this election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. but one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who casther ballot in atlanta. she's a lot like the millions of others whostood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for onething: ann nixon cooper is 106 yearsold.
這次選舉有許多優(yōu)勢(shì)，許多故事，會(huì)被告知幾代人。但是，這在我腦海今晚的約一個(gè)女人誰(shuí)投她的選票在亞特蘭大。她就像數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)的其他人誰(shuí)站在線，使他們的聲音在這次選舉中除一件事：尼克松安庫(kù)珀是106歲。
she was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons-- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
她出生的一代剛剛過(guò)去的奴役;當(dāng)時(shí)有沒(méi)有汽車(chē)在道路上或飛機(jī)在天空中;當(dāng)有人能像她一樣不參加表決的原因有兩個(gè)-因?yàn)樗且幻樱捎谒念伾つw。
and tonight, i think about all that she's seen throughout her century in america -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that american creed: yes we can.
今晚，我想所有的，她在整個(gè)看到她在美國(guó)的世紀(jì)-在心痛和希望;的斗爭(zhēng)和取得的;的時(shí)候，我們被告知，我們不能，和人民誰(shuí)壓上與美國(guó)的信條：是我們能夠做到。
at a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. yes we can.
當(dāng)時(shí)婦女的聲音被壓制和他們的希望被駁回，她活著看到他們站起來(lái)，說(shuō)出并達(dá)成的選票。是我們能夠做到。
when there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a new deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. yes we can.
當(dāng)有絕望中的塵埃和抑郁一碗全國(guó)的土地，她看到一個(gè)民族征服恐懼本身的.新政，新的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)，一個(gè)新的共同使命感。是我們能夠做到。
when the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. yes we can.
當(dāng)炸彈落在我們的港口和***威脅世界，她在那里目睹了一代產(chǎn)生的偉大和***是保存。是我們能夠做到。
she was there for the buses in montgomery, the hoses in birmingham, a bridge in selma, and a preacher from atlanta who told a people that "we shall overcome." yes we can.
她在那里的巴士蒙哥馬利，軟管在英國(guó)伯明翰，橋梁塞爾瑪和傳教士從亞特蘭大誰(shuí)告訴人民，“我們克服。 ”是我們能夠做到。
a man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
一名男子降落在月球上，墻上下來(lái)在柏林，世界是連接我們自己的科學(xué)和想象力。
and this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in america, through the best oftimes and the darkest of hours, she knows how america can change.
今年，在這次選舉中，她談到她的手指到屏幕上，她和演員投票，因?yàn)?XX年后，在美國(guó)，通過(guò)最好的時(shí)候和最黑暗的時(shí)間，她知道怎樣可以改變美國(guó)。
yes we can.是我們能夠做到。
america, we have come so far. we have seen so much. but there is so much more to do. so tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live tosee the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as ann nixon cooper, what change will they see? what progress will we have made?
美國(guó)，我們來(lái)到迄今。我們已經(jīng)看到這么多。但有這么多事情要做。因此，今夜，讓我們反問(wèn)一下我們自己，如果我們的孩子能夠活到下個(gè)世紀(jì)；如果我的女兒能夠幸運(yùn)地活得像安-尼克森-庫(kù)珀那樣長(zhǎng)，他們將會(huì)看到什么樣的變化？我們那時(shí)將會(huì)取得什么樣的進(jìn)步？
this is our chance to answer that call. this is our moment.
這是我們來(lái)回答問(wèn)題的機(jī)會(huì)，這是我們的時(shí)刻。
this is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope.and where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: yes, we can.
這是我們的時(shí)代，要使我們的人民重新工作并將機(jī)會(huì)留給我們的子孫；重新恢復(fù)繁榮并促進(jìn)和平；回歸我們的美國(guó)夢(mèng)想并重申一個(gè)基本事實(shí)--在眾人之中，我們也是其中一個(gè)；當(dāng)我們呼吸，當(dāng)我們充滿希望的時(shí)候，我們?cè)庥隼涑盁嶂S和質(zhì)疑，那些人認(rèn)為我們無(wú)法做到。我們將用一句話來(lái)做出回應(yīng)：不，我們可以！
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