others like them doesn't require a lot of time or money.But for the people you help and the planet you protect, your participation can be not just a game changer, but a life changer.Global service also means promoting good governance.We need informed citizens, both here at home and around the world, to hold their governments accountable for getting results and finding solutions.支持这些项目及其他类似项目不需要花费大量时间与金钱，但对于你们帮助的人们和保护的地球来说，你们的参与不仅能够改变游戏规则，还能够改变人们的生活。全球性服务还意味着促进良治。我们在国内和世界各地都需要有见地的公民向政府问责，督促政府取得效益和找到解决问题的方案。

We need each other.We always have.It’s just so much more apparent today.A flu starting in one country spreads quickly around the world.An extremist ideology starting with a few people explodes across the internet.A global financial crisis affects farmers and small business people in every corner of the globe.That is a new reality.But equally important is that we also now have the tools to work together to forge this common approach to these common threats.我们大家休戚相关。我们之间历来如此。今天，这一点更为明显。一个国家爆发流感会迅速蔓延全球。一种极少数人酝酿的极端主义观念可通过因特网急剧扩散。一场全球性的金融危机将殃及全世界每一个角落的农民和小业主。这是新的现实。但同样不可忽视的是，现在我们也可以通过已经拥有的各种方式，同心协力抗击这些共同威胁。

2009年毕业班的同学们，你们面临着历史性的机遇。每一届毕业生都听到这样的话，而且我认为在某种程度上确实如此。不过，在今天的毕业典礼上，你们已多次听到有关全球经济危机的话题。应该承认，你们毕业的这个时代或许更为困难，在某种意义上也更令人生畏。然而，这正是需要我们共同挺身而出的时候。我不禁想起一部我喜爱的关于棒球的影片，《女子棒球队》(A League of Their Own)，其中一句精彩的台词 ──(掌声)── 说得真好，“如果没有困难，任何人都能做到”。

You know, when the Yankees moved in to their old stadium next door in 1923, there was only person on the roster from west of St.Louis.Their team mostly looked the same, talked the same, and came from the same kind of cities and towns and rural areas across America.Think about the team that plays in this new stadium.It includes players from Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Panama, four other countries.The Dominican Republic alone is home to seven Yankees.In the same way, NYU has evolved as well.The university was founded to serve the City of New York.Today it serves the world.你们知道，当扬基队(Yankees)于1923年迁入隔壁的旧体育场时，名册上只有一位队员来自圣路易斯城(St.Louis)以西的地区。这支球队的队员外表大同小异，说话语气相同，均来自美国同一类地区的城镇和乡村。再看看今天在这个新场地竞技的球队，其中有来自墨西哥、日本、台湾、巴拿马及其他四国的队员。扬基队就有七名队员来自多米尼加共和国(Dominican Republic)。同样，纽约大学也在演变。学校创立时只为纽约市服务，如今则为全球服务。

Thank you, congratulations, and Godspeed.(Applause.)

谢谢大家，祝贺你们，愿诸位一切平安。(掌声)

第五篇：希拉里的退选演说全文(中英文对照)

希拉里的退选演说

伟大的民主精神---希拉里退选演说原稿及翻译

6月7日，美国民主党总统竞选人希拉里在华盛顿正式宣布停止竞选，转而支持竞争对手奥巴马成为总统。希拉里的推选演说内容可圈可点，赢得阵阵掌声，虽然选举失败，但离开得仍然如同一个胜者。这篇演讲稿是难得的翻译素材。

希拉里演讲稿原文 Transcript（抄本，誊本，副本）of Hillary Clinton Endorsement Speech

Thank you very, very much.Well, this isn't exactly the party I'd planned, but I sure like the company（客人，朋友；一群人）.(APPLAUSE)

