It is a great honor, President Xi, Madam Peng, and members of the Chinese delegation. Melania and I are delighted to welcome you once again to the White House. You are truly outstanding, amazing people. The hospitality of the Chinese people was on full display during my visit to Beijing earlier this year, and tonight we hope to show you the same honor as you return to Washington for the first time in over a decade.
East and West eventually did meet here in America when the first formal delegation of Chinese diplomats came to the United States 158 years ago. In Boston they met American thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. In New York they dined with the governor, the mayor, and titans of Wall Street. And in Washington they came to the White House.
I want to say a few words off the teleprompter. Behind us is a curtain. It looks very beautiful. Behind the curtain is the entrance to our brand-new ballroom. This ballroom is something that many presidents have wanted to build over the past 150 years, but none of them succeeded.
I want to thank you for making your journey, and it is a long journey, to America during our 250th year. I'd like to raise a toast to President Xi, Madame Peng, and the long relationship between China and America that has bridged thousands of miles and spanned hundreds of years. May all of our people know a future of harmony, peace, and success.
Please sit. It is a great honor, President Xi, Madam Hung, and members of the Chinese delegation. Melania and I are delighted to welcome you once again to the White House. You are truly outstanding, amazing people. The hospitality of the Chinese people was on full display during my visit to Beijing earlier this year.
and tonight we hope to show you the same honor
as you return to Washington for the first time in over a decade
非常荣幸 感谢各位
习主席 彭夫人 中国代表团的各位成员
梅兰里亚和我很高兴再一次在白宫欢迎各位
你们确实是非常了不起的人
今天早些时候我访问北京时
中国人民的热情好客给我留下了深刻的印象
今晚在你们十年来首次重返华盛顿之际
我们也希望以同样的礼遇款待各位
between the Chinese and the American people
that we are celebrating very happily tonight
很久以前
欧洲探险家在寻找通往东方的中国的新航路的时候
首次发现了美洲大陆
这场探寻造就了现代世界和这个美丽的国家
并最终催生了中美两国人民之间的长久情谊
这也是我们今天晚上所庆祝的这份情谊
East and West eventually did meet here in America
when the first formal delegation of Chinese diplomats
came to the United States 158 years ago
In Boston they met American thinkers
such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
In New York they dined with the governor, the mayor
and Titans of Wall Street
And in Washington they came to the White House
东西方此后最终在美国相会
158年前
第一个正式的中国外交使团
反问了美国
在波士顿
他们会见了爱莫生
索罗等美国思想家
在纽约
他们与州长 市长
以及华尔街的巨头
共进晚餐
到了华盛顿
他们来到了白宫
出席了中美之间有史以来的第一次国宴
今天晚上
我们在美国的土地上
重温那次初次相遇的精神
来自商界 文化界
政界的当代顶尖领袖
齐聚于此
一方面
中国承载着数千年的历史与传统
从孙子一直到孙中山
而美国人所继承的是源自耶路撒冷和罗马的信仰传统
古牙典的民主
斯巴达的赫赫战功
以及250年前在非城宣告的自由
作为两国领导人
习主席和我都明白
我们代表不同的制度
但两国人民之间的纽带历久迷奸
我们的关系比起过去要更加的好
自从第一批商船驶离纽约港
抵达珠江之兵以来
美中两国人民一直在交易商品
相互传递知识习俗和思想
这是两国商业往来和相互尊重的基础
我们应携手继续培养这一关系
为子孙后代带来繁荣与安全
我现在要脱稿讲几句
必须得脱稿讲几句
在背后的窗户
它们看起来很漂亮
它们是一年离开的
新阙屋你听到的
你会看到的
你会看到什么
我认为你会很爱
总共产党
习主席彭夫人
在我们身后有一个帘子
帘子后面是通向我们全新的宴会厅
可以说这个宴会厅
过去150年以来
很多总统都希望能够建成
但是都没有做成功
宴会厅建成以后
将能够容纳1000以上的宾客
今天很遗憾
我们当前的这个会议室
只能容纳140个人
但建成以后
那个会议厅将能够容纳更多更多的人
所以一块当我们吃完饭表演结束以后
我想邀请习主席和彭夫人
可以一步到我们的窗帘的后面
看一下我们已经打扫干净的工地
看一下工地里面是金碧辉煌
秉承这份友谊的精神
我很荣幸向习主席赠送一份礼物
这一份礼物来自一位杰出的美国艺术家
可以说是当今最好的艺术家之一
也是由我和梅拉尼亚亲自参与设计
白头鹰也称美洲雕是美国的国家象征
体现了美国自由翱翔的精神
我们希望他在北京能够被放在一个彰显荣誉的地方
I want to thank you for making your journey, and it is a long journey, to America during our 250th year.
I'd like to raise it last and propose a toast to President Xi, Madame Peng,
and the long relationship between China and America that has bridged thousands of miles
and spanned hundreds of yearsand may all of our people know a future of harmony, peace and success.