非常感谢

　　First of all, thank you

　　首先 谢谢你们

　　I thank you and Dr. Paula WhetselRibeau

　　谢谢你们 还有宝拉?威索尔里博博士

　　Thank you for meeting me outside with your daughter

　　谢谢你带着你女儿在外面接我

　　As a father of a grown daughter,

　　作为一个成年女儿的父亲

　　I wonder if you had shared my experience

　　我不知道你是否也有过我这样的经历

　　It's humbling, rewarding and occasionally frustrating to have a child who knows more than you do about everything

　　有一个比自己知道得更多的孩子既让人感到谦卑 欣慰 偶尔也会感到沮丧

　　I think she thought she did when she was in high school, but eventually it was true

　　我觉得她在上高中的时候是这么想的但最终确实成真了

　　I'm honored to be here

　　非常荣幸来到这儿

　　I thank you for the degree

　　感谢你们授予的学位

　　I thank Governor Wilder for his introduction

　　我要谢谢怀尔德州长所做的介绍

　　We've been friends for a long time

　　我们是多年的朋友了

　　We served together

　　我们曾共同为国尽职

　　I was impressed by his leadership as Governor of Virginia, and impressed by his servanthood when he went back to serve as mayor

　　他当弗吉尼亚州长时的领导力令我印象深刻他回到工作岗位上做起市长的奉献精神也给我留下了深刻印象

　　And I asked him, Doug, do you enjoy being the mayor?

　　我问他 道格 你喜欢当市长吗

　　He said, yeah I really like it

　　他说 嗯 我很喜欢

　　But he said, the good news is you're closer to the people

　　不过他还说 好消息是你可以更加接近百姓

　　The bad news is that you're just close enough for them to strangle if you mess up

　　坏消息是接近到足够他们在你把事情搞砸的时候把你掐死

　　I wanna say, how great it is for me to be here at Howard

　　我想谈谈能来到霍华德大学对我来说有多么重要

　　First, because in 2009 I was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma which was founded here 99 years ago

　　首先 是因为2009年我被接纳为99年前在此成立的Phi Beta Sigma兄弟会的荣誉成员