梅姨离职演讲翻译

Ever since I first stepped through the door behind me as prime minister

自从我以首相的身份走进身后的那扇门以来

I have striven to make the united kingdom a country that works not just for a privileged few but for everyone and to honor the result of the EU referendum

我就一直在努力使英国成为一个不为特权阶级服务而只为人民大众服务的国家 也尊重脱欧公投的结果

Back in 2016, we gave the British people a choice.Against all predictions, the British people voted to leave the european union

回想2016年 我们给了英国人民公投的机会 可结果出乎意料 英国人民决定要离开欧盟。

I feel as certain today as I did three years ago

和三年前一样 我现在仍然对成功脱欧充满了信心

That in a democracy

在一个民主国家

if you give people a choice, you have a duty to implement what they decide

如果你让人民进行选择 你就有责任去执行他们做出的决定

I have done my best to do that I negotiated the? terms of our exit and a new relationship with our closest neighbors that protects jobs, our security and our union

我已经尽全力就脱欧议程进行谈判 与邻国（爱尔兰）建立新关系 力求保障就业以及国家安全

I have done everything I can to convince MPs to back that deal

我已经尽我所能说服议员们支持这项协议（MPs member of parliament）

Sadly, I have not been able to do so

但很遗憾的是 我没能做到这一点

I tried three times

我尝试了三次

I believe it was right to persevere even when the odds against success seemed high

我相信 即使成功的机会渺茫 坚持下去也是正确的决定

But it is now clear to me that it is in the best interests of the country

但是我现在明白为了国家最大的利益 是时候

for a new prime minister to lead that effort

让一位新的首相来领导这项工作

So I am today announcing that I will resignas leader of the conservative and unionist party

因此 今天我宣布 我将辞去保守党领袖一职

on Friday, the 7th of June

在6月7日 也就是星期五那天

So that a successor can be chosen

以便能更快地选出继任者

I've agreed with the party chairman and with the chairman of the 1922 committee

我同意党主席和1922年委员会（保守党国会议员委员会，起源于1922年）主席的意见

that the process for electing a new leader should begin in the following week

选举新领导人的程序将于下周开始

I have kept her Majesty the Queen fully informed of my intentions

我已经把我的意图全部告知于女王陛下

and I will continue to serve as her prime minister until the process has concluded

在这一进程结束之前 我将继续担任首相一职

It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver brexit

没能实现脱欧是永远让我深感遗憾的一件事

It will be for my successor to seek a way forward that honors the result of the referendum

我的继任者将会尊重公投结果并谋求新的方式来推进脱欧

To succeed, he or she will have to find consensusin Parliament where I have not

要想成功 他或她就必须在议会中找到***识 而这是我没能做到的

Such a consensus can only be reached, if those on all sides of the debate are willing to compromise

只有辩论各方都愿意妥协 才能达成这样的***识

For many years, the great humanitarian SirNicholas Winton

多年来 伟大的人道主义者尼古拉斯·温顿爵士

who saved the lives of hundreds of children

在二战时期拯救了数百名儿童的生命

by arranging their evacuation from Nazioccupied Czechoslovakia through the Kindertransport

