《辐射：新维加斯》阿朗金博尔总统演讲翻译

首先，我要感谢摩尔上校，与到场的诸位。接下来，请允许我向为共和国无私奉献，不辞辛劳来到这里的加州同袍们致以诚挚的感谢。如果不是你们的努力，我将不可能站在这里，带来这次演讲。你们那不畏艰难险阻的奋战，时时刻刻准备为国捐躯的决心，是我国的人民将享受和平美满的生活的坚实依靠。千千万万像一等兵杰尔米·沃特森这样的优秀儿女，确保了内华达和新加州共和国的自由与稳定。沃特森出生在独松镇郊区的一间铁皮棚屋里，他从出生至今就没有拥有过舒适的生活。他的父亲，是一位行走与“小圆环”商路上的商队保镖，而他的母亲，则是一个常见的加州“寻宝者”，在旧世界的废墟中勇敢地探索着。水源的缺乏、强盗的袭击，再加上兄弟会挑起的战争，苦难从未停止过折磨他的家人，但他们却像那高耸的内华达山脉一样，默默地忍受着这些雨打风吹。十二年前，他们终于不愿意再独自背负生活的重担——共和国收到了他们的求助，接纳他们成为了这个大家庭为新成员。

男人和女人，游骑兵和士兵，许许多多的人和你们一样，响应了这战争号角的召唤，许下了“我将永远肩负责任”的誓言。在欧文湖之战中，我们坚守了承诺，赶走了强盗的部族，在内华达山脉以东建立了长久的和平。我们永远肩负责任，尽管有很多兄弟姐妹们不幸倒在了战场之上，但没有什么，能让我们放下责任，背弃承诺。

十年前，游侠总长埃利斯会见了沙漠游骑兵的的代表们，商讨游骑兵联合条约的签署。这则条约不仅仅让我们迎来了新的家庭成员——沙漠游骑兵们，更让我们能够在内华达南部有效地对抗凯撒军团，以及凯撒的残暴统治。

曾有几位退伍老兵问我：“我们到底为什么而战？内华达对我们来说又意味着什么？”我想说，在有些时候，我们忘记了那早已超越了国界，由共和国社会制度所散发的耀眼光芒；有些时候，我们把这和平美好的生活当做理所当然的事情，而忘却了共和国先烈们的艰苦斗争。我们必须时刻牢记什么才是共和国的基石，共和国的原则始终与我们同在：平等，民丵主，以及一个正义的共和法制。这正是长存与人们心中，自旧世界燃烧至今的希望之火。我们是人类文明的继承者，我们是太平洋东岸的火炬手，我们注定要把光明带给这黑暗的废土世界。

当共和国号召加州同胞们把文明之火带到莫哈维荒漠之时，吉尔米·沃特森就像你们一样，响应了她的号召。你们一起肩负起了这责任的重担。当一等兵沃特森的连队在“一线生机”营地遭到攻击时，他们冒着极大的危险坚持战斗——不仅仅是为了加州同袍而战，更是为了共和国而战。他们做好了在战斗中壮烈牺牲的准备，只是为了保卫共和国的原则——甚至在这属于内华达的土地上。

一等兵沃特森,你在战斗中的表现足以成为我们当中，一座闪耀着英勇光芒的灯塔。我很荣幸，能够代表新加州共和国参议院与家乡父老，授予你这枚“马德雷山脉之星”勋章。

就在不久之前，为了兑现我们对沙漠游骑兵的承诺，又有许多共和国的优秀儿女倒在了这片荒漠之上。为了纪念他们，一座新的纪念碑在巨石城落成了。在纪念碑的背面，刻着那些为了责任而英勇牺牲的士兵、游骑兵的名字。正是他们的壮烈牺牲，才让我们没有在这争夺水坝的战争中失败。

自四年之前，我们控制了这座水坝；自四年之前，我们肩负起了责任的重担。自四年之前，我们在莫哈维建立一条如同科罗拉多河般坚不可摧的防线，一条暴君凯撒永远也突破不了的防线。今天，你们站在这里，和袍泽们一起守卫着这条防线；今天，所有的加州父老都为你们肩负的责任而骄傲；今天，你们就是那太平洋上的巨浪，永不停歇的向东边传播着人性、文明的浪潮！你们就像那马德雷山脉之上的红杉树，在凄风苦雨中傲然挺立！你们是来自西方加州的希望之光，你们是蒙昧黑暗中高举文明火炬的火炬手！你们站在那里，就是共和国最优秀的楷模！

感谢你们！感谢大家！

President Kimball's speech at Hoover Dam

“Thank you, Colonel Moore. And thank you, my fellow Californians, who have come so far to answer the call to service put forth by the republic. It is for you that I have come here, and it is because of you that I am able to do so. We enjoy our privileges because you take the greatest of risks and are prepared to make the most noble of sacrifices. It is because of men and women like Private First Class Jeremy Watson that Nevada and the New California Republic remain free and secure.

Born in a tin shack on the outskirts of One Pine, Jeremy Watson never had it easy. His father worked as a caravan guard on the Short Loop, and his mother, like many Californians, braved the ruins of the Old World as a prospector. They suffered through water shortages, raider attacks, and the Brotherhood War. Like our mighty Sierra Nevadas, they endured. But the time came when they could no longer shoulder the burden alone. Twelve years ago, they called out for help, and the republic heard them.

Troopers and rangers, just like you, answered the clarion call. Men and women stepped forward to say, "I will carry the weight." And at Owen's Lake, we made true on our promise, driving out the raider tribes to establish a lasting peace in the eastern Sierra Nevadas. We carried the weight, and though we left behind many of our brothers and sisters on that battlefield, it did not break us.

Ten years ago, Chief Elise met with representatives of the Desert Rangers to discuss terms of what would become the Ranger Unification Treaty. The treaty was more than a resolution to welcome the Desert Rangers into the republic. It was a covenant to protect southern Nevada against Caesar's Legion and the tyranny of his regime.

There are some back home who ask me, "But who are we protecting? What is Nevada to us?" Sometimes we forget that the light of our society shines beyond our borders. Sometimes we take those privileges for granted that our forebears fought so hard to achieve. We must always remember that wherever Californians stand, we carry our principles with us: equal respect, representation, and protection under the laws of a just republic. This was the same fire that burned in the heart of the Old World that preceded us. We are the heirs of that civilization, torchbearers eastward of the Pacific, into the darkness of this wasted land.

When the republic called on the men and women of California to carry that fire across the Mojave, Jeremy Watson answered. You answered. Together, you carried the weight. And when PFC Watson's platoon came under attack at Forlorn Hope, he took the greatest risk, not only for his fellow Californians, but for California itself. He was prepared to make the most noble of sacrifices, to defend the principles of our republic, even here, on Nevada soil.

His actions are a beacon to all of us who stand here today in tribute to his valor. Private First Class Jeremy Watson, on behalf of the senate and people of the New California Republic, it is my honor to present you with the Star of Sierra Madre.

Not far from this spot, a monument stands as a tribute to the sacrifice made by those who came before us, the men and women who fulfilled the promise we made to the Desert Rangers. Its back is inscribed with the names of the troopers and rangers who carried the weight. And because they made the most noble of sacrifices, it did not break us.

Four years ago, we held this dam. Four years ago, we carried the weight. Four years ago, we drew a line through the Mojave as clear as the Colorado River, a line that Caesar cannot cross. Today, you stand here with our brothers and sisters to hold that line. Today, you honor all Californians by carrying that weight. Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevadas, defiant and enduring. You are the great western light of California, torchbearers in the darkness, living reminders of all that is best in our republic.

Thank you. Thank you.