Weekly Address: Honoring the 70th Anniversary of V-E Day (May 08, 2015)

奧巴馬每周電視講話：總統發表講話紀念二戰歐洲戰場勝利70周年

Hello, everybody.Today marks an historic anniversary—70 years since the Allied victory in Europe during World War II.On V-E Day after the Nazi surrender, people swarmed the streets of London and Paris and Moscow, and the cloud of fear that had hung for so many years finally lifted. Here at home, from small towns to Times Square, crowds gathered in celebration, singing and dancing with joy.There would still be three more months of deadly fighting in the Pacific.But for a few hours, the world rejoiced in the hope of peace.

大家好！今天是個歷史性的日子，70年前的今天，盟軍取得了第二次世界大戰歐洲戰場的勝利。在這一天，納粹投降之后，人們涌上倫敦、巴黎和莫斯科的街頭，壓抑在心頭多年的恐懼終于煙消云散。在國內，從中小城市到紐約的時代廣場，人們蜂擁而至，載歌載舞，歡慶勝利。雖然太平洋戰場的戰斗還需要三個月后才徹底結束，但幾個小時后，全世界都對和平充滿了期待。

General Eisenhower announced the news with little fanfare.“The Mission of this Allied Force,” he said, “was fulfilled.” But his simple message belied the extraordinary nature of the Allied victory—and the staggering human loss.For over five years, brutal fighting laid waste to an entire continent.Mothers, fathers, children were murdered in concentration camps.By the time the guns fell silent in Europe, some 40 million people on the continent had lost their lives.

艾森豪威爾將軍毫不夸張地宣布：“盟軍的使命圓滿完成了。”但這句簡短信息的背后是盟軍艱苦卓絕的戰斗換來的勝利，以及大量的人員傷亡。在過去的那五年里，殘酷的戰斗遍及整個大陸。無數的人，他們當中有爸爸、媽媽、孩子在集中營被殺害。等到歐洲戰場的槍聲沉寂之時，已經有4000多萬人在這片土地上失去了自己的生命。

Today, we pay tribute to all who served.They were patriots, like my grandfather who served in Patton's Army—soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guard, merchant marines—and the women of the WACs and the WAVES and every branch.They risked their lives, and gave their lives so that we, the people the world over, could live free.They were women who stepped up in unprecedented numbers, manning the home front, and—like my grandmother—building bombers on assembly lines.

今天，我們要向所有為國服役的人們致敬。他們是愛國的英雄，我外公曾在巴頓將軍麾下服役，與他一樣還有很多士兵、水手、飛行員、海軍陸戰隊員、海岸警衛隊員、商船船員，還有陸軍婦女隊、海軍婦女隊和其它部隊的眾多女性。正是他們冒著生命危險，甚至犧牲了自己的生命，才讓我們，全世界的人們才能自由地生活。她們當中還包括無數挺身而出、奮戰的大后方的女性，像我外婆一樣，在生產線上制造轟炸機。

This was the generation that literally saved the world—that ended the war and laid a foundation for peace.

正是這一代人，真正挽救了這個世界，結束了戰爭，為世界和平奠定了基礎。

This was the generation that traded in their uniforms for a college education so they could marry their sweethearts, buy homes, raise children and build the strongest middle class the world has ever known.

正是這一代人，后來脫下軍裝走進學堂，并找到心愛的另一半，結婚買房，養兒育女，并成為享譽全球的最富足的中產階級一代。

This was the generation that included heroes like the Tuskegee Airmen, the Navajo Code Talkers and the Japanese-Americans of the 442nd Regiment—and who continued the fight for freedom here at home, expanding equality and opportunity and justice for minorities and women.

正是這一代人，涌現出了像塔斯克基飛行隊（紅色機尾）、納瓦霍密碼通信員（風語者）、442團的日裔美籍戰士們等等一批英雄，他們回國后還繼續為自由而奮斗，為少數族裔和婦女爭取平等權益和機會而奮斗。

We will be forever grateful for what these remarkable men and women did, for the selfless grace they showed in one of our darkest hours.But as we mark this 70th anniversary, let's not simply commemorate history.Let's rededicate ourselves to the freedoms for which they fought.

我們將永遠牢記這些非凡的人們所做的一切，在最為黑暗的時代所表現出來最無私的精神。在70周年紀念日的這一天，我們不僅要緬懷歷史，更要投身于他們為之奮斗的自由事業中去。

Let's make sure that we keep striving to fulfill our founding ideals—that we're a country where no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we love, if we work hard and take responsibility, every American will have the opportunity to make of our lives what we will.

讓我們繼續為實現我們的立國理想而奮斗：在這個國家，無論我們是誰、來自哪里、長成什么樣子、喜歡誰，只要我們努力工作，承擔義務，每個美國人都有機會實現自己的夢想。

Let's stand united with our allies, in Europe and beyond, on behalf of our common values—freedom, security, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law around the world—and against bigotry and hatred in all their forms so that we give meaning to that pledge: “Never forget.Never again.”

讓我們與歐洲和世界各地的盟友堅定地站在一起，牢記我們共同的價值觀：自由、安全、民主、人權、法治，反對一切形式的偏激與仇恨，正如我們在誓言中所說的：“永遠銘記，永不重演。”

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