非常非常感谢大家！这的确不是我曾经计划的派对，但我确实喜欢与你们同在。

And I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you, to everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign, who drove for miles and lined the streets waving homemade signs, who scrimped（（较平时）节省着过日子，一点一滴地省钱；吝啬；克扣；节省，节缩，过度减少）and saved to raise money, who knocked on doors and made calls, who talked, sometimes argued with your friends and neighbors...(APPLAUSE)...who e-mailed and contributed（捐献，捐助，贡献出）online, who invested so much in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and whispered in their ears, “See, you can be anything you want to be.”(APPLAUSE)今天，首先我要表达我衷心地谢意，感谢所有为（我的）竞选倾注热情与希望的人们，你们驱车百里，排满街道，挥舞着自制标语，你们省吃省用、踊跃筹款，你们或登门拜访或拨打电话（邀集选民），有时你们甚至与你们的朋友邻居争论，你们通过电邮在线捐款，你们为了我们共同的事业奉献了太多太多；感谢那些带着孩子们加入我们盛举的父母们，他们将孩子们高举在肩头，并对他们轻声叮咛“看，（孩子），一切梦想，皆可成真” To the young people...(APPLAUSE)...like 13-year-old Anne Riddell(ph)from Mayfield, Ohio, who had been saving for two years to go to Disney World and decided to use her savings instead to travel to Pennsylvania with her mom and volunteer there, as well.To the veterans（经验丰富的人，老兵；退伍军人）, to the childhood friends, to New Yorkers and Arkansans...(APPLAUSE)...who traveled across the country, telling anyone who would listen why you supported me.And to all of those women in their 80s and their 90s...(APPLAUSE)...born before women could vote, who cast（投，掷，加。。于）their votes for our campaign.I've told you before about Florence Stein(ph)of South Dakota（达科他州）who was 88 years old and insisted that her daughter bring an absentee（缺席者，旷课者，外住者）ballot（投票表决，选举，选票）to her hospice（（宗教团体开办的）旅客招待所，（晚期病人的）安养院）bedside.Her daughter and a friend put an American flag behind her bed and helped her fill out the ballot.She passed away soon after and, under state law, her ballot didn't count, but her daughter later told a reporter, “My dad's an ornery（脾气坏的）, old cowboy, and he didn't like it when he heard Mom's vote wouldn't be counted.I don't think he had voted in 20 years, but he voted in place of my mom.”(APPLAUSE)我也要感谢像安这样的年轻人们，她今年刚13岁，来自俄亥俄州的梅菲尔得市，她决定把过去两年中本为去迪士尼攒下的钱用来和妈妈一起去宾夕法尼亚充当志愿者；还要感谢那些退伍老兵，孩提时的朋友，以及纽约和阿肯色地区的人们，你们走遍全国，向所有愿意倾听的人们解释支持我的理由；我更要感谢那些八九十岁的女选民，她们在女性尚没有选举权之前出生，这次她们为我们的竞选投票。我给大家讲过南达科塔州的弗罗伦斯斯汀的故事，她已88岁高龄，她坚持让自己女儿把一张缺席选举人票拿到了病床前，女儿和一个朋友把一面美国国旗放到她的床后，并帮她填写了选票。稍后，她即离世，而根据州的法律，她这一票不能计数，但是女儿后来对记者说到：“爸爸是个老牛仔，性格倔强，当他听说妈妈的投票没被采用，他非常难过。我想他已经二十年都没投过一次票了，但这次他替妈妈投了一票。”

So to all those who voted for me and to whom I pledged（保证，许诺，发誓）my utmost, my commitment（承诺，许诺，保证，承担的义务，信奉，献身）to you and to the progress we seek is unyielding（坚硬的，不屈的，不能弯曲的）.谢谢你们，我所有的选民们和那些我曾竭力做出许诺的人们。我对你们的承诺和我们所追求的进步事业将永不停滞，一往无前！You have inspired（鼓舞，激励，赋予某人灵感，启迪）and touched me with the stories of the joys and sorrows that make up the fabric（构造，组织，织物，布）of our lives.And you have humbled（使谦卑，使卑下）me with your commitment to our country.Eighteen million of you, from all walks of life...(APPLAUSE)...women and men, young and old, Latino and Asian, African-American and Caucasian（高加索人，白种人）...(APPLAUSE)...rich, poor, and middle-class, gay（快乐的，轻率的，不加思索的，放荡的）and straight, you have stood with me.(APPLAUSE)你们的喜悦悲伤的经历织成我们生活的脉络，激励我，启发我。你们对祖国的巨大奉献使我自感卑微。你们，来自各行各业的1800万人们，女人、男人、青年、老人、拉丁裔、亚裔、非洲裔、白种人、富人、穷人、中产者、同性恋和异性恋，你们与我同在。

