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第1篇 奧巴馬發(fā)表講話悼念南非國父曼德拉逝世英語演講稿
at his trial in 1964, nelson mandela closed his statement from the dock saying, 'i have foughtagainst white domination, and i have fought against black domination. i have cherished theideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and withequal opportunities. it is an ideal which i hope to live for and to achieve. but if needs be, it isan ideal for which i am prepared to die.'
納爾遜·曼德拉在1964年接受審判時在被告席上結(jié)束他的陳述時說：“我曾為反對白人統(tǒng)治而斗爭，也曾為反對黑人統(tǒng)治而斗爭。我一直珍藏著一個民主、自由的社會理想，讓所有人都生活在一個和諧共處、機會均等的社會中。我希望為這個理想而生并將其付諸實現(xiàn)。但是，如果需要，我也愿為這樣一個理想獻出生命。”
and nelson mandela lived for that ideal, and he made it real. he achieved more than could bee_pected of any man. today, he has gone home. and we have lost one of the most influential,courageous, and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on thisearth. he no longer belongs to us -- he belongs to the ages.
納爾遜·曼德拉為這個理想而生，并將其變成現(xiàn)實。他的成就超出了我們能夠寄望于任何一個人去取得的。今天，他安息了。而我們失去了一位我們?nèi)魏我粋€人能在這個地球上與之共渡時光的人中，最有影響力、最有勇氣、最無比善良的一位。他不再屬于我們——他屬于一個時代。
through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom ofothers, madiba transformed south africa -- and moved all of us. his journey from a prisonerto a president embodied the promise that human beings -- and countries -- can change for thebetter. his commitment to transfer power and reconcile with those who jailed him set ane_ample that all humanity should aspire to, whether in the lives of nations or our own personallives. and the fact that he did it all with grace and good humor, and an ability toacknowledge his own imperfections, only makes the man that much more remarkable. as heonce said, 'i am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.'
曼德拉以其強烈的尊嚴和為了他人的自由不惜犧牲自己的自由的不折的意志，改變了南非的面貌，并感動了我們所有人。他從一名囚徒變成一位總統(tǒng)的歷程體現(xiàn)了全人類——以及各個國家——都能變得更美好的希望。他移交權(quán)力并同那些關(guān)押他的人和解的承諾，樹立了一個全人類都應當追求的典范，不論是在國家生活中，還是在我們的個人生活中。而他在做到這一切時還能保持風度和幽默，以及承認自己的不足的能力，這使他更加卓爾不群。他曾說過：“我不是一個圣人，除非你們認為圣人是一個不斷努力的罪人。”
i am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from nelson mandela's life. my veryfirst political action, the first thing i ever did that involved an issue or a policy or politics, was aprotest against apartheid. i studied his words and his writings. the day that he was releasedfrom prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they’re guided by their hopesand not by their fears. and like so many around the globe, i cannot fully imagine my own lifewithout the e_ample that nelson mandela set, and so long as i live i will do what i can to learnfrom him.
在被納爾遜·曼德拉的經(jīng)歷所激勵的億萬人中，我是其中一員。我的第一次政治行動——我所做的與一項議題或政策或政治有關(guān)的第一件事——就是抗議種族歧視。 我認真研讀了他的話和他的著作。他走出監(jiān)獄的那一天，我認識到人類能夠在自己的希望——而不是恐懼——引領(lǐng)下所能成就的事業(yè)。正如全球各地許許多多的人一 樣，我無法充分想象沒有納爾遜·曼德拉的榜樣我的生活會是怎樣。在我的有生之年，我將盡最大努力向他學習。
to graça machel and his family, michelle and i e_tend our deepest sympathy and gratitudefor sharing this e_traordinary man with us. his life’s work meant long days away from thosewho loved him the most. and i only hope that the time spent with him these last few weeksbrought peace and comfort to his family.
米歇爾和我謹向格拉薩·馬歇爾和曼德拉的家人致以最深沉的慰唁，并感謝他們與我們分享這位不平凡的人。他的畢生努力意味著長年累月遠離最愛他的人們。我真切地希望與他共同度過的最后這幾個星期為他的家人帶來了平靜與安慰。
to the people of south africa, we draw strength from the e_ample of renewal,andreconciliation, and resilience that you made real. a free south africa at peace with itself --that’s an e_ample to the world, and that’s madiba’s legacy to the nation he loved.
對南非人民，我們要說，你們通過重生、和解與堅毅樹立的榜樣給了我們力量。一個自由、和平的南非——這是世界的榜樣，這是“馬迪巴”(曼德拉的家族名)為他所熱愛的國家留下的遺產(chǎn)。
we will not likely see the likes of nelson mandela again. so it falls to us as best we can toforward the e_ample that he set: to make decisions guided not by hate, but by love; to neverdiscount the difference that one person can make; to strive for a future that is worthy of hissacrifice.
我們可能難以再見到像納爾遜·曼德拉這樣的偉人。因此，我們的責任是盡我們所能把他樹立的榜樣傳承下去：基于愛——而不是恨——來作決定;永遠不要低估一個人所能帶來的變化;努力建設一個無愧于他的犧牲的未來。
for now, let us pause and give thanks for the fact that nelson mandela lived -- a man who tookhistory in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice. may god bless hismemory and keep him in peace.
