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If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry,
八年前，如果我告訴你們美國會走出衰退，重振汽車工業，
and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history,
實現歷史上最長時間的工作增長，
if I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people,
如果我告訴你們我們會開啟同古巴的新篇章，
shut down Iran's nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, take out the mastermind of 9/11,
兵不血刃地停止伊朗核試驗、消滅911的幕后元兇，
if I had told you that we would win marriage equality,
如果我告訴你們我們會實現婚姻平等、
and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens,
為另外2000萬同胞提供醫保權利，
if I had told you all that, you might have said our sights were set a little too high.
如果我告訴你們所有這些，你也許會說，我們的目標定得太高了。
But that's what we did.
但是我們做到了。
That's what you did.
這是你們每個人的成就。
You were the change.
你們就是變革本身，
You answered people's hopes, and because of you, by almost every measure,
你們回應了人民的希望，因為你們，無論從哪個角度看，
America is a better, stronger place than it was when we started.
美國都是一個比原來更美好、更強大的國家。
In 10 days, the world will witness a hallmark of our democracy.
10天后，世界將再一次見證我們的民主。
Nooo! No, no, no, no, no, the peaceful transfer of power from one freely elected President to the next.
不！不，不，不，不，不——自由選舉選出的總統之間，權力交接應當是和平的。
I committed to President-elect Trump that my administration would ensure the smoothest possible transition,
我已經向即將就職總統的特朗普先生保證過，我的團隊將會盡己所能保證平穩交接，
just as President Bush did for me.
就像當年布什總統將權力交給我時那樣。
Because it's up to all of us to make sure our government can help us meet the many challenges we still face.
因為我們每個人都有責任保證我們的政府可以繼續應對我們仍然面臨的諸多挑戰。
