公众人物毕业演讲 第110期:奥巴马美国军事学院(13)

 　　Our intelligence community has done outstanding work and we have to continue to protect sources and methods

　　情报部门的工作非常出色 我们需要继续保护情报来源和获取方法

　　But when we cannot explain our efforts clearly and publicly we face terrorist propaganda and international suspicion

　　但如果我们不能清楚地向公众解释各项行动 我们就会给恐怖主义宣传留下口实 就会面临国际上的质疑

　　we erode legitimacy with our partners and our people and we reduce accountability in our own government

　　我们在合作伙伴和人民心中的正当性就会受到侵蚀 我们政府的可靠性就会减弱

　　And this issue of transparency is directly relevant to a third aspect of American leadership

　　透明性的问题 直接相关于美国领导的第三个侧面

　　and that is our effort to strengthen and enforce international order

　　也就是我们维护和强化国际秩序的努力

　　After World War II, America had the wisdom to shape institutions to keep the peace and support human progress from NATO and the United Nations, to the World Bank and IMF

　　二战后 美国一直 拥有智慧 让各大机构能够有效维持和平 并支持人类进步 从北约和联合国 到世界银行和国际货币基金组织

　　These institutions are not perfect, but they have been a force multiplier

　　这些机构并不完美 但它们能够让我们力量倍增

　　They reduce the need for unilateral American action and increase restraint among other nations

　　它们减少了美国采取单边行动的必要性 增加了其它国家之间的约束

　　Now, just as the world has changed, this architecture must change as well

　　现在 随着世界的变化 这种构架也必须发生变化

　　At the height of the Cold War

　　在冷战最盛的时期

　　President Kennedy spoke about the need for a peace based upon "a gradual evolution in human institutions"

　　肯尼迪总统说和平需要依赖于 "人类机构的逐渐演化"

　　And evolving these international institutions to meet the demands of today must be a critical part of American leadership

　　让这些国际机构不断演化 以满足如今的需要 是美国领导的一个关键组成部分