1984 DNC Address -- Jesse Louis Jackson
Delivered 18 July 1984 • Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
1984 年 7 月 18 日交付 • 加利福尼亚州旧金山莫斯康中心
Tonight we come together bound by our faith in a mighty God , with genuine respect and love for our country , and inheriting the legacy of a great Party , the Democratic Party , which is the best hope for redirecting our nation on a more humane , just , and peaceful course.
今晚，我们怀着对全能上帝的信仰、对我们国家的真诚尊重和热爱，并继承民主党这一伟大政党的遗产，聚集在一起，这是引导我们的国家走上更加人道、公正与和平道路的最佳希望。
This is not a perfect party.
这不是一个完美的聚会。
We are not a perfect people.
我们不是一个完美的人。
Yet , we are called to a perfect mission.
然而，我们被召唤去执行一个完美的使命。
Our mission: to feed the hungry; to clothe the naked; to house the homeless; to teach the illiterate; to provide jobs for the jobless; and to choose the human race over the nuclear race.
我们的使命：为饥饿者提供食物；给赤身露体的人穿衣服；安置无家可归者；教导文盲；为失业者提供就业机会；并选择人类而不是核竞赛。
We are gathered here this week to nominate a candidate and adopt a platform which will expand , unify , direct , and inspire our Party and the nation to fulfill this mission.
本周我们聚集在这里，提名一位候选人，并通过一个平台，以扩大、团结、指导和激励我们的党和国家完成这一使命。
My constituency is the desperate , the damned , the disinherited , the disrespected , and the despised.
我的选民是绝望的人、被诅咒的人、被剥夺继承权的人、不受尊重的人和被鄙视的人。
They are restless and seek relief.
他们焦躁不安，寻求解脱。
They have voted in record numbers.
他们的投票人数创历史新高。
They have invested the faith , hope , and trust that they have in us.
他们对我们投入了信心、希望和信任。
The Democratic Party must send them a signal that we care.
民主党必须向他们发出我们关心的信号。
I pledge my best not to let them down.
我保证我会尽力不让他们失望。
There is the call of conscience , redemption , expansion , healing , and unity.
有良心、救赎、扩展、治愈和团结的呼唤。
Leadership must heed the call of conscience , redemption , expansion , healing , and unity , for they are the key to achieving our mission.
领导层必须留意良心、救赎、扩张、治愈和团结的呼唤，因为它们是实现我们使命的关键。
Time is neutral and does not change things.
时间是中性的，不会改变事物。
With courage and initiative , leaders change things.
领导者凭借勇气和主动性改变事情。
No generation can choose the age or circumstance in which it is born , but through leadership it can choose to make the age in which it is born an age of enlightenment , an age of jobs , and peace , and justice.
任何一代人都无法选择自己出生的时代或环境，但通过领导，他们可以选择使自己出生的时代成为启蒙的时代、就业的时代、和平与正义的时代。
Only leadership -- that intangible combination of gifts , the discipline , information , circumstance , courage , timing , will and divine inspiration -- can lead us out of the crisis in which we find ourselves.
只有领导力——天赋、纪律、信息、环境、勇气、时机、意志和神圣灵感的无形结合——才能带领我们走出我们所处的危机。
Leadership can mitigate the misery of our nation.
领导力可以减轻我们国家的苦难。
Leadership can part the waters and lead our nation in the direction of the Promised Land.
领导力可以分开水域，带领我们的国家走向应许之地。
Leadership can lift the boats stuck at the bottom.
领导力可以把陷入底部的船抬起来。
I have had the rare opportunity to watch seven men , and then two , pour out their souls , offer their service , and heal and heed the call of duty to direct the course of our nation.
我有难得的机会看到七个人，然后是两个人，倾注他们的灵魂，提供他们的服务，治愈并留意指导我们国家进程的责任召唤。
There is a proper season for everything.
凡事都有适当的季节。
There is a time to sow and a time to reap.
播种有时，收获有时。
There ’ s a time to compete and a time to cooperate.
有竞争的时候，也有合作的时候。
I ask for your vote on the first ballot as a vote for a new direction for this Party and this nation -- a vote of conviction , a vote of conscience.
我请求你们在第一轮投票中投票，作为对这个党和这个国家的新方向的投票——一场信念的投票，一场良心的投票。
But I will be proud to support the nominee of this convention for the Presidency of the United States of America.
但我将自豪地支持本次大会的美利坚合众国总统候选人。
Thank you.
谢谢。
I have watched the leadership of our party develop and grow.
我见证了我们党的领导的发展和壮大。
My respect for both Mr. Mondale and Mr. Hart is great.
我非常尊重蒙代尔先生和哈特先生。
I have watched them struggle with the crosswinds and crossfires of being public servants , and I believe they will both continue to try to serve us faithfully.
我看着他们在公仆的风雨交火中挣扎，我相信他们都会继续努力忠实地为我们服务。
I am elated by the knowledge that for the first time in our history a woman , Geraldine Ferraro , will be recommended to share our ticket.
我很高兴得知，在我们的历史上，第一次有女性杰拉尔丁·费拉罗 (Geraldine Ferraro) 被推荐分享我们的机票。
Throughout this campaign , I ’ ve tried to offer leadership to the Democratic Party and the nation.
在整个竞选过程中，我一直试图为民主党和国家提供领导。
If , in my high moments , I have done some good , offered some service , shed some light , healed some wounds , rekindled some hope , or stirred someone from apathy and indifference , or in any way along the way helped somebody , then this campaign has not been in vain.
如果在我的巅峰时刻，我做了一些好事，提供了一些服务，照亮了一些光明，治愈了一些伤口，重新点燃了一些希望，或者使某人摆脱了冷漠和冷漠，或者以任何方式一路帮助了某人，那么这次活动就没有白费。
For friends who loved and cared for me , and for a God who spared me , and for a family who understood , I am eternally grateful.
对于爱我、关心我的朋友，对于饶恕我的上帝，对于理解我的家人，我永远感激不已。
If , in my low moments , in word , deed or attitude , through some error of temper , taste , or tone , I have caused anyone discomfort , created pain , or revived someone ’ s fears , that was not my truest self.