安排他们通过难民儿童救援活动从纳粹占领的捷克斯洛伐克撤离

was my constituent in Maidenhead

他是我在梅登黑德的选民

At another time of political controversy, a few years before his death

在他去世前几年 那时也是政局不稳的时候

He took me to one side at a local event and gave me a piece of advice

在一次当地的活动中 他把我带到一边并给了我一个建议

He said

他对我说

Never forget that compromise is not a dirty word

永远不要忘记 妥协并不是一个肮脏的词

Life depends on compromise

生活离不开妥协

He was right

他是对的

As we strive to find the compromises we need in our politics

当我们在政治生涯中 努力寻找我们所需要做出的妥协时

whether to deliver brexit or to restore devolved government in northern ireland

无论是英国脱欧 还是恢复北爱尔兰政府的权力

We must remember what brought us here

我们都一定要记得我们的初心

Because the referendum was not just a call to leave the EU

因为公投不仅仅是一句呼吁脱欧的口号

but for profound change in our country

而是实实在在地为了 使我们国家进行深刻的变革

A call to make the United Kingdom a country that truly works for everyone

是为了让英国成为一个真正为每个人服务的国家

I'm proud of the progress we have made over the last three years

我为我在过去三年取得的成就而自豪

we have completed the work that David Cameron and George Osborne started

我们完成了大卫.卡梅隆(前首相，脱欧的直接原因，在当选前承诺进行一次脱欧公投以拉拢有脱欧诉求的选民)和乔治.奥斯本（前内阁财政大臣）没有完成的工作

the deficit is almost eliminated

财政赤字几乎消除

our national debt is falling and we are bringing an end to austerity

国家债务正在减少，经济紧缩的情况也快结束了

my focus has been on ensuring that the good jobs of the future will be created in communities across the whole country

我一直专注于在未来 为社会和整个国家提供良好的就业机会

not just in London and the southeast

不能仅局限在伦敦和东南部的地区

through our modern industrial strategy

通过执行现代工业战略

we have helped more people than ever enjoy the security of a job

我们已经帮助了比以往更多的人? 获得了可靠的工作

we are building more homes

我们正在建设更多的房子

and helping first-time buyers onto the housing ladder

给予首次购房者购房福利

so young people can enjoy the opportunities their parents did

这样年轻人就能像他们父母一样，享受更多机会

and we are protecting the environment

同时，我们正致力于环境保护

eliminating plastic waste, tackling climate change and improving air quality

消除塑料垃圾，应对气候变化，改善空气质量

this is what a decent, moderate andpatriotic Conservative government

这就是一个正派、温和、爱国的保守党政府

on the common ground of British politicscan achieve

在英国政治的***同基础上能实现的目标

even as we tackle the biggest peacetime challenge any government has faced

即使我们正在应对和平时期任何政府都在面临的最严峻的挑战

I know that the Conservative Party can renew itself in the years ahead

我坚信保守党一定可以在今后几年内重整旗鼓

that we can deliver brexit

我们可以实现脱欧

and serve the British people with policies inspired by our values

以我们的价值观为指导，为英国人民服务

security, freedom and opportunity

安全，自由和机会

those values have guided me throughout my career

这些价值观指引着我的整个政治生涯

but the unique privilege of this office is to use this platform to give a voice to the voiceless

但是我被政府所赋予的独有权力 是用来为弱者发声的

to fight the burning in justices that still scar our society

用来打击那些仍然破坏我们社会的不公平现象

that is why I put proper funding for mental health at the heart of our NHSlong（NHS:national health service） term plan

这就是我们把心理健康作为国家长期健康服务的核心 并投入了合适的基金

it's why I'm ending the postcode lottery for survivors of domestic abuse

这就是我为了家暴受害幸存者 终止邮编彩票（一种慈善彩票，用邮政编码开奖）的原因

it is why the race disparity audit and gender pay reporting are shining a light on inequality

这就是要曝光种族和性别歧视的原因

so it has nowhere to hide

这样不平等就无处可藏

and it is why I set up the independent public inquiry into the tragedy at Grenville Tower

这也是我们为什么为格伦维尔塔悲剧（伦敦的一栋居民楼，于17年发生严重火灾，死者72人）作独立公众调查的原因

to search for the truth so nothing like it can ever happen again

为了寻找真相，让这样的悲剧绝不会再发生

and so the people who lost their lives that night are never forgotten

在那晚遭遇不幸的人们永远不会被遗忘

because this country is a union

因为英国是一个同盟

not just a family of four nations

不仅仅是四个地区***同的家

but a union of people all of us

更是所有英国人民的同盟

whatever our background, the color of our skin or who we love

不管我们的背景、肤色或我们爱的人是谁

we stand together and together we have a great future

我们团结一心，创造一个更好的未来

our politics may be under strain

我们的政权可能备受压力

but there is so much that is good about this country

但英国仍然有很多的优点

so much to be proud of, so much to be optimistic about

还有很多值得骄傲的事，还有很多值得期待的事

I will shortly leave the job

我很快就离职了

that it has been the honor of my life to hold the second female prime minister

成为英国有史以来第二位女首相是我的荣幸

but certainly not the last

但肯定不是最后一任

I do so with no ill will

我这么做没有任何恶意

but with enormous and enduring gratitude

只是怀着深切难忍的感激之情

to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love

能够有机会服务我所热爱的国家