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Now, while the U.S. economy and those in the Asia-Pacific are well positioned to grow together, our success — neither of ours — is preordained. Prosperity is not a birthright, it’s an achievement. And whether we achieve it will be determined by how we answer a defining question of our time: How do we turn a generation of growth in this region into a century of shared prosperity?
盡管美國經濟及亞太地區各國經濟具備共同增長的有利條件，但我們的成功——我們任何人的成功——都不是先天注定的。繁榮并非與生俱來，而是一種成就。我們是否能取得這一成就將取決于我們如何回答我們這個時代的一個決定性問題：我們怎樣把這個地區一代人期間的增長轉化成一個世紀的共同繁榮？
The United States approaches this question with great humility, and with hard-won lessons learned from overcoming difficult economic challenges throughout our history.
美國以極其謙謹的態度對待這個問題，并以在克服我國歷史進程中種種嚴峻的經濟挑戰時所積累的得之不易的經驗教訓為鑒。
We must start with the most urgent task before us: realigning our economies in the wake of the global financial crisis. This means pursuing a more balanced strategy for global economic growth — the kind that President Obama and President Hu Jintao have embraced, and the G20 is promoting.
我們必須著手于擺在我們面前的最緊迫的任務：在全球金融危機過后重新調整我們的經濟。這意味著為實現全球經濟增長推行一種更平衡的戰略——一種奧巴馬總統和胡錦濤主席都已采納的戰略，也是20國集團所倡導的戰略。
This demands rigorous reform by all nations, including the United States and the countries of Asia. We in the United States are in the middle of a necessary transition: we must save more and spend less. And we must not only save more and spend less, we must borrow less, as well. Our partners must meet this change with changes of their own. There is no way around it: Long-term growth requires stronger and broader-based domestic demand in today’s high-saving Asian economies. This will raise living standards across the region, create jobs in America, improve business for many in this room, and help stabilize the global economy.
這要求包括美國和亞洲各國在內的所有國家都大力實行改革。我們美國人正處在一個必要的轉型過程中：我們必須增加儲蓄，減少開支。我們不僅必須多存錢、少花錢，還必須少借錢。我們的合作伙伴也必須自行調整，以應對上述這種變化。沒有任何迂回路徑：長期增長必須要靠今日高儲蓄的亞洲經濟體增加并擴大國內需求。這將提高整個地區的生活水平，在美國創造就業機會，讓在座許多人的生意更紅火，并幫助穩定全球經濟。
For years, my image of the global economy was an inverted pyramid resting on the shoulders of American women, since we are the primary consumers in the world. And therefore, it seems to me that that is no longer a sustainable model. And so we have to change how we do business internally and externally. And, above all, we must reach agreement on the rules and principles that will anchor our economic relationships in the coming decades.
多年來，全球經濟在我看來好似一座坐落在美國婦女雙肩上的倒金字塔，因為我們是全世界的主要消費者。因此，在我看來這不再是一個可持續的模式。所以我們必須改變我們在國內和國外從事商業經營的方式。而最重要的是，我們必須就能在今后幾十年穩固我們的經濟關系的規則和原則達成一致。
Last March in APEC meetings in Washington, I laid out four attributes that I believe characterize healthy economic competition. And these are very simple concepts, easy to say, hard to do: open, free, transparent, and fair. Hong Kong is helping to give shape to these principles and is showing the world their value.
今年3月在華盛頓舉行的亞太經合組織會議上，我闡述了我認為健康的經濟競爭應當具備的四個特征。這些概念簡單明了，但知易行難——開放、自由、透明、公平。香港正在幫助使上述原則得到體現，正在向全世界展示它們的價值。
First, we must seek an open system where any person anywhere can participate in markets everywhere.
首先，我們必須努力建立一個開放的體系，讓任何地區的任何人都能參與任何一處市場。