如果，在我情绪低落的时刻，在言语、行为或态度上，由于脾气、品味或语气的某些错误，我给任何人带来了不适，造成了痛苦，或重新唤起了某人的恐惧，那不是我最真实的自我。
If there were occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance , please forgive me.
如果有时候我的葡萄变成了葡萄干，我的欢乐钟失去了共鸣，请原谅我。
Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
它记在我的头上，而不是记在我的心里。
My head -- so limited in its finitude; my heart , which is boundless in its love for the human family.
我的头脑——其有限性如此有限；我的心对人类大家庭有着无限的爱。
I am not a perfect servant.
我不是一个完美的仆人。
I am a public servant doing my best against the odds.
我是一名公务员，在逆境中竭尽全力。
As I develop and serve , be patient: God is not finished with me yet.
当我发展和服务时，请保持耐心：神对我的任务还没有结束。
This campaign has taught me much; that leaders must be tough enough to fight , tender enough to cry , human enough to make mistakes , humble enough to admit them , strong enough to absorb the pain , and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
这次活动让我学到了很多；领导者必须足够坚强，能够战斗，足够温柔，能够哭泣，足够人性化，能够犯错误，足够谦虚，能够承认错误，足够强大，能够吸收痛苦，并且有足够的韧性，能够恢复并继续前进。
For leaders , the pain is often intense.
对于领导者来说，痛苦往往是剧烈的。
But you must smile through your tears and keep moving with the faith that there is a brighter side somewhere.
但你必须含着泪水微笑，并继续前进，相信总有光明的一面。
I went to see Hubert Humphrey three days before he died.
休伯特·汉弗莱去世前三天，我去看望了他。
He had just called Richard Nixon from his dying bed , and many people wondered why.
他刚刚从病床上给理查德·尼克松打电话，很多人都想知道为什么。
And I asked him.
我问他。
He said , “ Jesse , from this vantage point , the sun is setting in my life , all of the speeches , the political conventions , the crowds , and the great fights are behind me now.
他说：“杰西，从这个角度来看，我生命中的太阳正在落山，所有的演讲、政治大会、人群和伟大的斗争现在都在我身后了。
At a time like this you are forced to deal with your irreducible essence , forced to grapple with that which is really important to you.
在这样的时刻，你被迫面对你不可还原的本质，被迫应对对你来说真正重要的事情。
And what I ’ ve concluded about life , ” Hubert Humphrey said , “ When all is said and done , we must forgive each other , and redeem each other , and move on.
我对生活的结论是，”休伯特·汉弗莱说，“当一切都说了、做了之后，我们必须互相原谅，互相救赎，然后继续前进。
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Our party is emerging from one of its most hard fought battles for the Democratic Party ’ s presidential nomination in our history.
我们的政党正在摆脱民主党历史上最艰苦的总统提名斗争之一。
But our healthy competition should make us better , not bitter.
但我们的良性竞争应该让我们变得更好，而不是痛苦。
We must use the insight , wisdom , and experience of the late Hubert Humphrey as a balm for the wounds in our Party , this nation , and the world.
我们必须利用已故休伯特·汉弗莱的洞察力、智慧和经验来作为我们党、这个国家和世界伤口的慰藉。
We must forgive each other , redeem each other , regroup , and move one.
我们必须互相宽恕、互相救赎、重整旗鼓、互相感动。
Our flag is red , white and blue , but our nation is a rainbow -- red , yellow , brown , black and white -- and we ’ re all precious in God ’ s sight.
我们的国旗是红、白、蓝，但我们的国家是一条彩虹——红、黄、棕、黑、白——我们在上帝眼中都是珍贵的。
America is not like a blanket -- one piece of unbroken cloth , the same color , the same texture , the same size.
美国不像一条毯子——一块完整的布，同样的颜色、同样的质地、同样的尺寸。
America is more like a quilt: many patches , many pieces , many colors , many sizes , all woven and held together by a common thread.
美国更像是一床被子：许多补丁、许多碎片、多种颜色、多种尺寸，所有这些都由一根共同的线编织并固定在一起。
The white , the Hispanic , the black , the Arab , the Jew , the woman , the native American , the small farmer , the businessperson , the environmentalist , the peace activist , the young , the old , the lesbian , the gay , and the disabled make up the American quilt.
白人、西班牙裔、黑人、阿拉伯人、犹太人、妇女、美洲原住民、小农、商人、环保主义者、和平活动家、年轻人、老年人、女同性恋、男同性恋和残疾人组成了美国被子。
Even in our fractured state , all of us count and fit somewhere.
即使在我们支离破碎的状态下，我们所有人都有价值并适合某个地方。
We have proven that we can survive without each other.
我们已经证明，没有彼此我们也能生存。
But we have not proven that we can win and make progress without each other.
但我们还没有证明，在没有彼此的情况下，我们也能取得胜利并取得进步。
We must come together.
我们必须团结起来。
From Fannie Lou Hamer in Atlantic City in 1964 to the Rainbow Coalition in San Francisco today; from the Atlantic to the Pacific , we have experienced pain but progress , as we ended American apartheid laws.
从 1964 年大西洋城的 Fannie Lou Hamer 到今天旧金山的彩虹联盟；从大西洋到太平洋，我们经历了痛苦，但也取得了进步，因为我们结束了美国的种族隔离法。
We got public accommodations.
我们有公共住宿。
We secured voting rights.
我们获得了投票权。
We obtained open housing , as young people got the right to vote.
我们获得了开放住房，因为年轻人有投票权。
We lost Malcolm , Martin , Medgar , Bobby , John , and Viola.
我们失去了马尔科姆、马丁、梅德加、鲍比、约翰和维奥拉。
The team that got us here must be expanded , not abandoned.
让我们来到这里的团队必须扩大，而不是放弃。
Twenty years ago , tears welled up in our eyes as the bodies of Schwerner , Goodman , and Chaney were dredged from the depths of a river in Mississippi.
二十年前，当施维尔纳、古德曼和钱尼的尸体从密西西比河深处被打捞出来时，我们热泪盈眶。
Twenty years later , our communities , black and Jewish , are in anguish , anger , and pain.
二十年后，我们的黑人和犹太人社区都处于痛苦、愤怒和痛苦之中。
Feelings have been hurt on both sides.
