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We dare not tempt them with weakness.
我們不敢以示弱去誘惑他們。
For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
因為只有當(dāng)我們的武力無可置疑地壯大時，我們才能毫無疑問地確信永遠不會使用武力。
But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons,
可是這兩個強有力的國家集團，誰也不能對當(dāng)前的趨勢放心
both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.
雙方都因現(xiàn)代武器的代價而感到不勝負擔(dān)，雙方都對于致命的原子力量不斷發(fā)展而產(chǎn)生應(yīng)有的驚駭，可是雙方都在競謀改變那不穩(wěn)定的恐怖均衡，而此種均衡卻可以暫時阻止人類最后從事戰(zhàn)爭。
So let us begin anew -- remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.
因此讓我們重新開始，雙方都應(yīng)記住，謙恭并非懦弱的征象，而誠意則永遠須要驗證。
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
讓我們永不因畏懼而談判。但讓我們永不要畏懼談判。
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.
讓雙方探究能使我們團結(jié)在一起的是什么問題，而不要虛耗心力于使我們分裂的問題。
Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms,
讓雙方首次制訂有關(guān)視察和管制武器的真誠而確切的建議，
and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.
并且把那足以毀滅其它國家的漫無限制的力量置于所有國家的絕對管制之下。
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
讓雙方都謀求激發(fā)科學(xué)的神奇力量而不是科學(xué)的恐怖因素。
Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
讓我們聯(lián)合起來去探索星球，治理沙漠，消除疾病，開發(fā)海洋深處，并鼓勵藝術(shù)和商務(wù)。
Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth, the command of Isaiah to "undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free."
讓雙方攜手在世界各個角落遵循以賽亞的命令，去「卸下沉重的負擔(dān)……(并)讓被壓迫者得自由。
And, if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor not a new balance of power,
如果建立合作的灘頭堡能夠遏制重重猜疑，那么，讓雙方聯(lián)合作一次新的努力吧，這不是追求新的權(quán)力均衡，
but a new world of law where the strong are just, and the weak secure, and the peace preserved.
而是建立一個新的法治世界，在那世界上強者公正，弱者安全，和平在握。