現(xiàn)在，讓我們停下來，為納爾遜·曼德拉曾經(jīng)活著而表達我們的感激之情——他用雙手握住歷史，把道德宇宙的長虹折向正義。愿上帝保佑他的記憶，使他安息。
第2篇 南非副總統(tǒng)馬拉福薩2022年圣誕英語演講稿
fellow south africans,
we are nearing the end of another momentous year in the history of our young democracy.
this year has taken us closer to the achievement of a non-racial, non-se_ist, democraticsouth africa in which all of us, black and white, can live in peace, harmony and prosperity.
this is a time when we should collectively reflect on the progress made during the year andcommit ourselves further to address the challenges that face our country and its people.
we do so with a view to consolidating the gains we have thus far made while sparing neitherstrength nor effort in confronting the challenges facing our country, which are poverty,unemployment and inequality.
in a difficult global economic environment, we have been working very hard to strengthenour economy through investment in infrastructure, providing support to key industrial sectors,and developing our agricultural value chain.
working together, we have stabilised the supply of electricity to our homes, to our schools,hospitals, factories and businesses.
working together again with our key role players in labour, business, communities andgovernment, we have made significant progress towards the introduction of a national minimumwage as one of the key mechanisms that will enable us to reduce income inequality.
these deliberations have been part of a broader process among all social partners to improvethe labour relations environment in our country, which we e_pect to complete in the new year.
president jacob zuma has led an important engagement with major stakeholders in addressingkey issues arising from students’ protests around the cost of higher education.
we are confident that working together with students organisations and management we willfind long-term solutions to all these challenges.
working together as south africans, we will be able to realise the call that was made in thefreedom charter for higher education and technical training to be open to all south africans.
it is a matter of concern that largely peaceful protest has on occasion been marred by thedestruction of critical property of schools, libraries, clinics and damage to other communityinfrastructure.
as a society, we need to remain resolute in our conviction that in a democratic society whichwe are, protest must take place within the framework of the law.
we must work together to protect these community structures, which are really assets of ourpeople, for the benefit of future generations.
as part of the african union, we continue to work within the framework of agenda 2063 toensure the political and economic renewal of our continent based on good political andeconomic governance.
working together with sister countries in sadc, we have continued to consolidate regionalintegration efforts, which will add momentum towards building united, prosperous and betterafrica.
inspired by the vision of providing african solutions to african problems, we remain part ofefforts by sadc, the african union, regional economic communities and indeed the un to helpbring peace and stability in those countries that are still afflicted by conflict. these countriesinclude the kingdom of lesotho, burundi and south sudan.
as part of the family of nations and working together with like-minded countries, we havepersisted in our efforts to bring about a fundamental transformation of the united nationsand other institutions of global governance.
our country participated at the highest level in the cop 21 climate change conference in paris.
we have begun to feel the effects of climate change, which is impacting on security of ourwater, food security and economic development.
we welcome every resolution taken by the international community to limit the effects ofclimate change on humanity as a whole and developing countries in particular.
south africa was honoured to recently host the first forum for china-africa cooperation, whichwas held on our soil as well as the african union summit earlier this year.
the hosting of events of these magnitudes, coupled with the world-class infrastructure at ourdisposal, is an e_pression of the confidence that the world has placed in our country and itspeople.
we take this opportunity to thank you all for your contributions in making south africa abetter place for all who live in it.
we e_tend our thoughts and prayers to those families who lost loved ones during the year. weshare in your pain and in your sorrow.
we salute our men and women in uniform who toil day and night to assure us of peace andsecurity in our homes and communities.
we thank our national sporting teams for continuing to proudly hoist our national flag ininternational sporting events.
your contribution to nation-building and social cohesion is deeply appreciated.
as we embark on journeys to our various destinations, let us ensure we observe the rules ofthe road. arrive alive must be a way of life for all south africans.
i thank you.
第3篇 南非首位黑人總統(tǒng)納爾遜·曼德拉總統(tǒng)就職英語演講稿
your majesties, your highnesses, distinguished guests, comrades and friends:
today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our countryand the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty.
out of the e_perience of an e_traordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be borna society of which all humanity will be proud.
our daily deeds as ordinary south africans must produce an actual south african reality thatwill reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of thehuman soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.
all this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well representedhere today.
to my compatriots, i have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attachedto the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of pretoria and themimosa trees of the bushveld.
each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal. thenational mood changes as the seasons change.
we are moved by a sense of joy and e_hilaration when the grass turns green and the flowersbloom.
that spiritual and physical oneness we all share with this common homeland e_plains thedepth of the pain we all carried in our hearts as we saw our country tear itself apart in a terribleconflict, and as we saw it spurned, outlawed and isolated by the peoples of the world,precisely because it has become the universal base of the pernicious ideology and practiceof racism and racial oppression.
we, the people of south africa, feel fulfilled that humanity has taken us back into its bosom,that we, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to behost to the nations of the world on our own soil.