双方的感情都受到了伤害。
There is a crisis in communications.
沟通出现危机。
Confusion is in the air.
空气中弥漫着混乱的气氛。
But we cannot afford to lose our way.
但我们不能迷失方向。
We may agree to agree; or agree to disagree on issues; we must bring back civility to these tensions.
我们可以同意同意；或在问题上同意不同意；我们必须以文明的方式对待这些紧张局势。
We are co-partners in a long and rich religious history -- the Judeo-Christian traditions.
我们是悠久而丰富的宗教历史——犹太教和基督教传统中的合作伙伴。
Many blacks and Jews have a shared passion for social justice at home and peace abroad.
许多黑人和犹太人对国内的社会正义和国外的和平有着共同的热情。
We must seek a revival of the spirit , inspired by a new vision and new possibilities.
我们必须在新愿景和新可能性的启发下寻求精神的复兴。
We must return to higher ground.
我们必须回到更高的地方。
We are bound by Moses and Jesus , but also connected with Islam and Mohammed.
我们与摩西和耶稣息息相关，也与伊斯兰教和穆罕默德息息相关。
These three great religions , Judaism , Christianity , and Islam , were all born in the revered and holy city of Jerusalem.
犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教这三大宗教都诞生于受人尊敬的圣城耶路撒冷。
We are bound by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel , crying out from their graves for us to reach common ground.
马丁·路德·金博士和拉比亚伯拉罕·赫舍尔将我们联系在一起，他们在坟墓中呼喊着我们达成共识。
We are bound by shared blood and shared sacrifices.
我们因共同的鲜血和共同的牺牲而紧密相连。
We are much too intelligent , much too bound by our Judeo-Christian heritage , much too victimized by racism , sexism , militarism , and anti-Semitism , much too threatened as historical scapegoats to go on divided one from another.
我们太聪明了，太受犹太教和基督教传统的束缚，太受种族主义、性别歧视、军国主义和反犹太主义的伤害，太容易成为历史替罪羊，无法继续分裂。
We must turn from finger pointing to clasped hands.
我们必须从手指指点转向双手合十。
We must share our burdens and our joys with each other once again.
我们必须再次彼此分享我们的负担和欢乐。
We must turn to each other and not on each other and choose higher ground.
我们必须转向彼此，而不是互相攻击，并选择更高的立场。
Twenty years later , we cannot be satisfied by just restoring the old coalition.
二十年后，我们不能仅仅满足于恢复旧的联盟。
Old wine skins must make room for new wine.
旧酒皮必须为新酒腾出空间。
We must heal and expand.
我们必须治愈并扩展。
The Rainbow Coalition is making room for Arab Americans.
彩虹联盟正在为阿拉伯裔美国人腾出空间。
They , too , know the pain and hurt of racial and religious rejection.
他们也知道种族和宗教排斥的痛苦和伤害。
They must not continue to be made pariahs.
他们决不能继续成为贱民。
The Rainbow Coalition is making room for Hispanic Americans who this very night are living under the threat of the Simpson-Mazzoli bill; and farm workers from Ohio who are fighting the Campbell Soup Company with a boycott to achieve legitimate workers ’ rights.
彩虹联盟正在为西班牙裔美国人腾出空间，他们今晚就生活在辛普森-马佐利法案的威胁之下；来自俄亥俄州的农场工人正在抵制金宝汤公司，以实现合法的工人权利。
The Rainbow is making room for the Native American , the most exploited people of all , a people with the greatest moral claim amongst us.
彩虹正在为美洲原住民腾出空间，他们是我们当中最受剥削的民族，也是我们当中最有道德要求的民族。
We support them as they seek the restoration of their ancient land and claim amongst us.
我们支持他们，因为他们寻求恢复他们古老的土地并在我们中间拥有主权。
We support them as they seek the restoration of land and water rights , as they seek to preserve their ancestral homeland and the beauty of a land that was once all theirs.
我们支持他们寻求恢复土地和水权，因为他们寻求保护他们的祖传家园和曾经属于他们的土地的美丽。
They can never receive a fair share for all they have given us.
他们为我们付出的一切永远无法得到公平的份额。
They must finally have a fair chance to develop their great resources and to preserve their people and their culture.
他们最终必须有公平的机会来开发其丰富的资源并保护其人民和文化。
The Rainbow Coalition includes Asian Americans , now being killed in our streets -- scapegoats for the failures of corporate , industrial , and economic policies.
彩虹联盟包括亚裔美国人，他们现在在我们的街头被杀——成为企业、工业和经济政策失败的替罪羊。
The Rainbow is making room for the young Americans.
彩虹正在为美国年轻人腾出空间。
Twenty years ago , our young people were dying in a war for which they could not even vote.
二十年前，我们的年轻人在一场他们甚至无法投票的战争中死去。
Twenty years later , young America has the power to stop a war in Central America and the responsibility to vote in great numbers.
二十年后，年轻的美国有能力制止中美洲的战争，也有责任进行大量投票。
Young America must be politically active in 1984.
1984 年，年轻的美国必须积极参与政治。
The choice is war or peace.
选择是战争还是和平。
We must make room for young America.
我们必须为年轻的美国腾出空间。
The Rainbow includes disabled veterans.
彩虹包括残疾退伍军人。
The color scheme fits in the Rainbow.
配色方案适合彩虹。
The disabled have their handicap revealed and their genius concealed; while the able-bodied have their genius revealed and their disability concealed.
残疾人的残疾被暴露出来，天才被隐藏起来；而身体健全的人则暴露其天才，隐藏其残疾。
But ultimately , we must judge people by their values and their contribution.
但最终，我们必须根据人们的价值观和贡献来评判他们。
Don ’ t leave anybody out.
不要遗漏任何人。
I would rather have Roosevelt in a wheelchair than Reagan on a horse.
我宁愿罗斯福坐在轮椅上，也不愿让里根骑马。
The Rainbow is making room for small farmers.
彩虹正在为小农户腾出空间。
They have suffered tremendously under the Reagan regime.
他们在里根政权统治下遭受了巨大的苦难。
They will either receive 90 percent parity or 100 percent charity.
他们要么获得 90% 的平等，要么获得 100% 的慈善。
We must address their concerns and make room for them.
