American Rhetoric: James McGreevey - Resignation Speech | jamesmcgreeveyresignation
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Throughout my life I have grappled with my own identity -- who I am.
在我的一生中，我一直在努力解决自己的身份——我是谁。
As a young child, I often felt ambivalent, in fact, confused.
当我还是个小孩子的时候，我经常感到矛盾，事实上，很困惑。
By virtue of my traditions and my community, I worked hard to ensure that I was accepted as part of the traditional family of America.
凭借我的传统和社区，我努力工作以确保我被接受为美国传统家庭的一部分。
I married my first wife, Kari, out of respect and love.
出于尊重和爱，我娶了我的第一任妻子卡丽。
And together, we have a wonderful, extraordinary daughter.
我们共同拥有一个出色、非凡的女儿。
Kari then chose to return to British Columbia.
卡里随后选择返回不列颠哥伦比亚省。
I then had the blessing of marrying Dina, whose love and joy for life has been an incredible source of strength for me.
然后我有幸嫁给了迪娜，她对生活的爱和快乐一直是我难以置信的力量源泉。
And together, we have the most beautiful daughter.
我们一起拥有最美丽的女儿。
Yet, from my early days in school, until the present day, I acknowledged some feelings, a certain sense that separated me from others.
然而，从我上学的初期，直到今天，我承认一些感觉，一种将我与其他人分开的感觉。
But because of my resolve, and also thinking that I was doing the right thing, I forced what I thought was an acceptable reality onto myself, a reality which is layered and layered with all the, quote, "good things," and all the, quote, "right things" of typical adolescent and adult behavior.
但由于我的决心，并且也认为我正在做正确的事情，我将我认为可以接受的现实强加给自己，这个现实是分层的，包含所有典型的青少年和成人行为的“好事情”和所有“正确的事情”。
Yet, at my most reflective, maybe even spiritual level, there were points in my life when I began to question what an acceptable reality really meant for me.
然而，在我最反思的、甚至是精神层面上，我生命中的某些时刻开始质疑可接受的现实对我来说到底意味着什么。
Were there realities from which I was running?
我是否在逃避现实？
Which master was I trying to serve?
我想侍奉哪位主人？
I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake.
我不相信上帝仅仅为了自己的缘故而折磨任何人。
I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.
我相信上帝使万事万物都能为了更大的利益而运转。
And this, the 47th year of my life, it is arguably too late to have this discussion.
今年是我人生的第 47 年，现在进行这个讨论可以说已经太晚了。
But it is here, and it is now.
但它就在这里，而且就是现在。
At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is.
每个人生命中的某个时刻，都必须深入审视自己灵魂的镜子，决定自己在世界上独一无二的真理，不是我们想看到的或希望看到的，而是事实本身。
And so my truth is that I am a gay American.
所以我的真相是我是一名美国同性恋者。
And I am blessed to live in the greatest nation with the tradition of civil liberties, the greatest tradition of civil liberties in the world, in a country which provides so much to its people.
我很幸运能够生活在一个拥有公民自由传统的最伟大的国家，这是世界上最伟大的公民自由传统，一个为人民提供了如此多的东西的国家。
Yet, because of the pain and suffering and anguish that I have caused to my beloved family, my parents, my wife, my friends, I would almost rather have this moment pass.
然而，由于我给我深爱的家人、我的父母、我的妻子、我的朋友带来了痛苦、磨难和痛苦，我宁愿让这一刻过去。
For this is an intensely personal decision, and not one typically for the public domain.
因为这是一项非常个人的决定，通常不适合公共领域。
Yet, it cannot and should not pass.
然而，它不能也不应该通过。
I am also here today because, shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affair with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony.
我今天来到这里也是因为，可耻的是，我与另一个男人发生了成人双方同意的婚外情，这违反了我的婚姻纽带。
It was wrong.
这是错误的。
It was foolish.
这是愚蠢的。
It was inexcusable.
这是不可原谅的。
And for this, I ask the forgiveness and the grace of my wife.
为此，我请求我妻子的原谅和恩典。
She has been extraordinary throughout this ordeal, and I am blessed by virtue of her love and strength.
在这场磨难中，她表现得非常出色，我因她的爱和力量而受到祝福。
I realize the fact of this affair and my own sexuality if kept secret leaves me, and most importantly the governor's office, vulnerable to rumors, false allegations, and threats of disclosure.
我意识到这件事的事实和我自己的性取向如果保密的话，我，最重要的是州长办公室，很容易受到谣言、虚假指控和披露威胁的影响。
So I am removing these threats by telling you directly about my sexuality.
因此，我通过直接告诉你我的性取向来消除这些威胁。
Let me be clear, I accept total and full responsibility for my actions.
让我明确一点，我对自己的行为承担全部责任。
However, I am required to -- to do now, to do what is right to correct the consequences of my actions and to be truthful to my loved ones, to my friends and my family, and also to myself.
然而，我需要——现在就做，做正确的事来纠正我行为的后果，并对我所爱的人、我的朋友、我的家人以及我自己诚实。
It makes little difference that as governor I am gay.
作为州长，我是同性恋，这没什么区别。
In fact, having the ability to truthfully set forth my identity might have enabled me to be more forthright in fulfilling and discharging my constitutional obligations.
事实上，有能力如实陈述我的身份可能使我能够更加坦率地履行和履行我的宪法义务。
Given the circumstances surrounding the affair and its likely impact upon my family and my ability to govern, I have decided the right course of action is to resign.
考虑到这件事的情况及其对我的家庭和我的执政能力可能产生的影响，我决定正确的行动方针是辞职。
To facilitate a responsible transition, my resignation will be effective on November 15th of this year.
为了促进负责任的过渡，我的辞职将于今年 11 月 15 日生效。
I am very proud of the things we have accomplished during my administration.
我对我们在执政期间所取得的成就感到非常自豪。
And I want to thank humbly the citizens of the state of New Jersey for the privilege to govern.
我要谦虚地感谢新泽西州的公民给予我执政的特权。
Thank you.
谢谢。
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American Rhetoric.
美国修辞学。
HTML transcription by Michael E.
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Eidenmuller.
艾登米勒。