we thank all our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession withthe people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, forhuman dignity.
we trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace,prosperity, non-se_ism, non-racialism and democracy.
we deeply appreciate the role that the masses of our people and their political massdemocratic, religious, women, youth, business, traditional and other leaders have played tobring about this conclusion. not least among them is my second deputy president, thehonourable f.w. de klerk.
we would also like to pay tribute to our security forces, in all their ranks, for thedistinguished role they have played in securing our first democratic elections and thetransition to democracy, from blood-thirsty forces which still refuse to see the light.
the time for the healing of the wounds has come.
the moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.
the time to build is upon us.
we have, at last, achieved our political emancipation. we pledge ourselves to liberate all ourpeople from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and otherdiscrimination.
we succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. we commitourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace.
we have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people.we enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all south africans, both blackand white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienableright to human dignity--a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.
as a token of its commitment to the renewal of our country, the new interim government ofnational unity will, as a matter of urgency, address the issue of amnesty for variouscategories of our people who are currently serving terms of imprisonment.
we dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the worldwho sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free.
their dreams have become reality. freedom is their reward.
we are both humbled and elevated by the honour and privilege that you, the people of southafrica, have bestowed on us, as the first president of a united, democratic, non-racial and non-se_ist south africa, to lead our country out of the valley of darkness.
we understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom.
we know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
we must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nationbuilding, for the birth of a new world.
let there be justice for all.
let there be peace for all.
let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfilthemselves.
never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again e_perience theoppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world.
let freedom reign.
the sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement!
god bless africa!
中文譯文：
陛下，殿下，尊貴的嘉賓，同胞們，朋友們：
今天，我們會聚于此，與我國和世界其他地方前來慶賀的人士一起，對新生的自由賦予光輝和希望。
這異常的人類悲劇太過漫長了，這經(jīng)驗孕育出一個令全人類引以自豪的社會。?作為南非的一介平民，我們?nèi)粘５囊慌e一動，都要為南非創(chuàng)造現(xiàn)實條件，去鞏固人類對正義的信念，增強人類對心靈深處高尚品德的信心，以及讓所有人保持對美好生活的期望。
對我的同胞，我可以毫不猶疑地說，我們每一個人都跟這美麗祖國的大地親密地牢不可分，就如紅木樹之于比勒陀利亞，含羞草之于灌木林。?我們對這共同的家鄉(xiāng)在精神上和肉體上有共同的感覺，當目睹國家因可怕的沖突而變得四分五裂，遭全球人民唾棄、孤立，特別是它成為惡毒的意識形態(tài)時，我們的內(nèi)心如此地痛苦。
我們南非人民，對全人類將我們再度納入懷抱，感到非常高興。不久之前，我們還遭全世界摒棄，而現(xiàn)在卻能在自己的土地上，招待各國的嘉賓。?我們非常感謝我國廣大人民，以及各方民主政治、宗教、婦女、青年、商業(yè)及其他方面領(lǐng)袖所作的貢獻，使我們?nèi)〉昧松鲜龅某删?。特別功不可沒的，是我的第二副總統(tǒng)——德克勒克先生。
治愈創(chuàng)傷的時候已經(jīng)來臨。消除分隔我們的鴻溝的時刻已經(jīng)來臨。創(chuàng)建的時機就在眼前。
我們終于取得了政治解放。我們承諾，會將依然陷于貧窮、剝削、苦難、受著性別及其他歧視的國人解放出來。
我們已成功地讓我們千千萬萬的國人的心中燃起希望。我們立下誓約，要建立一個讓所有南非人，不論是黑人還是白人，都可以昂首闊步的社會。他們心中不再有恐懼，他們可以肯定自己擁有不可剝奪的人類尊嚴——這是一個在國內(nèi)及與其他各國之間都保持和平的美好國度。
作為我國致力更新的證明，新的全國統(tǒng)一過渡政府的當務之急是處理目前在獄中服刑囚犯的特赦問題。
我們將今天獻給為我們的自由而獻出生命和作出犧牲的我國以至世界其他地方的英雄。
他們的理想現(xiàn)已成真，自由就是他們的報酬。
作為一個統(tǒng)一、民主、非種族主義和非性別主義的南非首任總統(tǒng)，負責帶領(lǐng)國家脫離黑暗的深谷。我們懷著既謙恭又欣喜的心情接受你們給予我們的這份榮譽與權(quán)利。
我們深信，自由之路從來都不易走。我們很清楚，沒有任何一個人可以單獨取得成功。
因此，為了全國和解，建設國家，為了一個新世界的誕生，我們必須團結(jié)成為一個民族，共同行動。
讓所有人得享正義。讓所有人得享和平。讓所有人得享工作、面包、水、鹽分。讓每個人都明白，每個人的身體、思想和靈魂都獲得了解放，從屬于自己。?這片美麗的土地永遠、永遠、永遠再不會經(jīng)歷人對人的壓迫，以及遭全球唾棄的屈辱。對于如此光輝的成就，太陽永不會停止照耀。
讓自由戰(zhàn)勝一切。愿上帝保佑南非!