And I will continue to stand strong with you every time, every place, in every way that I can.The dreams we share are worth fighting for.我将继续坚定的与你们携手同行，随时随地，尽我全力。我们共同拥有的梦想值得我们并肩奋斗！

Remember, we fought for the single mom with the young daughter, juggling(耍弄，歪曲，颠倒)work and school, who told me, “I'm doing it all to better myself for her.” 请记住，我们曾为带着小女儿在工作和学校中疲于奔命的单亲妈妈奋斗，她对我说“我做的一切是为了对她更称职”。

We fought for the woman who grabbed my hand and asked me, “What are you going to do to make sure I have health care?” and began to cry, because even though she works three jobs, she can't afford insurance.我们曾为那个抓紧我的手的妇女奋斗，她问我“你将会做什么保证我得到医疗保险？”然后，她开始哭泣，因为她打三份工，也不能负担保险的费用。

We fought for the young man in the Marine Corps t-shirt who waited months for medical care and said, “Take care of my buddies（同伴，伙伴，老兄）over there, and then will you please take care of me?”(APPLAUSE)我们曾为海军陆战队的年轻战士奋斗，他几个月得不到治疗，而他说“请先帮助我的伙伴，然后请关心我！”

We fought for all those who've lost jobs and health care, who can't afford gas or groceries or college, who have felt invisible（看不见的，隐藏的）to their president these last seven years.我们曾为那些失去工作和医疗保障的人们奋斗，为那些加不起汽油，生活拮据，负担不起学费的人们奋斗，为那些在过去七年里被他们的总统视而不见的人们奋斗！

I entered this race because I have an old-fashioned conviction（坚定的信仰）that public service is about helping people solve their problems and live their dreams.I've had every opportunity and blessing in my own life, and I want the same for all Americans.我加入本次竞选是因为我坚持那种老派的信念，担任公职可以帮助人们解决问题，实现梦想。我这一生，已经获得了许多机会和恩赐，而我希望，每个美国人都能如是。

And until that day comes, you'll always find me on the front lines of democracy, fighting for the future.(APPLAUSE)在那一天真正到来之前，你们会发现，我将一直站在民主政治的前沿，为将来而战。

The way to continue our fight now, to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength, and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next president of the United States.(APPLAUSE)而现在继续我们战斗，实现我们目标的方法就是奉献我们的能量、激情和活力，尽我们所能帮助贝拉克奥巴马成为美国的下任总统！Today, as I suspend（终止，暂停）my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run.I endorse（赞同，支持，认可；背书）him and throw my full support behind him.(APPLAUSE)今天，当我宣布中止我的竞选，我祝贺他所赢得的胜利和他已经历的非凡历程。我支持他，全心全意地拥护他！And I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.(APPLAUSE)同时，我呼吁你们，象支持我一样，全力支持贝拉克奥巴马。I have served in the Senate（参议院，上院）with him for four years.I have been in this campaign with him for 16 months.I have stood on the stage and gone toe-to-toe with him in 22 debates.I've had a front-row seat to his candidacy（候选人资格）, and I have seen his strength and determination, his grace（风度，魅力，优雅）and his grit（勇气和毅力）.我与他在参议院共事四年。本次竞选中，与他相持对垒了16个月，同场进行了22场辩论。我近距离的了解了他，感受到了他的力量，决心，友善和勇气。

In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American dream, as a community organizer, in the State Senate, as a United States senator.He has dedicated himself to ensuring the dream is realized.And in this campaign, he has inspired so many to become involved in the democratic process and invested in our common future.作为社区组织者，州议员和联邦参议员，奥巴马身体力行，自己实践了美国梦。他全力奉献，确保梦想实现。在这次竞选中，他已经鼓舞了那么多人参与民主进程，为我们共同的未来奋斗。Now, when I started this race, I intended to win back the White House and make sure we have a president who puts our country back on the path to peace, prosperity and progress.And that's exactly what we're going to do, by ensuring that Barack Obama walks through the doors of the Oval Office on January 20, 2009.(APPLAUSE)当我刚展开竞选时，我期望夺回白宫，确保有一个总统，能给我们的国家带来和平，繁荣和进步。而那也正是我们即将要做的，在2009年1月20日将奥巴马送进椭圆形办公室！

