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It is such an honor and pleasure for me to be back at Yale, especially on the occasion of the 300th anniversary. I have had so many memories of my time here, and as Nick was speaking I thought about how I ended up at Yale Law School. And it tells a little bit about how much progress we've made.
再回耶魯，特別是在耶魯大學(xué)300周年紀(jì)念日再回到這里，我感到非常高興非常榮幸！耶魯大學(xué)給我留下了許多美好的回憶，尼克發(fā)言時，我想起了當(dāng)年從耶魯法學(xué)院畢業(yè)時的情景。這讓我感受到了耶魯大學(xué)所取得的巨大進(jìn)步。
What I think most about when I think of Yale is not just the politically charged atmosphere and not even just the superb legal education that I received. It was at Yale that I began work that has been at the core of what I have cared about ever since. I began working with New Haven legal services representing children. And I studied child development, abuse and neglect at the Yale New Haven Hospital and the Child Study Center. I was lucky enough to receive a civil rights internship with Marian Wright Edelman at the Children's Defense Fund, where I went to work after I graduated. Those experiences fueled in me a passion to work for the benefit of children, particularly the most vulnerable.
每當(dāng)想起耶魯時，我感觸最深的不是這里濃郁的政治氛圍，也不是我所接受的頂級的法律教育。正是在耶魯，我開始做一些事情，這些事情從那時到現(xiàn)在都是我關(guān)心的核心。正是在耶魯，我開始在紐黑文兒童法律機(jī)構(gòu)工作。我還在耶魯紐黑文醫(yī)院和兒童研究中心研究兒童身心發(fā)展以及辱罵和忽視兒童的行為。之后，我很幸運(yùn)地與瑪麗安·萊特·埃德爾一起獲得了在兒童保護(hù)基金委員會的民權(quán)實(shí)習(xí)機(jī)會，并在畢業(yè)后去了那里工作。所有這些經(jīng)歷激發(fā)了我為保護(hù)兒童權(quán)益而努力的激情，特別是保護(hù)那些最脆弱的兒童。
Now, looking back, there is no way that I could have predicted what path my life would have taken. I didn't sit around the law school, saying, well, you know, I think I'll graduate and then I'll go to work at the Children's Defense Fund, and then the impeachment inquiry, and Nixon retired or resigns, I'll go to Arkansas. I didn't think like that. I was taking each day at a time.
現(xiàn)在回想起來，當(dāng)時我并不知道自己會走上什么樣的人生道路。我沒有坐在法學(xué)院里說：“嗯，你知道，我想我畢業(yè)后要去兒童保護(hù)基金委員會工作，然后會遭到彈劾并接受調(diào)查，當(dāng)尼克松退休或辭職后我會去阿肯色州。”事實(shí)上，我從未這樣想過，只是順其自然地過著每一天。
