VOA常速英语:Immigrant Delegate Marvels at Democratic Process(翻译)

He has waited for this moment for years.Shashi Gupta has a front-roll seat for a historic nomination,a moment that means more to him because of how far he’s travelled.
他等这一刻已经等了好多年了。Shashi Gupta坐在前排位置，见证了提名的历史性时刻，这一刻于他而言尤为重要，因为他已经走了太远了。

“The things that Americans maybe take for granted are so special when you come from the outside.” VOA called up the delegate back home in Virginia in the weeks before the convention.
“如果你是来自美国之外的地方，那么可能美国人认为理所应当的事情于你却非比寻常。”大会之前的几周，VOA在这位代表返程回弗吉尼亚时致电采访。

“The ability of a country to recognize a society, to recognize a problem and, once recognized, to move as a nation to fix it , you know – to me that’s really inspiring.”
“一个国家认识到社会以及发现问题的能力，一旦其意识到了，并以一个国家的身份去行动，去解决问题，你知道吗——这对我来说真的是非常鼓舞人心。”

He has been involved in the Democratic Party since he moved to the US as a student in the 1970s.Gupta took a break from his Delegate duty in Philadelphia to look at this year’s Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders contest.
从20世纪70年代他搬到美国，就已经开始参与到民主党当中，当时的他还是个学生。远在费城的Gupta从自己作为代表要担负的责任中抽身，过去观看希拉里·克林顿与伯尼·桑德斯的较量。

“This demonstrated such a wonderful way to conduct politics, you know, where you have opposing views, and instead of getting down into invectives and you know, name-calling and so on.You really open up the minds and say, ’OK, what can we gain from each other?’Clinton is the person that I think can get things done.And so Sanders has all the ideas.”
“这展示了进行政治活动的一条绝妙方法，你知道吗，一旦你与对手观点相左，不要先恶语相向，相互中伤或者做其他冲动的事情。你得敞开心扉地跟对方说‘好吧，我们能从对方那里得到什么呢？’克林顿这个人呢，我认为她是那种可以做成事情的人，而桑德斯就只是有各种想法。”

As Clinton clinches the nomination here in Philadelphia,Gupta is already looking ahead to the role his home state could play in the general election.
鉴于克林顿如今已经在费城获得了提名，Gupta开始展望他的老家能在大选中起到什么作用了。

A swing state that could go Democratic or Republican, Virginia is also the home of Gupta’s friend of ten years——vice presidential nominee, Tim Kaine.
弗吉尼亚就是一个摇摆州，最后会支持民主党还是共和党尚未可知，Gupta还有一个10年好友的家乡也在弗吉尼亚——他就是副总统候选人Tim Kaine。

Gupta says Kim’s intelligence and honesty make him a model politician.“I think he will be a big help to the ticket.”
Gupta表示，Tim有智慧，够诚实，这让他成为政治家中的楷模。“我觉得他应该会在投票上给予很大帮助。”

Yes, he expects the politics to be tough this year.But, “this week just reinforces everything that I’ve believed and I’ve known for the 45 years I’ve been here,which is that this political process is among the best that I can think of in the world.”
是的，他预计今年的政治竞争将十分激烈。不过，“我待在这里的45年中对所有事情的认识和了解，本周全部被加深了，也正是因为如此，这次政治进程是我能想象到的世界上最好的一次。”

And Gupta will carry back to Virginia the memories of this convention.
Gupta也将把本次大会上的回忆带回弗吉尼亚。

Katherine Gypson, VOA news, Philadelphia.
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