我们的方案需要劳动男工和女工们亲手挖掘潜力才得以建成，正是他们掏出了五美元、十美元或二十美元的有限积蓄支持了这项事业。我们的方案通过那些拒绝将情感淡漠一代的胡说八道强加在他们身上的年轻人得以加强；通过那些抛家舍业、辛苦工作却收入甚微、缺乏睡眠的人得以加强；通过那些老大不小却还要冒酷暑、顶寒风敲开完全陌生人家门的人得以加强；通过数以百万计的美国自愿者和组织者、两个多世纪以来的见证者和人民的政府、人民大众和为了让人民大众不会从地球上消失的名义得以加强。这是你们的胜利。
　　　　I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t do it for me. 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.
　　我知道你们这样做不仅仅是为了赢得一场选举，我也知道你们这样做不仅仅是为了我个人。你们这样做是因为艰巨的任务就摆在眼前。苟有今夜举杯时，不忘明日事何急，我们将勇敢面对此生此世最为巨大的挑战——那将是两场战争，一场是我们的星球面临危险的挑战，另一场战争就是我们将遭受一个世纪以来最为严重的金融危机。
　　　　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. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
　　今夜此时站在这里，我们深知还有许多勇敢的美国人冒着生命的危险为了我们才刚刚在伊拉克沙漠中和阿富汗斯坦的群山中醒来。无数的美国父母安抚孩子们入睡后自己却仍然难以入眠，他们为如何面对抵押贷款、如何支付医生的账单或者如何攒足孩子上大学的学费而寝食难安。我们必须有新的能源加以利用，我们还必须创造出新的工作机会来；我们去必须建设新的学校，去面对新的威胁，去完善新的同盟。
　　The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.
　　前路虽漫长，攀登勇敢上。或许我们需要一年甚至一个时期才能达到那里，但是只要一想起美国——我从未像今晚这样对攀登顶点感到充满了希望。我向你们承诺——我们会团结得像一个人那样胜利完成登顶的。
　　There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
　　总有许多挫折和欺诈需要我们去面对。也仍会有不少人不愿意赞成我出任总统后所做出的每一种决策和政策，我们也很清楚政府并不能解决所有的问题。但我会永远诚实地与你们一道去面对挑战。我会倾听你们的呼声，尤其是我们并不赞同的呼声。最为关键的是，我将邀请你们加入到沿着二百二十一年来那条被唯一确定了的道路去重造我们伟大国家的行列中来——让我们一砖一瓦地，一瓦一砖地，用我们布满老茧的双手去建设我们的家园。liuxuepaper.com