Now, I understand--I understand that we all know this has been a tough fight, but the Democratic Party is a family.And now it's time to restore the ties that bind us together and to come together around the ideals we share, the values we cherish, and the country we love.我明白--我当然明白，这将是一场艰苦的战斗。但是民主党亲如一家。现在是时候万众一心，团结一致，为我们共同的理想、价值观和我们所钟爱的这个国家奋斗了！

We may have started on separate journeys, but today our paths have merged.And we're all heading toward the same destination, united and more ready than ever to win in November and to turn our country around, because so much is at stake（危如累卵，危险；濒于险境，处于成败关头）.也许，我们曾经各自征战，但今天殊途同归。我们奔向同一个目标，紧密团结，空前准备，赢得11月的胜利，扭转祖国前行的方向，因为形势紧迫，必须悬崖勒马。

We all want an economy that sustains the American dream, the opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for college, a home and retirement, to afford that gas and those groceries, and still have a little left over at the end of the month, an economy that lifts all of our people and ensures that our prosperity is broadly distributed and shared.(APPLAUSE)我们都需要这样的经济状况，可以维持美国梦，亦即既能得到辛勤工作的机会，也能劳有所获，可以读大学，维持一个家庭和保证退休生活，可以负担汽油费和生活起居的费用，并且月有结余。我们需要这样的经济，能够养育我们所有的人民，并且使繁荣和昌盛得以共享。We all want a health care system that is universal（全体的，广泛的，普遍的，在世界各地的，世界性的）, high-quality and affordable......so that parents don't have to choose between care for themselves or their children or be stuck（开始起劲地做某事）in dead-end（尽头的，棘手的，顽固的，无出路的）jobs simply to keep their insurance.我们都渴望一个普遍的，高质量的和可以负担得起的医疗保健系统，以使父母们不必为照顾自己还是孩子艰难选择，也不需要仅仅为了他们的保险艰苦谋生。

This isn't just an issue for me.It is a passion and a cause, and it is a fight I will continue until every single American is insured, no exceptions and no excuses.(APPLAUSE)于我而言，这不仅是一个议题。这是热情，是事业，是一场我将永远坚持的战斗，直到每一个美国人得以毫无例外毫无争议的享受这一权力。

We all want an America defined by deep and meaningful equality, from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay(同性恋的)rights...(APPLAUSE)...from ending discrimination（歧视，辨别，辨别力，识别力）to promoting unionization（工会）, to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families.我们都渴望每一个美国人拥有真正意义的平等，从公民权到劳动权，从妇女权力到同性恋的权力，从结束种族歧视到促进民族融合，再到重中之重，为我们的家庭提供可能的帮助。

And we all want to restore America's standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, and once again lead by the power of our values...(APPLAUSE)...and to join with our allies（联盟国，同盟者，协约国）to confront our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide（种族灭绝）to terrorism and global warming.我们也都渴望重树美国的国际地位，结束伊拉克战争，再次在我们的价值观的强大力量的领导下，与我们的盟友一起，勇敢地面对贫困，种族灭绝，恐怖主义和全球变暖的挑战。

You know, I've been involved in politics and public life in one way or another for four decades.And during those...(APPLAUSE)During those 40 years, our country has voted 10 times for president.Democrats won only three of those times, and the man who won two of those elections is with us today.(APPLAUSE)你们知道，我以这样或那样的方式参与政治和社会生活已经40年了。在这40年中，我们国家共有10次总统选举。民主党人只赢得了其中的三次，而那位赢得了这其中两次的人今天就在我们当中。We made tremendous progress during the '90s under a Democratic president, with a flourishing economy and our leadership for peace and security respected around the world.90年代，在民主党领导的领导下，我们取得了巨大的成就，经济繁荣，我们在世界和平和安全方面的卓越领导也赢得了世界的尊重。Just think how much more progress we could have made over the past 40 years if we'd had a Democratic president.Think about the lost opportunities of these past seven years on the environment and the economy, on health care and civil rights, on education, foreign policy and the Supreme Court.只要想想，在过去40年里，如果我们都拥有一个民主党总统，我们将获得多么伟大的成功阿！想想在过去七年我们在环境、国民经济、医疗保障、公民权利、教育、外交政策和最高法院等方面所丧失的机会。