我们必须解决他们的担忧并为他们腾出空间。
The Rainbow includes lesbians and gays.
彩虹包括女同性恋和男同性恋。
No American citizen ought be denied equal protection from the law.
任何美国公民都不应被剥夺平等的法律保护。
We must be unusually committed and caring as we expand our family to include new members.
当我们扩大家庭规模、吸纳新成员时，我们必须表现出异常的奉献和关怀。
All of us must be tolerant and understanding as the fears and anxieties of the rejected and the party leadership express themselves in many different ways.
我们所有人都必须宽容和理解，因为被拒绝者和党领导层的恐惧和焦虑会以多种不同的方式表达出来。
Too often what we call hate -- as if it were some deeply-rooted philosophy or strategy -- is simply ignorance , anxiety , paranoia , fear , and insecurity.
很多时候，我们所说的仇恨——就好像它是某种根深蒂固的哲学或策略一样——只是无知、焦虑、偏执、恐惧和不安全感。
To be strong leaders , we must be long-suffering as we seek to right the wrongs of our Party and our nation.
要成为坚强的领导者，我们必须坚持不懈地纠正我们党和国家的错误。
We must expand our Party , heal our Party , and unify our Party.
我们要发展我们的党、医治我们的党、团结我们的党。
That is our mission in 1984.
这是我们 1984 年的使命。
We are often reminded that we live in a great nation -- and we do.
人们经常提醒我们，我们生活在一个伟大的国家——而且我们确实生活在一个伟大的国家。
But it can be greater still.
但它还可以更大。
The Rainbow is mandating a new definition of greatness.
彩虹赋予了伟大一个新的定义。
We must not measure greatness from the mansion down , but the manger up.
我们不能从大厦下面衡量伟大，而应该从马槽上面衡量。
Jesus said that we should not be judged by the bark we wear but by the fruit that we bear.
耶稣说，我们不应该根据我们所穿的树皮来判断，而应该根据我们所结的果子来判断。
Jesus said that we must measure greatness by how we treat the least of these.
耶稣说，我们必须通过如何对待最小的人来衡量伟大。
President Reagan says the nation is in recovery.
里根总统表示国家正在复苏。
Those 90 , 000 corporations that made a profit last year but paid no federal taxes are recovering.
去年盈利但未缴纳联邦税的 90 , 000 家公司正在复苏。
The 37 , 000 military contractors who have benefited from Reagan ’ s more than doubling of the military budget in peacetime , surely they are recovering.
37, 000 名军事承包商受益于里根将和平时期军事预算增加一倍以上的计划，他们肯定正在复苏。
The big corporations and rich individuals who received the bulk of a three-year , multibillion tax cut from Mr. Reagan are recovering.
从里根先生那里获得了三年数十亿美元减税大部分的大公司和富人正在复苏。
But no such recovery is under way for the least of these.
但对于其中至少一个来说，这样的复苏尚未开始。
Rising tides don ’ t lift all boats , particularly those stuck at the bottom.
涨潮并不能抬高所有的船只，尤其是那些困在水底的船只。
For the boats stuck at the bottom there ’ s a misery index.
对于陷入海底的船只，有一个痛苦指数。
This Administration has made life more miserable for the poor.
这届政府让穷人的生活变得更加悲惨。
Its attitude has been contemptuous.
其态度一直是轻蔑的。
Its policies and programs have been cruel and unfair to working people.
它的政策和计划对劳动人民来说是残酷和不公平的。
They must be held accountable in November for increasing infant mortality among the poor.
他们必须在 11 月对贫困人口婴儿死亡率的上升负责。
In Detroit one of the great cities of the western world , babies are dying at the same rate as Honduras , the most underdeveloped nation in our hemisphere.
在西方世界的大城市之一底特律，婴儿死亡率与我们半球最不发达国家洪都拉斯相同。
This Administration must be held accountable for policies that have contributed to the growing poverty in America.
本届政府必须对导致美国贫困日益严重的政策负责。
There are now 34 million people in poverty , 15 percent of our nation.
现在有 3400 万人处于贫困之中，占全国的 15%。
23 million are White; 11 million Black , Hispanic , Asian , and others -- mostly women and children.
2300万是白人； 1100 万黑人、西班牙裔、亚洲人和其他人——其中大部分是妇女和儿童。
By the end of this year , there will be 41 million people in poverty.
到今年年底，贫困人口将达到4100万人。
We cannot stand idly by.
我们不能袖手旁观。
We must fight for a change now.
我们现在必须为改变而奋斗。
Under this regime we look at Social Security.
在这种制度下，我们着眼于社会保障。
The ’ 81 budget cuts included nine permanent Social Security benefit cuts totaling 20 billion over five years.
81 次预算削减包括 9 项永久性社会保障福利削减，五年内总计 200 亿美元。
Small businesses have suffered under Reagan tax cuts.
小企业因里根减税而遭受损失。
Only 18 percent of total business tax cuts went to them; 82 percent to big businesses.
他们只获得了营业税减免总额的 18%； 82% 给了大企业。
Health care under Mr. Reagan has already been sharply cut.
里根先生领导下的医疗保健已经大幅削减。
Education under Mr. Reagan has been cut 25 percent.
里根先生领导下的教育被削减了 25%。
Under Mr. Reagan there are now 9.7 million female head families.
在里根先生的领导下，现在有 970 万女性户主家庭。
They represent 16 percent of all families.
他们占所有家庭的 16%。
Half of all of them are poor.
他们中有一半是穷人。
70 percent of all poor children live in a house headed by a woman , where there is no man.
百分之七十的贫困儿童生活在以女性为户主、没有男性的房子里。
Under Mr. Reagan , the Administration has cleaned up only 6 of 546 priority toxic waste dumps.
在里根先生的领导下，政府只清理了 546 个优先有毒废物堆放场中的 6 个。
Farmers ’ real net income was only about half its level in 1979.
农民实际纯收入只有1979年水平的一半左右。
Many say that the race in November will be decided in the South.
许多人说，11月的比赛将在南方决出胜负。
President Reagan is depending on the conservative South to return him to office.
里根总统依靠保守的南方来让他重新就职。
But the South , I tell you , is unnaturally conservative.
