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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.
今天，我們宣布要為無謂的摩擦、不實的承諾和指責畫上句號，我們要打破牽制美國政治發展的若干陳舊教條。
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.
美國仍是一個年輕的國家，借用《圣經》的話說，放棄幼稚的時代已經到來了。
The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift,
重拾堅韌精神的時代已經到來，我們要為歷史作出更好的選擇，我們要秉承歷史賦予的寶貴權利，
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.
秉承那種代代相傳的高貴理念：上帝賦予我們每個人以平等和自由，以及每個人盡全力去追求幸福的機會。
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned.
在重申我們國家偉大之處的同時，我們深知偉大從來不是上天賜予的。偉大需要努力贏得。
Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less.
我們的民族一路走來，這旅途之中從未有過捷徑或者妥協。
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.
這旅途也不適合膽怯之人、或者愛安逸勝過愛工作之人、或者單單追求名利之人。
Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labour, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
這條路是勇于承擔風險者之路，是實干家、創造者之路，這其中有一些人名留青史，但是更多的人卻在默默無聞地工作著。正是這些人帶領我們走過了漫長崎嶇的旅行，帶領我們走向富強和自由。
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.
為了我們，先輩們帶著微薄的細軟，橫渡大洋，尋找新生活；
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the west; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
為了我們，先輩們忍辱負重，用血汗澆鑄工廠；
For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.
為了我們，先輩們在荒蕪的西部大地辛勤耕作，定居他鄉；為了我們，先輩們奔赴（獨立戰爭中的）康科德城和葛底斯堡、（二戰中的）諾曼底、（越戰中的）Khe Sahn，他們征戰、死去。
Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life.
一次又一次，我們的先輩們戰斗著、犧牲著、操勞著，只為了我們可以生活得更好。
They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
在他們看來，美國的強盛與偉大超越了個人雄心，也超越了個人的出身、貧富和派別差異。
This is the journey we continue today.
今天我們繼續先輩們的旅途。
We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth.
美國依然是地球上最富裕、最強大的國家。
Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began.
同危機初露端倪之時相比，美國人民的生產力依然旺盛；
Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year.
與上周、上個月或者去年相比，我們的頭腦依然富于創造力，
Our capacity remains undiminished.
我們的商品和服務依然很有市場，我們的實力不曾削弱。
But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions that time has surely passed.
但是，可以肯定的是，輕歌曼舞的時代、保護狹隘利益的時代以及對艱難決定猶豫不決的時代已經過去了。