Imagine how far...(APPLAUSE)...we could have come, how much we could have achieved if we had just had a Democrat in the White House.(APPLAUSE)想想我们本来可以走得更远，得到更多，只要我们在白宫有一位民主党总统。

We cannot let this moment slip away.We have come too far and accomplished too much.我们不能再让这次机会溜走。这次我们已经走得很远，收获了很多。Now, the journey ahead will not be easy.Some fwill say we can't do it, that it's too hard, we're just not up to the task.But for as long as America has existed, it has been the American way to reject can't-do claims and to choose instead to stretch the boundaries of the possible through hard work, determination, and a pioneering spirit.然而，前方的征程并不平坦。有些人会说，我们做不到，太难了。我们不能胜任这个工作。但自美国诞生起，就有了一条永不言不的美国之路，通过辛苦工作，决心和开拓精神争取更多的可能。

It is this belief, this optimism that Senator Obama and I share and that has inspired so many millions of our supporters to make their voices heard.So today I am standing with Senator Obama to say: Yes, we can!(APPLAUSE)正是这种奥巴马参议员和我一起分享的信念和乐观主义精神，激励了数以百万计的支持者们发出了他们的声音。所以今天我与奥巴马参议员一起欢呼：是的，我们可以！

And that together we will work--we'll have to work hard to achieve universal health care.But on the day we live in an America where no child, no man, and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger America.That's why we need to help elect Barack Obama our president.(APPLAUSE)让我们一起努力--我们必须努力争取普及医疗保障。当有一天，我们生活的美国，没有一个儿童，一个男人或一个女人没有医疗保障时，我们将生活在更加一个强大的美国。这正是我们推选奥巴马为美国总统的原因。

We'll have to work hard to get back to fiscal（政府财政的）responsibility and a strong middle class.But on the day we live in an America whose middle class is thriving（兴旺的，旺盛的，繁荣的，欣欣向荣的）and growing again, where all Americans, no matter where they live or where their ancestors came from, can earn a decent（正派的，得体的，体面的，令人满意的，相当好的）living, we will live in a stronger America.And that is why we must help elect Barack Obama our president.(APPLAUSE)我们必须努力拼搏以挽救经济，创造强大的中产阶级。当有一天，我们生活的美国，拥有兴旺和茁壮成长的中产阶层，那时的美国人，无论身处何处或者他们的祖先来自何方，都可以过得富足体面，我们将生活在一个更加强大的美国，这正是我们推选奥巴马为美国总统的原因。

We'll have to work hard to foster（培养，促进）the innovation that will make us energy independent and lift the threat of global warming from our children's future.But on the day we live in an America fueled by renewable energy, we will live in a stronger America.And that is why we have to help elect Barack Obama our president.(APPLAUSE)我们必须努力拼搏，促进技术创新，以使能源生产不再依附他人，并使我们的孩子在未来避免全面变暖的威胁。当有一天，我们生活的美国使用的是可再生能源，我们将生活在一个更加强大的美国，这正是我们推选奥巴马为美国总统的原因。

We'll have to work hard to bring our troops home from Iraq and get them the support they've earned by their service.But on the day we live in an America that's as loyal to our troops as they have been to us, we will live in a stronger America.And that is why we must help elect Barack Obama our president.(APPLAUSE)我们必须努力让我们的军人从伊拉克重返家园，并得到他们的支持。当有一天，军民同心，报效祖国时，我们将生活在一个更加强大的美国，这正是我们推选奥巴马为美国总统的原因。