但我告诉你，南方是不自然的保守。
The South is the poorest region in our nation and , therefore , [has] the least to conserve.
南方是我们国家最贫穷的地区，因此，需要保护的地区最少。
In his appeal to the South , Mr. Reagan is trying to substitute flags and prayer cloths for food , and clothing , and education , health care , and housing.
在向南方发出的呼吁中，里根先生试图用旗帜和祈祷布来代替食品、衣服、教育、医疗保健和住房。
Mr. Reagan will ask us to pray , and I believe in prayer.
里根先生会要求我们祈祷，我相信祈祷。
I have come to this way by the power of prayer.
我是靠着祈祷的力量才走到这一步的。
But then , we must watch false prophecy.
但接下来，我们必须警惕错误的预言。
He cuts energy assistance to the poor , cuts breakfast programs from children , cuts lunch programs from children , cuts job training from children , and then says to an empty table , “ Let us pray.
他削减了对穷人的能源援助，削减了儿童的早餐计划，削减了儿童的午餐计划，削减了儿童的职业培训，然后对着一张空桌子说：“让我们祈祷。
” Apparently , he is not familiar with the structure of a prayer.
” 显然，他对祈祷文的结构并不熟悉。
You thank the Lord for the food that you are about to receive , not the food that just left.
你感谢主赐予你即将收到的食物，而不是刚刚剩下的食物。
I think that we should pray , but don ’ t pray for the food that left.
我认为我们应该祈祷，但不要为剩下的食物祈祷。
Pray for the man that took the food to leave.
为那个拿着食物离开的人祈祷。
We need a change.
我们需要改变。
We need a change in November.
十一月我们需要改变。
Under Mr. Reagan , the misery index has risen for the poor.
在里根先生的领导下，穷人的痛苦指数上升了。
The danger index has risen for everybody.
每个人的危险指数都上升了。
Under this administration , we ’ ve lost the lives of our boys in Central America and Honduras , in Grenada , in Lebanon , in nuclear standoff in Europe.
在本届政府的领导下，我们在中美洲、洪都拉斯、格林纳达、黎巴嫩、欧洲的核对峙中失去了我们的孩子。
Under this Administration , one-third of our children believe they will die in a nuclear war.
在本届政府领导下，我们三分之一的孩子相信他们将死于核战争。
The danger index is increasing in this world.
这个世界的危险指数正在增加。
All the talk about the defense against Russia; the Russian submarines are closer , and their missiles are more accurate.
所有关于防御俄罗斯的讨论；俄罗斯潜艇距离更近，导弹也更准确。
We live in a world tonight more miserable and a world more dangerous.
今晚我们生活在一个更加悲惨、更加危险的世界。
While Reaganomics and Reaganism is talked about often , so often we miss the real meaning.
虽然人们经常谈论里根经济学和里根主义，但我们常常忽略了其真正的含义。
Reaganism is a spirit , and Reaganomics represents the real economic facts of life.
里根主义是一种精神，里根经济学代表了生活中真实的经济事实。
In 1980 , Mr. George Bush , a man with reasonable access to Mr. Reagan , did an analysis of Mr. Reagan ’ s economic plan.
1980年，与里根先生有一定接触机会的乔治·布什先生对里根先生的经济计划进行了分析。
Mr. George Bush concluded that Reagan ’ s plan was “ voodoo economics.
乔治·布什先生得出的结论是，里根的计划是“巫术经济学”。
” He was right.
” 他是对的。
Third-party candidate John Anderson said “ a combination of military spending , tax cuts , and a balanced budget by ’ 84 would be accomplished with blue smoke and mirrors.
第三党候选人约翰·安德森 (John Anderson) 表示，“到 84 年，军费开支、减税和平衡预算的结合将在蓝色烟雾和镜子中实现。”
” They were both right.
” 他们都是对的。
Mr. Reagan talks about a dynamic recovery.
里根先生谈到了动态复苏。
There ’ s some measure of recovery.
有一些恢复措施。
Three and a half years later , unemployment has inched just below where it was when he took office in 1981.
三年半后，失业率已略低于他 1981 年上任时的水平。
There are still 8.1 million people officially unemployed; 11 million working only part-time.
仍有810万人正式失业； 1100 万人从事兼职工作。
Inflation has come down , but let ’ s analyze for a moment who has paid the price for this superficial economic recovery.
通货膨胀已经下降，但让我们分析一下谁为这种表面的经济复苏付出了代价。
Mr. Reagan curbed inflation by cutting consumer demand.
里根先生通过削减消费者需求来抑制通货膨胀。
He cut consumer demand with conscious and callous fiscal and monetary policies.
他通过有意识且冷酷的财政和货币政策削减消费者需求。
He used the Federal budget to deliberately induce unemployment and curb social spending.
他利用联邦预算故意引发失业并抑制社会支出。
He then weighed and supported tight monetary policies of the Federal Reserve Board to deliberately drive up interest rates , again to curb consumer demand created through borrowing.
随后，他权衡并支持美联储采取紧缩货币政策，刻意提高利率，再次抑制通过借贷创造的消费者需求。
Unemployment reached 10.7 percent.
失业率达到10.7%。
We experienced skyrocketing interest rates.
我们经历了飙升的利率。
Our dollar inflated abroad.
我们的美元在国外通货膨胀了。
There were record bank failures , record farm foreclosures , record business bankruptcies; record budget deficits , record trade deficits.
银行倒闭、农场丧失抵押品赎回权、企业破产数量创历史新高；创纪录的预算赤字，创纪录的贸易赤字。
Mr. Reagan brought inflation down by destabilizing our economy and disrupting family life.
里根先生通过破坏我们的经济稳定和扰乱家庭生活来降低通货膨胀。
He promised -- he promised in 1980 a balanced budget.
他在 1980 年承诺平衡预算。
But instead we now have a record 200 billion dollar budget deficit.
但我们现在却拥有创纪录的 2000 亿美元预算赤字。
Under Mr. Reagan , the cumulative budget deficit for his four years is more than the sum total of deficits from George Washington to Jimmy Carter combined.
里根先生执政四年的累计预算赤字比乔治·华盛顿到吉米·卡特的赤字总和还多。
I tell you , we need a change.
我告诉你，我们需要改变。
How is he paying for these short-term jobs?
