我还要对所有远在大洋彼岸关注今夜的人们说，从美国国会和白宫这里对那些远在天涯海角围坐在收音机旁的人们说——尽管我们人生故事各有千秋，却可以分享相同的命运，美国新的黎明已在掌中。我正告那些企图毁灭这个世界的人——我们将击溃你们。我慰告那些追求和平安宁的人们——我们会支持你们。我要告诉那些怀疑美国的灯塔能否继续闪光的人——今夜我们再次证明了我们这个国家真实的力量并不来自于武器的威力和财富的数量，而是来自于我们理想的耐受能力：民主、自由、机遇和永不言败的希望。

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.

这就是美国的真正天赋——美国也因此定能实现变革。我们的合众国是完美的。我们已经取得的成就将会给我以成就明天的希望。

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.

这次选举已经出现了许许多多的第一次和许多必将代代相传的故事。然而，今夜在我心中仍然记挂那位在亚特兰大投票的女性。她一定就像数以百万计的其他选民一样排队在这次选举中倾诉心声，而有所不同的是——安•尼克松•库柏今年已经106岁了。她刚好出生在奴隶制其后的时代；那还是一个路上没有汽车、空中没有飞机的时代；在那个时代像她这样的人仍会因为两个原因而不能投票——她是女性以及她的皮肤有颜色。今夜，她所见证的一个世纪的美国让我想到了很多——有心伤有希望；有斗争有进步；如今时代似乎在告诉我们我们开始不能了，而人民以美国信条敦促我们：我们一定能。

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.

在女性声音沉默和希望泯灭的时代，她活着看到了妇女崛起、大声说话并且投出自己的那一票。因此，我们一定能。

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 common purpose. Yes we can.

当绝望落入深处、萧条遍及大地的时候，她看见我们的国家自身以新政战胜了恐惧，新的工作机会和新的共同计划意识接踵而至。因此，我们一定能。

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.

当炸弹扔进了我们的海港、暴政威胁着整个世界的时候，她就在那里目睹了一个时代兴起而至辉煌，民主得到了拯救。因此，我们一定能。hxw.red