This election is a turning-point election.And it is critical that we all understand what our choice really is.Will we go forward together, or will we stal（拖延，搪塞）l and slip backwards? Now, think how much progress we've already made.When we first started, people everywhere asked the same questions.Could a woman really serve as commander-in-chief（总司令）? Well, I think we answered that one.(APPLAUSE)这次的竞选是一个转折。它是如此关键，因此我们都懂得应如何抉择。我们是共同向前，还是原地踏步甚或倒退？现在，想想我们已经取得了多少进步吧！当我们刚刚行动时，所有人都问同样一个问题, 一个女人可以成为三军总司令吗？我想我们已经漂亮地回答了这个问题。

Could an African-American really be our president? And Senator Obama has answered that one.(APPLAUSE)一个非洲裔美国人可以成为我们总统吗？奥巴马参议员也已经给出了答案。

Together, Senator Obama and I achieved milestones（重要事件，里程碑，重要阶段，转折点）essential（必不可少的，绝对必要的，非常重要的）to our progress as a nation, part of our perpetual（永久的，终生的，）duty to form a more perfect union.奥巴马参议员已经和我一起为这个国家成为一个更加完美的联邦取得了里程碑式的进步。

Now, on a personal note（暗示，含义）, when I was asked what it means to be a woman running for president, I always gave the same answer, that I was proud to be running as a woman, but I was running because I thought I'd be the best president.But...(APPLAUSE)现在，请让我谈谈个人的体会。当我被问及，竞选总统对一个女人意味着什么，我总是同样的回答，即我为以一个女人竞选总统感到自豪，虽然，我参加竞选是因为我认为我会成为最好的总统，但是。。But I am a woman and, like millions of women, I know there are still barriers and biases（偏见，偏心，偏袒）out there, often unconscious（未察觉的，失去知觉的，无意识的）, and I want to build an America that respects and embraces（包含，包括，接受，信奉，皈依）the potential of every last one of us.(APPLAUSE)象数百万女性同胞一样，我仍然是一个女人。我知道（在女性成功的道路上）仍然存在着许多障碍和偏见，很多往往是潜意识的。我希望可以创造一个美国，她尊敬和包容我们当中的每一个人发挥他的潜力。

I ran as a daughter who benefited from opportunities my mother never dreamed of.I ran as a mother who worries about my daughter's future and a mother who wants to leave all children brighter tomorrows.我作为一个女儿参选，我获得了我母亲从未梦想能得到的机会。我也作为一个母亲参选，我同样担心女儿未来的生活，同样期望给她更加美好的未来。

To build that future I see, we must make sure that women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers and their mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities, equal pay, and equal respect.(APPLAUSE)为创造那个未来，我们必须保证女人和男人能同样知晓他们的祖母，母亲曾经的奋斗历程，女人必须得到公平的机会，报酬和尊重。Let us...(APPLAUSE)Let us resolve（决定，决心；解决）and work toward achieving very simple propositions（论点，主张；建议，提案；命题）: There are no acceptable limits, and there are no acceptable prejudices in the 21st century in our country.(APPLAUSE)让我们下定决心，一起向前，达成最简单的目标：21世纪的美国，再没有什么可以接受的对妇女的限制，再没有对妇女的任何歧视。You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable（寻常的，不值得注意的）for a woman to win primary state victories...(APPLAUSE)...unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee（被提名者，北任命者）, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the president of the United States.And that is truly remarkable, my friends.(APPLAUSE)To those who are disappointed that we couldn't go all of the way, especially the young people who put so much into this campaign, it would break my heart if, in falling short of my goal, I in any way discouraged any of you from pursuing yours.你们可以为此骄傲，从此刻起，一个女性赢得初选，没什么大不了，得到最终提名，没什么大不了，成为美国总统，也不值得大惊小怪。而我的朋友们，你们才真的了不起。许多人非常失望，因我们未能走完全程，特别是那些年轻人，为竞选竭尽心力。如果因为我的功败垂成，让你们在以后追求自己的目标时丧失勇气，我会万分难过。Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in.And, when you stumble（绊脚，出错）, keep faith.And, when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.(APPLAUSE)始终志存高远，勤奋工作，执着信念。跌倒了，仍然坚守信仰；被击倒，马上站起来，决不要听任何人说你不能或不该继续前行。As we gather here today in this historic, magnificent building, the 50th woman to leave this Earth is orbiting（在。。轨道上运行，环绕轨道运行）overhead.If we can blast 50 women into space, we will someday launch a woman into the White House.(APPLAUSE)当我们今天相聚在这具有历史意义的宏伟建筑中时，第五十位离开地球的女性正在我们头顶绕地球飞行。既然我们已经将50个女人送上太空，那终有一天，我们可以将1个女人送入白宫。