他如何支付这些短期工作的费用？
Reagan ’ s economic recovery is being financed by deficit spending -- 200 billion dollars a year.
里根的经济复苏是通过每年 2000 亿美元的赤字支出来资助的。
Military spending , a major cause of this deficit , is projected over the next five years to be nearly 2 trillion dollars , and will cost about 40 , 000 dollars for every taxpaying family.
军费开支是造成赤字的主要原因，预计未来五年将接近 2 万亿美元，每个纳税家庭将花费约 40, 000 美元。
When the Government borrows 200 billion dollars annually to finance the deficit , this encourages the private sector to make its money off of interest rates as opposed to development and economic growth.
当政府每年借债 2000 亿美元来弥补赤字时，这会鼓励私营部门通过利率而不是发展和经济增长来赚钱。
Even money abroad , we don ’ t have enough money domestically to finance the debt , so we are now borrowing money abroad , from foreign banks , governments and financial institutions: 40 billion dollars in 1983; 70-80 billion dollars in 1984 -- 40 percent of our total; over 100 billion dollars -- 50 percent of our total -- in 1985.
即使是国外的钱，我们国内也没有足够的钱来偿还债务，所以我们现在向国外借钱，从外国银行、政府和金融机构：1983年是400亿美元；1983年是400亿美元； 1984 年为 70-800 亿美元——占总额的 40%； 1985 年超过 1000 亿美元——占总额的 50%。
By 1989 , it is projected that 50 percent of all individual income taxes will be going just to pay for interest on that debt.
到 1989 年，预计所有个人所得税的 50% 将仅用于支付债务利息。
The United States used to be the largest exporter of capital , but under Mr. Reagan we will quite likely become the largest debtor nation.
美国曾经是最大的资本输出国，但在里根先生的领导下，我们很可能成为最大的债务国。
About two weeks ago , on July the 4th , we celebrated our Declaration of Independence , yet every day supply-side economics is making our nation more economically dependent and less economically free.
大约两周前，即 7 月 4 日，我们庆祝了《独立宣言》，但供给侧经济学每天都在使我们的国家在经济上更加依赖，在经济上更加自由。
Five to six percent of our Gross National Product is now being eaten up with President Reagan ’ s budget deficits.
我们的国民生产总值的百分之五到六现在被里根总统的预算赤字所吞噬。
To depend on foreign military powers to protect our national security would be foolish , making us dependent and less secure.
依靠外国军事力量来保护我们的国家安全是愚蠢的，这会让我们变得依赖和不安全。
Yet , Reaganomics has us increasingly dependent on foreign economic sources.
然而，里根经济学使我们越来越依赖外国经济来源。
This consumer-led but deficit-financed recovery is unbalanced and artificial.
这种由消费者主导但由赤字融资的复苏是不平衡且人为的。
We have a challenge as Democrats to point a way out.
作为民主党人，我们面临着指出出路的挑战。
Democracy guarantees opportunity , not success.
民主保证的是机会，而不是成功。
Democracy guarantees the right to participate , not a license for either a majority or a minority to dominate.
民主保证参与权，而不是允许多数人或少数人占主导地位。
The victory for the Rainbow Coalition in the Platform debates today was not whether we won or lost , but that we raised the right issues.
彩虹联盟今天在纲领辩论中的胜利不在于我们输赢，而在于我们提出了正确的问题。
We could afford to lose the vote; issues are non-negotiable.
我们可以承受失去选票的后果；问题是不容谈判的。
We could not afford to avoid raising the right questions.
我们无法避免提出正确的问题。
Our self-respect and our moral integrity were at stake.
我们的自尊和道德诚信受到威胁。
Our heads are perhaps bloody , but not bowed.
我们的头也许沾满了血，但我们没有低下头。
Our back is straight.
我们的背是挺直的。
We can go home and face our people.
我们可以回家面对我们的人民。
Our vision is clear.
我们的愿景很明确。
When we think , on this journey from slave-ship to championship , that we have gone from the planks of the Boardwalk in Atlantic City in 1964 to fighting to help write the planks in the platform in San Francisco in ’ 84 , there is a deep and abiding sense of joy in our souls in spite of the tears in our eyes.
当我们想到，在这段从奴隶到冠军的旅程中，我们从 1964 年大西洋城木板路的木板走到 84 年为帮助书写旧金山平台上的木板而奋斗时，尽管我们眼中含着泪水，但我们的灵魂深处却有一种深深而持久的喜悦感。
Though there are missing planks , there is a solid foundation upon which to build.
虽然缺少木板，但建造的基础却很坚实。
Our Party can win , but we must provide hope which will inspire people to struggle and achieve; provide a plan that shows a way out of our dilemma and then lead the way.
我们党可以胜利，但我们必须提供希望，激励人们奋斗、取得成就；提供一个计划，为我们指明摆脱困境的出路，然后引领我们前进。
In 1984 , my heart is made to feel glad because I know there is a way out -- justice.
1984年，我的内心感到庆幸，因为我知道有一条出路——正义。
The requirement for rebuilding America is justice.
重建美国的要求是正义。
The linchpin of progressive politics in our nation will not come from the North; they , in fact , will come from the South.
我们国家进步政治的关键不会来自北方；而是来自北方。事实上，他们将来自南方。
That is why I argue over and over again.
这就是我一次又一次争论的原因。
We look from Virginia around to Texas , there ’ s only one black Congressperson out of 115.
从弗吉尼亚州到德克萨斯州，115 名国会议员中只有一名黑人。
Nineteen years later , we ’ re locked out of the Congress , the Senate and the Governor ’ s mansion.
十九年后，我们被锁在国会、参议院和州长官邸之外。
What does this large black vote mean?
这么大的黑人选票意味着什么？
Why do I fight to win second primaries and fight gerrymandering and annexation and at-large [elections].
为什么我要为赢得第二次初选而奋斗，并与不公正划分选区、吞并和普选[选举]作斗争。
Why do we fight over that?
我们为什么要为此争吵？
Because I tell you , you cannot hold someone in the ditch unless you linger there with them.
因为我告诉你，除非你和他们一起徘徊，否则你无法将某人困在沟里。
Unless you linger there.
