克林頓英語演講稿：民主黨代表大會的演講

Speech Text:

We’re here to nominate a President, and I’ve got one in mind.

I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. A man who ran for President to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before the election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression. A man who stopped the slide into depression and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs were created and saved, there were still millions more waiting, trying to feed their children and keep their hopes alive.

I want to nominate a man cool on the outside but burning for America on the inside. A man who believes we can build a new American Dream economy driven by innovation and creativity, education and cooperation. A man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama.

I want Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States and I proudly nominate him as the standard bearer of the Democratic Party.

我們在這里提名總統(tǒng)候選人，我心里已經(jīng)有一個人選了。

我將要提名的這個人的妻子已經(jīng)分享了他的逆境與不平坦，他競選總統(tǒng)挑戰(zhàn)選舉六個月前自大蕭條以來最大的經(jīng)濟危機，他正在努力阻止這次經(jīng)濟危機變成經(jīng)濟蕭條，也正在帶領(lǐng)我們走上經(jīng)濟恢復的征程。他知道不管已經(jīng)創(chuàng)造了多少工作機會，都有上百萬的工作機會需要而去養(yǎng)孩子也讓人們更有希望。

我將要提名的總統(tǒng)候選人外冷內(nèi)熱，他相信我們能用我們的智慧，創(chuàng)造力，教育，和合作建立新的“美國夢”經(jīng)濟，這個男人很幸運的娶到了米歇爾。

我將提名巴拉克 奧巴馬為下屆總統(tǒng)候選人，我將提名他為美國民主黨的標桿。

In Tampa, we heard a lot of talk about how the President and the Democrats don’t believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everyone to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy.

The Republican narrative is that all of us who amount to anything are completely self-made. One of our greatest Democratic Chairmen, Bob Strauss, used to say that every politician wants you to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself, but it ain’t so.

We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think “we’re all in this together” is a better philosophy than “you’re on your own.”

在坦帕， 我們聽到了不少關(guān)于奧巴馬和民主黨不信任自由企業(yè)和個人主義的言論，還有我們希望每一個人都依靠政府的力量，還說我們不了解我們現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟情況是多么糟糕。

共和黨把我們所有的人描述成完全是為自己。一位民主黨主席鮑勃 斯特勞斯總是說每一個政體都想要你相信他出生在自制的小木屋，但事實不是這樣的。

我們民主黨認為一個國家的中產(chǎn)階級強大了，這個國家才能強大，給他們提供實質(zhì)的工作機會讓他們能自力更生，讓他們參與國家的發(fā)展，商業(yè)和政府的工作結(jié)合起來去讓國家發(fā)展繁榮。“我們一直在一起”的口號比“你可以依靠自己”聽起來舒服多了。

Who’s right? Well since 1961, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24. In those 52 years, our economy produced 66 million private sector jobs. What’s the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 million!

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.

誰是對的呢?從1961年開始，共和黨執(zhí)政了28年，民主黨執(zhí)政24年，在這52年中，在經(jīng)濟發(fā)展基礎(chǔ)上創(chuàng)造了6600萬個工作機會，這些工作在兩黨之間是怎樣分配的呢?共和黨是240萬，民主黨是420萬。

這表明促進經(jīng)濟機會和能力的增長在平等權(quán)力和經(jīng)濟上起到了平衡的作用，因為種族歧視，貧窮無知限制了經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展，而在教育，基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)，科學研究上的投資在增長，這樣就能創(chuàng)造更多好的工作和更多的財富。

Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate President Obama and the Democrats. After all, President Eisenhower sent federal troops to my home state to integrate Little Rock Central High and built the interstate highway system. And as governor, I worked with President Reagan on welfare reform and with President George H.W. Bush on national education goals. I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we’ve done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.

Through my foundation, in America and around the world, I work with Democrats, Republicans and Independents who are focused on solving problems and seizing opportunities, not fighting each other.

When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody’s right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. All of us are destined to live our lives between those two extremes. Unfortunately, the faction that now dominates the Republican Party doesn’t see it that way. They think government is the enemy, and compromise is weakness.