Although we weren't able to shatter（砸碎，粉碎）that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks（裂缝；意外的一下重击）in it...(APPLAUSE)...and the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time.虽然这次我们未能将那块最高最硬的玻璃天花板击碎，但是因为你们，这天花板已经添了1800万条裂缝，而阳光从未如今天一样倾洒而下，使我们每个人充满希望，而且确信下一次的征途要平坦很多。That has always been the history of progress in America.Think of the suffragists who gathered at Seneca Falls in 1848 and those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes.美国的历史发展向来如此。想想那些1848年聚集在塞尼卡福尔斯的妇女参政主义者和为妇女投票权坚持战斗的人们；

Think of the abolitionists（废除主义者，废奴主义者）who struggled and died to see the end of slavery.Think of the civil rights heroes and foot soldiers who marched, protested, and risked their lives to bring about the end of segregation（分开，隔离）and Jim Crow.(APPLAUSE)想想那些为结束奴隶制而奋斗牺牲的废奴主义者们，想想为结束种族隔离和种族歧视制度游行，示威，甘冒生命危险的民权英雄和斗士们。Because of them, I grew up taking for granted that women could vote and, because of them, my daughter grew up taking for granted that children of all colors could go to school together.因为他们，我从小就认为妇女参政天经地义；因为他们，我的女儿从小就认为不同肤色的孩子一起上学是理所当然。

Because of them, Barack Obama and I could wage a hard-fought campaign for the Democratic nomination.Because of them and because of you, children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.And so...(APPLAUSE)因为他们，贝拉克奥巴马和我才能为赢得民主党提名权激烈竞争。因为他们，还有你们，今天的孩子从小就认为非洲裔美国人或者一个女人应该可以成为美国的总统。

...when that day arrives, and a woman takes the oath（誓言，誓约）of office as our president, we will all stand taller, proud of the values of our nation, proud that every little girl can dream big and that her dreams can come true in America.因此，当那一天真的来临，一个女人宣誓就职，我们将站得更高，骄傲于我们国家的价值理念，骄傲于每一个小女孩可以梦想远大，并且，在美国，她可以梦想成真。

And all of you will know that, because of your passion and hard work, you helped pave the way for that day.So I want to say to my supporters: When you hear people saying or think to yourself, “If only, or, ”What if," I say, please, don't go there.Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward.(APPLAUSE)你们每个人都知道，因着你们的热情和辛勤工作，你们已经帮助铺设了通往那一天的道路。所以我要对我的支持者们说，当你听到人们说或你们自己琢磨，真希望如何如何，或者如果怎样就会怎样，请你们放弃那些想法。回首过去浪费的每个时刻都将妨碍我们迈步向前。Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes（（赛马，竞赛的）奖金）are too high to dwell（居住）on what might have been.We have to work together for what still can be.And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that Senator Obama is our next president.(APPLAUSE)人生短暂，时间宝贵，沉湎过去，代价高昂。我们要面对现实，共同奋斗。正因如此，我将殚精竭虑，确保奥巴马参议员成为我们的下届总统。And I hope and pray that all of you will join me in that effort.(APPLAUSE)同时，我希望和祈求你们与我一起努力。

To my supporters and colleagues in Congress, to the governors and mayors, elected officials who stood with me in good times and bad, thank you for your strength and leadership.我谨感谢无论顺境逆境都支持我的国会同事们，州长们，市长们，官员们，谢谢你们赐予我的力量和领导力；

To my friends in our labor unions who stood strong every step of the way, I thank you and pledge（发誓，保证，承诺）my support to you.我谨感谢我在工会的朋友们，你们一直坚定地支持我，谢谢你们，我永远与你们一起；