除非你在那里徘徊。
If you want a change in this nation , you enforce that Voting Rights Act.
如果你想改变这个国家，你就执行投票权法案。
We ’ ll get 12 to 20 Black , Hispanics , female and progressive congresspersons from the South.
我们将从南方选出 12 至 20 名黑人、西班牙裔、女性和进步派国会议员。
We can save the cotton , but we ’ ve got to fight the boll weevils.
我们可以拯救棉花，但我们必须对抗棉铃象甲虫。
We ’ ve got to make a judgment.
我们必须做出判断。
We ’ ve got to make a judgment.
我们必须做出判断。
It is not enough to hope ERA will pass.
仅仅希望 ERA 能够通过还不够。
How can we pass ERA?
怎样才能通过ERA？
If Blacks vote in great numbers , progressive Whites win.
如果黑人投票人数较多，进步的白人就会获胜。
It ’ s the only way progressive Whites win.
这是进步白人获胜的唯一途径。
If Blacks vote in great numbers , Hispanics win.
如果黑人投票人数较多，西班牙裔就会获胜。
When Blacks , Hispanics , and progressive Whites vote , women win.
当黑人、西班牙裔和进步白人投票时，女性获胜。
When women win , children win.
当女性获胜时，孩子们也会获胜。
When women and children win , workers win.
当妇女和儿童获胜时，工人就获胜。
We must all come up together.
我们必须齐心协力。
We must come up together.
我们必须一起上来。
For all of our joy and excitement , we must not save the world and lose our souls.
尽管我们充满喜悦和兴奋，但我们绝不能拯救世界而失去我们的灵魂。
We should never short-circuit enforcing the Voting Rights Act at every level.
我们决不应该在各个层面上忽视《投票权法》的执行。
When one of us rise[s] , all of us will rise.
当我们中的一个人崛起时，我们所有人都会崛起。
Justice is the way out.
正义是出路。
Peace is the way out.
和平才是出路。
We should not act as if nuclear weaponry is negotiable and debatable.
我们不应表现得好像核武器是可以谈判和争论的。
In this world in which we live , we dropped the bomb on Japan and felt guilty , but in 1984 other folks [have] also got bombs.
在我们生活的这个世界上，我们向日本投下原子弹并感到内疚，但在 1984 年，其他人也得到了原子弹。
This time , if we drop the bomb , six minutes later we , too , will be destroyed.
这次，如果我们投下炸弹，六分钟后我们也会被摧毁。
It ’ s not about dropping the bomb on somebody.
这并不是要向某人扔炸弹。
It is about dropping the bomb on everybody.
这是向每个人扔炸弹。
We must choose to develop minds over guided missiles , and think it out and not fight it out.
我们必须选择发展思想而不是制导导弹，并思考而不是战斗。
It ’ s time for a change.
是时候做出改变了。
Our foreign policy must be characterized by mutual respect , not by gunboat diplomacy , big stick diplomacy , and threats.
我们的外交政策必须以相互尊重为特点，而不是炮舰外交、大棒外交和威胁。
Our nation at its best feeds the hungry.
我们的国家尽最大努力养活饥饿的人。
Our nation at its worst , at its worst , will mine the harbors of Nicaragua , at its worst will try to overthrow their government , at its worst will cut aid to American education and increase the aid to El Salvador; at its worst , our nation will have partnerships with South Africa.
我们的国家在最糟糕的情况下，将在尼加拉瓜的港口布雷，在最糟糕的情况下将试图推翻他们的政府，在最糟糕的情况下将削减对美国教育的援助并增加对萨尔瓦多的援助；在最糟糕的情况下，我们的国家将与南非建立伙伴关系。
That ’ s a moral disgrace.
这是一种道德耻辱。
It ’ s a moral disgrace.
这是一种道德耻辱。
It ’ s a moral disgrace.
这是一种道德耻辱。
We look at Africa.
我们看看非洲。
We cannot just focus on Apartheid in Southern Africa.
我们不能只关注南部非洲的种族隔离。
We must fight for trade with Africa , and not just aid to Africa.
我们必须争取与非洲的贸易，而不仅仅是对非洲的援助。
We cannot stand idly by and say we will not relate to Nicaragua unless they have elections there , and then embrace military regimes in Africa overthrowing democratic governments in Nigeria and Liberia and Ghana.
我们不能袖手旁观，说我们不会与尼加拉瓜打交道，除非他们在那里举行选举，然后拥抱非洲的军事政权，推翻尼日利亚、利比里亚和加纳的民主政府。
We must fight for democracy all around the world and play the game by one set of rules.
我们必须在全世界争取民主，并按照一套规则进行游戏。
Peace in this world.
这个世界和平。
Our present formula for peace in the Middle East is inadequate.
我们目前的中东和平方案是不够的。
It will not work.
这是行不通的。
There are 22 nations in the Middle East.
中东有22个国家。
Our nation must be able to talk and act and influence all of them.
我们的国家必须能够说话、行动并影响他们所有人。
We must build upon Camp David , and measure human rights by one yard stick.
我们必须以戴维营为基础，用一码尺来衡量人权。
In that region we have too many interests and too few friends.
在那个地区，我们的利益太多，朋友太少。
There is a way out -- jobs.
有一个出路——就业。
Put America back to work.
让美国重返工作岗位。
When I was a child growing up in Greenville , South Carolina , the Reverend Sample used to preach every so often a sermon relating to Jesus.
当我还是个在南卡罗来纳州格林维尔长大的孩子时，牧师样本常常会讲道与耶稣有关。
And he said , “ If I be lifted up , I ’ ll draw all men unto me.
他说：“如果我被举起，我就会吸引所有人归向我。
” I didn ’ t quite understand what he meant as a child growing up , but I understand a little better now.
“小时候我不太明白他的意思，但现在我明白了一些。
If you raise up truth , it ’ s magnetic.
如果你提出真理，它就会具有吸引力。
It has a way of drawing people.
它有一种吸引人的方式。
With all this confusion in this Convention , the bright lights and parties and big fun , we must raise up the simple proposition: If we lift up a program to feed the hungry , they ’ ll come running; if we lift up a program to study war no more , our youth will come running; if we lift up a program to put America back to work , and an alternative to welfare and despair , they will come working.
