克林頓夫婦的政治雄心終結落幕
An emotional Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump deserved “the chance to lead” after his election victory, but acknowledged to her stunned supporters that it was “painful” to see her dream of winning the White House slip through her hands.
動情的希拉里.克林頓(Hillary Clinton)稱，贏得大選勝利的唐納德.特朗普(Donald Trump)應該獲得“領導的機會”，但是她向自己不知所措的支持者承認，看到她入主白宮的夢想從她指尖滑落是“痛苦的”。
In a speech in New York that she gave hours after conceding defeat, the Democratic candidate insisted that the tradition of a stable transition of power to a new president now needed to be respected.
在承認失敗數小時後在紐約發表的演講中，這位民主黨候選人堅稱，現在需要尊重向新總統平穩移交權力的傳統。
“We owe him [Mr Trump] an open mind and the chance to lead,” she said.
“我們欠他（特朗普）一個開放心態和領導的機會，”她稱。
But Mr Trump’s victory, which shocked the Clinton campaign, has left the former secretary of state struggling to come to terms with the second devastating defeat of her political career, following the loss to President Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries.
但是，令希拉里陣營震驚的特朗普的勝利，使得這位前國務卿難以接受她政治生涯中第二次毀滅性的打擊；第一次是在2008年黨內初選中輸給巴拉克.奧巴馬(Barack Obama)。
This time, however, there is no way back.
然而，這一次沒有捲土重來的機會。
Having stymied the chances of the Bush family returning to the White House during the Republican primaries, Mr Trump has delivered a final and fatal blow to the ambitions of the Clintons.
在共和黨黨內初選中扼殺布什家族重返白宮的可能性後，特朗普又對克林頓夫婦的雄心發出最終且致命的一擊。
The result has also damaged the legacy of Mr Obama and left Democrats pondering how they lost touch with so many who were considered their core voters in the industrial Midwest.
大選結果也損害了奧巴馬的政治遺產，並使民主黨人反思他們怎麼會在中西部工業腹地與被視爲該黨核心選民的人們脫節。
Mrs Clinton will also have to live with the reality that not only did she lose the White House, but that she did so to a political outsider whom she, Mr Obama and the entire Democratic party viewed as being uniquely unqualified for the presidency.
希拉里還將不得不接受這樣一個現實：她不僅輸掉了白宮，還輸給了一個被她、奧巴馬及整個民主黨認爲特別不夠格擔任總統的政壇局外人。
“To all the little girls watching, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world,” she said.
“對於所有觀看競選的小女孩來說，永遠不要懷疑你的價值和實力、並且你值得擁有世界上所有的機會和機遇，”她稱。
Instead of representing a historic breakthrough, Mrs Clinton’s candidacy never shook the impression that, having been a public figure for more than three decades, she was the representative of the status quo in a year when many voters demanded something different.
希拉里沒能代表歷史性的突破，她的候選人身份從未擺脫這樣一種印象：當了30多年公衆人物的她是現狀的代表，而今年衆多選民渴望改變。
Democrats will take comfort in the fact that Mrs Clinton won the popular vote for the sixth time in seven elections — a point that her vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine went out of his way to mention.
民主黨將得到安慰的事實是：希拉里在7次選舉中第6次贏得最多選票。她的副總統候選人蒂姆•凱恩(Tim Kaine)特意提到這一點。
But there will also be recriminations about the role played in the election by James Comey, the FBI director, who announced in late October that he was reopening an inquiry into emails connected to Mrs Clinton.
但是，也會有人指責美國聯邦調查局(FBI)局長詹姆斯.科米(James Comey)在選舉中扮演的角色。10月底，科米宣佈重新調查與希拉里有關的郵件。
“The anger at the leaked emails and WikiLeaks became part of the story and powerful motivators,” said Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster who worked on Mr Clinton’s 1992 campaign. “It [Mr Trump’s victory] was a cry of pain from voters who were tired of elites not getting how big a struggle life is and the corruption of money in politics.”
“對泄露郵件和維基解密(WikiLeaks)的憤怒成了故事的一部分和強大的動力，”曾爲1992年比爾.克林頓(Bill Clinton)競選效力的民主黨民調專家斯坦.格林伯格(Stan Greenberg)稱，“（特朗普的勝利）是選民痛苦的吶喊，他們厭倦了那些不懂民間疾苦的精英，厭倦了金錢對政治產生的腐敗影響。”
Mr Mr Trump’s victory is also a blow to Mr Obama, who said at one stage in the campaign that it would be a “personal insult” if black voters did not turn out in large numbers to support Mrs Clinton.
特朗普的勝利也打擊了奧巴馬，後者曾在一個競選集會上表示，如果黑人選民沒有大批投票支持希拉里，那將是對他本人的“侮辱”。
As well as seeing big parts of his legacy threatened, Mr Obama will face the indignity of handing over power to the figure who supported the “birther” movement that questioned whether the president was actually born in the US.
除了眼看着自己的相當大部分政治遺產受到威脅，奧巴馬將面對侮辱——把權力移交給一個支持“birther”（質疑奧巴馬是否真的出生在美國的人）運動的人物。
Speaking at the White House yesterday, Mr Obama promised to try to make the transition to a Trump administration as smooth as possible. He also said that “the country needs a sense of unity and inclusion and respect for our institutions”, adding that he hoped Mr Trump worked to achieve this.
奧巴馬昨天在白宮講話時，承諾嘗試儘可能平穩地向特朗普政府移交權力。他還稱“國家需要團結和包容以及對制度的尊重”，並補充稱，他希望特朗普努力實現這一點。