雖然我經(jīng)常不贊同共和黨的政策，但是我從沒有像他們現(xiàn)在討厭奧巴馬總統(tǒng)和民主黨那樣討厭他們，畢竟，艾森豪威爾總統(tǒng)曾經(jīng)派遣軍隊去我的家鄉(xiāng)整合小鹽城并且在那里建立了高速公路網(wǎng)。作為州長，我也曾同里根總統(tǒng)在福利改革政策上共同努力，也和喬治 布什總統(tǒng)一起工作區(qū)完成國家教育目標。我對喬治 布什總統(tǒng)充滿了感激，因為他為艾滋病緊急救援計劃作出了很大努力，這次行動挽救了貧困地區(qū)的數(shù)以百萬的生命，我也很感激兩屆布什總統(tǒng)和我一道在南亞海嘯，卡特里娜颶風和海底地震后的努力工作。

從我的角度出發(fā)，我在美國甚至世界各地，我和民主黨，共和黨，還有自由黨派一起努力工作是為了解決問題，抓住機會，而不是互相攻擊。

在艱難的時代里，持續(xù)的紛爭可能是好的政治手段，但實際上，在當今世界，合作會更好。我們每一個人注定要生活在這兩個極端之間。但很不幸，現(xiàn)在掌控共和黨的小部分人卻不這樣想，他們認為政府就是敵人，妥協(xié)就是軟弱。

One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008, and trusted him to oversee the successful end of the war in Iraq and the implementation of the recovery act. And Joe Biden did a great job with both. He appointed Cabinet members who supported Hillary in the primaries. Heck, he even appointed Hillary! I’m so proud of her and grateful to our entire national security team for all they’ve done to make us safer and stronger and to build a world with more partners and fewer enemies. I’m also grateful to the young men and women who serve our country in the military and to Michelle Obama and Jill Biden for supporting military families when their loved ones are overseas and for helping our veterans, when they come home bearing the wounds of war, or needing help with education, housing, and jobs.

President Obama’s record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.

He also tried to work with Congressional Republicans on Health Care, debt reduction, and jobs, but that didn’t work out so well. Probably because, as the Senate Republican leader, in a remarkable moment of candor, said two years before the election, their number one priority was not to put America back to work, but to put President Obama out of work.

Senator, I hate to break it to you, but we’re going to keep President Obama on the job!

美國應(yīng)該繼續(xù)選奧巴馬當選總統(tǒng)的一個很重要原因就是他始終致力于以“合作”為執(zhí)政原則。他任命共和黨的國防部秘書，還有軍隊和運輸上的一些官員。他任命在2008年與他競選的副總統(tǒng)，并信任他為伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭的結(jié)局建議和一些恢復條款的執(zhí)行。于此同時，喬 拜登在這方面也做得很好，他任命在總統(tǒng)預選時候支持希拉里的內(nèi)閣成員，而且，他居然能重用希拉里。 我為她感到驕傲，也很感激我們整個國家安全局，為把我們的國家建立成更安全更強大，多一些伙伴少一些敵人作出的努力。我也很感謝在軍隊服役的年輕人，更感謝米歇爾 奧巴馬和吉爾 拜登當軍人們遠赴他鄉(xiāng)時他們對軍人家屬的鼓勵支持，而且他們還從教育，居住和就業(yè)方面幫助受傷歸來的老兵。

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)在國家安全上貼的標簽是他的力量，公正，還有他對于黨派的包容和愛護。他也一直在為共和國會衛(wèi)生保健，債務(wù)削減，和就業(yè)機會努力。但是他沒有解決得那么好。坦率的講，也許是因為共和黨參議員領(lǐng)導在兩年前表示，他們的首要任務(wù)不是為國民創(chuàng)造更多工作機會，而是讓奧巴馬下臺。

參議員，我本來不想這樣說，但是我們正努力讓奧巴馬繼續(xù)執(zhí)政。

In Tampa, the Republican argument against the President’s re-election was pretty simple: we left him a total mess, he hasn’t cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in.

