Hello, Chicago.
您好，芝加哥。
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are
possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still
questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
如果還有人對美國是否凡事都有可能存疑，還有人懷疑美國奠基者的夢想在我們所處的時代是否依然鮮活
，還有人質疑我們的民主制度的力量，那麽今晚，這些問題都有了答案。
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this
nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first
time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their
voices could be that difference.
這是設在學校和教堂的投票站前排起的前所未見的長隊給出的答案；是等了三四個小時的選民所給出的答
案，其中許多人都是有生以來第壹次投票，因為他們認定這壹次肯定會不壹樣，認為自己的聲音會是這次
大選有別於以往之所在。
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black,
white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans
who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or
a collection of red states and blue states.
這是所有美國人民***同給出的答案－－無論老少貧富，無論是民主黨還是***和黨，無論是黑人、白人、拉
美裔、亞裔、原住民，是同性戀者還是異性戀者、殘疾人還是健全人－－我們從來不是“紅州”和“藍州
”的對立陣營。
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
我們是美利堅合眾國這個整體，永遠都是。
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and
fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and
bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
長久以來，很多人壹再受到告誡，要對我們所能取得的成績極盡諷刺、擔憂和懷疑之能事，但這個答案讓
這些人伸出手來把握歷史，再次讓它朝向美好明天的希望延伸。
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this
election at this defining moment change has come to America.
已經過去了這麽長時間，但今晚，由於我們在今天、在這場大選中、在這個具有決定性的時刻所做的，美
國已經迎來了變革。
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen.
McCain.
我剛剛接到了麥凱恩參議員極具風度的致電。
Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder
for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot
begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless
leader.
他在這場大選中經過了長時間的努力奮鬥，而他為自己所深愛的這個國家奮鬥的時間更長、過程更艱辛。
他為美國做出了我們大多數人難以想像的犧牲，我們的生活也因這位勇敢無私的領袖所做出的貢獻而變得
更美好。
I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look
forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
我向他和佩林州長所取得的成績表示祝賀，我也期待著與他們壹起在未來的歲月中為復興這個國家的希望
而***同努力。
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke
for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train
home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
我要感謝我在這次旅程中的夥伴－－已當選美國副總統的拜登。他全心參與競選活動，為普通民眾代言，
他們是他在斯克蘭頓從小到大的夥伴，也是在他回特拉華的火車上遇到的男男女女。
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation’s next first lady Michelle Obama.
如果沒有壹個人的堅決支持，我今晚就不會站在這裏，她是我過去16年來最好的朋友、是我們壹家人的中
堅和我壹生的摯愛，更是我們國家的下壹位第壹夫人：米歇爾?奧巴馬(Michelle Obama)。
Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy
that's coming with us to the new White House.
薩莎(Sasha)和瑪麗亞(Malia)，我太愛妳們兩個了，妳們已經得到了壹條新的小狗，它將與我們壹起入駐
白宮。
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family
that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
雖然我的外祖母已經不在了，但我知道她與我的親人肯定都在看著我，因為他們，我才能擁有今天的成就
。今晚，我想念他們，我知道自己欠他們的無可計量。
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for
all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
我的妹妹瑪雅，我的妹妹阿爾瑪，我的所有其他的兄弟姐妹們，感謝妳們給了我這麽多的壹切支持，我感
謝他們。
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the
best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of
America.
和我的競選顧問大衛-Plouffe，此次競選的無名英雄，我認為，是他打造了美利堅合眾國歷史上最好的—
—最好的政治競選。
To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.
我的首席策略師大衛-阿克塞爾羅德，這條道路上每壹步都與我同行的夥伴。
To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen,
and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
政治史上最好的競選團隊－－是妳們成就了今天，我永遠感激妳們為實現今天的成就所做出的犧牲。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It
belongs to you.
但最重要的是，我永遠不會忘記這場勝利真正的歸屬－－它屬於妳們。
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many
endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the
backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5
and $10 and $20 to the cause.
我從來不是最有希望的候選人。壹開始，我們沒有太多資金，也沒有得到太多人的支持。我們的競選活動
並非誕生於華盛頓的高門華第之內，而是始於得梅因、康科德、查爾斯頓這些地方的普通民眾家中。我們
的競選活動能有今天的規模，是因為辛勤工作的人們從自己的微薄積蓄中拿出錢來，捐出壹筆又壹筆5美
元、10美元、20美元。
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy
who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
而競選活動的聲勢越來越大則是源自那些年輕人，他們拒絕接受認為他們這代人冷漠的荒誕說法；他們離
開家、離開親人，從事報酬微薄、極其辛苦的工作
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat
to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered
and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by
the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
同時也源自那些已經不算年輕的人們，他們冒著嚴寒酷暑，敲開陌生人的家門進行競選宣傳；更源自數百
萬的美國民眾，他們自動自發地組織起來，證明了在兩百多年以後，民有、民治、民享的政府並未從地球
上消失。
This is your victory.
這是妳們的勝利。
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
我知道妳們的所做所為並不只是為了贏得大選，我也知道妳們做這壹切並不是為了我。
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we
celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our
lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
妳們這樣做是因為妳們明白擺在面前的任務有多艱巨。因為即便我們今晚歡呼慶祝，我們也知道明天將面
臨我們壹生之中最為艱巨的挑戰－－兩場戰爭、壹個面臨危險的星球，還有百年來最嚴重的金融危機。
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of
Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
今晚站在此地，我們知道伊拉克的沙漠裏和阿富汗的群山中還有勇敢的美國士兵醒來，甘冒生命危險保護
著我們。
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder
how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's
college education.
會有在孩子熟睡後仍難以入眠的父母，擔心如何償還按揭月供、付醫藥費或是存夠錢送孩子上大學。