To my friends from every stage of my life, your love and ongoing commitment sustained me every single day.我谨感谢在我人生各个阶段的朋友们，你们的爱和不变的承诺使我每一天始终如一；

To my family, especially Bill and Chelsea and my mother, you mean the world to me, and I thank you for all you have done.(APPLAUSE)我谨感谢我的家庭，特别是比尔和切尔西，还有我的妈妈。对我来说，你们意味着整个世界。感谢你们为我所做的一切。And to my extraordinary staff, volunteers and supporters...(APPLAUSE)同时感谢我非凡的员工们，志愿者们和其他所有支持者们。。...thank you for working those long, hard hours.Thank you for dropping everything, leaving work or school, traveling to places that you've never been, sometimes for months on end（连续的）.And thanks to your families, as well, because your sacrifice was theirs, too.All of you were there for me every step of the way.谢谢你们漫长艰苦的工作。谢谢你们抛弃一切，离开工作岗位或者学校，来到陌生的地方，有时甚至长达数月。也要谢谢你们的家庭，因为同样也是他们在为我牺牲。我的每一步征程都有你们相伴。Now, being human, we are imperfect.That's why we need each other, to catch each other when we falter（颤抖，犹豫，畏缩，蹒跚，踉跄）, to encourage each other when we lose heart.Some may lead, some may follow, but none of us can go it alone.人无完人，所以我们互相需要。当我们步履蹒跚，我们相互扶持；当我们人生失意，我们相互鼓励；有人会领头，有人会跟随，但我们当中无人独行。

The changes we're working for are changes that we can only accomplish together.Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are rights that belong to us as inpiduals.But our lives, our freedom, our happiness are best enjoyed, best protected, and best advanced when we do work together.我们所要实现的变革需要大家共同努力。生命，自由和对幸福的追求是属于每个个体的权利。但是只有当我们一起奋斗，我们的生命，自由和对幸福的追求才能得到最充分的享有，最安全的保护和最完善的发展。

That is what we will do now, as we join forces with Senator Obama and his campaign.We will make history together, as we write the next chapter in America's story.We will stand united for the values we hold dear（珍贵的，珍视的）, for the vision of progress we share, and for the country we love.这正是我们现在所要做的，我们加入参议员奥巴马的阵营，为他助选。我们将一起创造历史，续写美国传奇的新的篇章。为了我们紧守的价值观，为了我们进步的远景，为了我们所爱的这个国家，让我们紧密团结！

There is nothing more American than that.非美国人，不能如此！

And looking out at you today, I have never felt so blessed.The challenges that I have faced in this campaign...(APPLAUSE)...are nothing compared to those that millions of Americans face every day in their own lives.此刻，放眼望去，我从未如此欣慰。和无数美国人每天要面对的挑战相比，我在竞选中面临的挑战微不足道。

So today I'm going to count my blessings and keep on going.I'm going to keep doing what I was doing long before the cameras ever showed up and what I'll be doing long after they're gone: working to give every American the same opportunities I had and working to ensure that every child has the chance to grow up and achieve his or her God-given（天赐的，神授的，难得的）potential.所以今天我要珍惜这份赐福，继续昂首前行。我将继续我的使命，这个使命在镁光灯闪动的很久之前已经开始，当灯光散尽很久之后也不会停止。那就是：致力于给每个美国人同样的机会，保证每个孩子成长的机会和让他的天赋之才得以实践。

I will do it with a heart filled with gratitude, with a deep and abiding（持久的，永久的）love for our country, and with nothing but optimism and confidence for the days ahead.我将以一颗满怀感恩，热爱祖国，乐观向上，积极自信的心去践诺我的誓言。

This is now our time to do all that we can to make sure that, in this election, we add another Democratic president to that very small list of the last 40 years and that we take back our country and once again move with progress and commitment to the future.现在，我们要做的是尽己所能，为过去40年来那张短短的民主党总统名单添上一位。我们夺回我们的国家，让她再次带着进步和责任走向未来。

Thank you all.And God bless you, and God bless America.谢谢大家。上帝赐福你们，天佑美国！