In order to look like an acceptable alternative to President Obama, they couldn’t say much about the ideas they have offered over the last two years. You see they want to go back to the same old policies that got us into trouble in the first place: to cut taxes for high income Americans even more than President Bush did; to get rid of those pesky financial regulations designed to prevent another crash and prohibit future bailouts; to increase defense spending two trillion dollars more than the Pentagon has requested without saying what they’ll spend the money on; to make enormous cuts in the rest of the budget, especially programs that help the middle class and poor kids. As another President once said - there they go again.

在坦帕，共和黨有關(guān)奧巴馬連任的論調(diào)非常簡單：‘我們留給他一團糟，他還沒有清理完，所以讓他下臺，讓我們來搞定。’

為了能更像奧巴馬的競爭對手，他們不能對過去的兩年間他們提供的想法做過多評論。你們很清楚他們將會用一些同樣的舊的政策把我們帶入麻煩中：為高收入美國人減稅，人數(shù)多于當初布什執(zhí)政時減稅的人數(shù);廢除討厭的金融條款阻止破產(chǎn)，但也阻止了將來的救助;增加兩萬個億的國防支出，這比美國國防部要求的還多，而且他們沒有說把這些錢用在哪里;減少大量的支出預算，特別是在幫助中產(chǎn)階級和貧困孩子的項目上。正如另外一位總統(tǒng)所說，在那里他們又可以做主。

I like the argument for President Obama’s re-election a lot better. He inherited a deeply damaged economy, put a floor under the crash, began the long hard road to recovery, and laid the foundation for a modern, more well-balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs, vibrant new businesses, and lots of new wealth for the innovators.

Are we where we want to be? No. Is the President satisfied? No. Are we better off than we were when he took office, with an economy in free fall, losing 750,000 jobs a month. The answer is YES.

我其實更喜歡總統(tǒng)奧巴馬連任的論調(diào)。他接手了一個嚴重受損的經(jīng)濟，開始了漫長的恢復之路，并為籌劃更現(xiàn)代化、更平衡的經(jīng)濟奠定基礎(chǔ)。這是創(chuàng)造數(shù)百萬良好就業(yè)、充滿活力企業(yè)及為企業(yè)帶來新財富的前提。”

我們想要在這樣的國家嗎?不!總統(tǒng)會滿意嗎?不!他執(zhí)政后經(jīng)濟會呈自由下落的趨勢下，一個月失去75萬工作機會嗎?答案是“會的“。

I understand the challenge we face. I know many Americans are still angry and frustrated with the economy. Though employment is growing, banks are beginning to lend and even housing prices are picking up a bit, too many people don’t feel it.

I experienced the same thing in 1994 and early 1995. Our policies were working and the economy was growing but most people didn’t feel it yet. By 1996, the economy was roaring, halfway through the longest peacetime expansion in American history.

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. No President - not me or any of my predecessors could have repaired all the damage in just four years. But conditions are improving and if you’ll renew the President’s contract you will feel it.

I believe that with all my heart.

President Obama’s approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the American Dream in a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities.

我明白我們現(xiàn)在面臨的挑戰(zhàn)，我也知道很多美國人都對美國現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟感到氣憤和沮喪。雖然就業(yè)率正在增長，銀行也正在發(fā)放外貸，甚至房價也上漲了一點，但是太多人沒有感受到這一點。

我在1994年和1995年早期經(jīng)歷了同樣的事。我們的政策正在起效，經(jīng)濟也正在恢復，只是大部分人都沒有感受到而已。到1996年，經(jīng)濟開始繁榮，也基本到了美國歷史上經(jīng)濟最穩(wěn)定發(fā)展時期。

奧巴馬在現(xiàn)在著手的經(jīng)濟問題比我當年要弱很多，沒有一個總統(tǒng)，包括我和所有前任總統(tǒng)能夠在短短四年時間就修復所有經(jīng)濟問題。但是情況正在改善，如果你們再給奧巴馬四年，你們就會感受到。

我相信這也是來自我們心底的聲音。

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)正在努力把美國建立成21世紀新的擁有美國夢價值觀念的國家，在這里全民有同樣的機會，共享繁榮，一起承擔責任。