鉴于本次大会中的所有这些混乱、明亮的灯光、派对和巨大的乐趣，我们必须提出一个简单的主张：如果我们提出一个为饥饿者提供食物的计划，他们就会跑来；如果我们提出一个计划来养活饥饿的人，他们就会跑来；如果我们不再开展研究战争的计划，我们的青春就会奔跑；如果我们实施一项让美国重返工作岗位的计划，并提供福利和绝望的替代方案，他们就会开始工作。
If we cut that military budget without cutting our defense , and use that money to rebuild bridges and put steel workers back to work , and use that money and provide jobs for our cities , and use that money to build schools and pay teachers and educate our children and build hospitals and train doctors and train nurses , the whole nation will come running to us.
如果我们在不削减国防的情况下削减军事预算，用这笔钱重建桥梁，让钢铁工人重返工作岗位，用这笔钱为我们的城市提供就业机会，用这笔钱建造学校、支付教师工资、教育我们的孩子、建造医院、培训医生和护士，那么整个国家都会来找我们。
As I leave you now , we vote in this convention and get ready to go back across this nation in a couple of days.
现在我要离开你们了，我们在这次大会上投票，并准备几天后返回全国。
In this campaign , I ’ ve tried to be faithful to my promise.
在这次竞选中，我努力忠实于我的承诺。
I lived in old barrios , ghettos , and reservations and housing projects.
我住在旧城区、贫民窟、保留地和住房项目中。
I have a message for our youth.
我有话要送给我们的年轻人。
I challenge them to put hope in their brains and not dope in their veins.
我挑战他们把希望寄托在他们的大脑中，而不是在他们的血管里。
I told them that like Jesus , I , too , was born in the slum.
我告诉他们，像耶稣一样，我也出生在贫民窟。
But just because you ’ re born in the slum does not mean the slum is born in you , and you can rise above it if your mind is made up.
但仅仅因为你出生在贫民窟并不意味着贫民窟与生俱来，如果你下定决心，你就可以超越贫民窟。
I told them in every slum there are two sides.
我告诉他们每个贫民窟都有两个方面。
When I see a broken window -- that ’ s the slummy side.
当我看到一扇破碎的窗户时——那就是肮脏的一面。
Train some youth to become a glazier -- that ’ s the sunny side.
培训一些年轻人成为一名玻璃工——这是阳光明媚的一面。
When I see a missing brick -- that ’ s the slummy side.
当我看到一块缺失的砖头时——那就是肮脏的一面。
Let that child in the union and become a brick mason and build -- that ’ s the sunny side.
让那个孩子加入工会，成为砖瓦匠并建造——这就是阳光的一面。
When I see a missing door -- that ’ s the slummy side.
当我看到一扇门不见了时——那就是肮脏的一面。
Train some youth to become a carpenter -- that ’ s the sunny side.
训练一些年轻人成为木匠——这是阳光明媚的一面。
And when I see the vulgar words and hieroglyphics of destitution on the walls -- that ’ s the slummy side.
当我看到墙上的粗俗文字和贫困的象形文字时——那就是贫民窟的一面。
Train some youth to become a painter , an artist -- that ’ s the sunny side.
培养一些年轻人成为画家、艺术家——这是阳光明媚的一面。
We leave this place looking for the sunny side because there ’ s a brighter side somewhere.
我们离开这个地方寻找阳光明媚的一面，因为某个地方还有更光明的一面。
I ’ m more convinced than ever that we can win.
我比以往任何时候都更加相信我们能够获胜。
We will vault up the rough side of the mountain.
我们将跳上山的崎岖一侧。
We can win.
我们能赢。
I just want young America to do me one favor , just one favor.
我只希望年轻的美国帮我一件事情，只是一件事情。
Exercise the right to dream.
行使梦想的权利。
You must face reality -- that which is.
你必须面对现实——事实就是如此。
But then dream of a reality that ought to be -- that must be.
但梦想应该是——必须是的现实。
Live beyond the pain of reality with the dream of a bright tomorrow.
带着光明明天的梦想，超越现实的痛苦。
Use hope and imagination as weapons of survival and progress.
使用希望和想象力作为生存和进步的武器。
Use love to motivate you and obligate you to serve the human family.
用爱来激励你，让你有义务为人类大家庭服务。
Young America , dream.
年轻的美国，梦想。
Choose the human race over the nuclear race.
选择人类而不是核竞赛。
Bury the weapons and don ’ t burn the people.
埋掉武器，不要烧伤人民。
Dream -- dream of a new value system.
梦想——梦想一个新的价值体系。
Teachers who teach for life and not just for a living; teach because they can ’ t help it.
教师的教学是为了终身而不仅仅是为了生计；教书是因为他们无能为力。
Dream of lawyers more concerned about justice than a judgeship.
梦想律师比法官更关心正义。
Dream of doctors more concerned about public health than personal wealth.
梦见医生更关心公共健康而不是个人财富。
Dream of preachers and priests who will prophesy and not just profiteer.
梦想传教士和牧师会预言，而不仅仅是奸商。
Preach and dream!
传教和梦想！
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
Suffering breeds character.
苦难孕育品格。
Character breeds faith.
性格孕育信仰。
In the end , faith will not disappoint.
最终，信念不会让人失望。
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
Our faith , hope , and dreams will prevail.
我们的信念、希望和梦想将会获胜。
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
Weeping has endured for nights , but now joy cometh in the morning.
哭泣已经持续了一夜，但现在早晨就会迎来欢乐。
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
No grave can hold our body down.
任何坟墓都不能压垮我们的身体。
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
No lie can live forever.
没有任何谎言可以永远存在。
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
We must leave racial battle ground and come to economic common ground and moral higher ground.
我们必须离开种族战场，走向经济共同点和道德制高点。
America , our time has come.
美国，我们的时代已经到来。
We come from disgrace to amazing grace.
我们从耻辱走向奇妙的恩典。
Our time has come.
我们的时代到了。
Give me your tired , give me your poor , your huddled masses who yearn to breathe free and come November , there will be a change because our time has come.
给我你们的疲惫，给我你们的贫穷，你们拥挤的群众，他们渴望自由呼吸，十一月到来，将会发生变化，因为我们的时代已经到来。