VOA常速英语:Shimon Peres’ Life of Public Service Spanned the Life of Israel(翻译)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered words of praise for Peres early Wednesday,hours after the news of his death was announced.
周三早间，以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡向佩雷斯致以赞语，几个小时以前，佩雷斯的死讯刚刚被公布。

“Shimon dedicated his life to the sovereignty of our people.As a man of vision, his gaze was aimed to the future.As a man of security, he fortified Israel’s strength in many ways,some of which even today is still unknown.As a man of peace,he worked until his final days toward reconciling with our neighbors for a better future for our children.”
“希蒙毕生都致力于维护人民主权。作为一名有远见的人，他将自己的目光投向未来。作为一名负责我们安全的人，他在很多方面都强化了以色列的力量，而其中一些甚至至今都不为人知。作为一名和平大使，直到生命的最后几天，他都还在致力于与邻国和解，为我们的孩子们争取一个更加美好的未来。”

Born in present day Belarus in 1923,Peres moved with his family to the future Jewish state when he was 11 years old,when it was known as British Palestine.
1923年，佩雷斯出生于当代白俄罗斯，11岁时他随家人移居到未来的犹太国——也就是当时由英国托管的巴勒斯坦。

He became Israel’s youngest defense minister in 1952 at the age of 29,and was credited with working to develop Israel’s defense and aerospace industries.Along with his nuclear weapons program,Peres would go on to hold nearly every major Israeli political post during his long career,including prime minister twice, the presidency, defense minister and foreign minister.
1952年，29岁的佩雷斯成为以色列最年轻的国防部长，而因为致力于发展以色列的国防和航空航天工业，他广受赞扬。除了自己的核武器项目之外，佩雷斯继续向前，在漫长的职业生涯中，几乎担任过所有政治要职，其中包括担任两届总理，以及总统、国防部长和外交部长。

His major achievement was as foreign minister with the Oslo Accords --a deal for Palestinian self-rule for which Peres,then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.
佩雷斯一生最大的成就是任外交部长时签订了《奥斯陆协议》——这份协定使巴勒斯坦拥有了自治权，而他与时任总理伊扎克·拉宾及已故的巴勒斯坦领导人亚西尔·阿拉法特也因此共同获得了1994年的诺贝尔和平奖。

His son Chemi Peres paid tribute to his father.
佩雷斯的儿子谢米向父亲表达了敬意。

“He worked tirelessly for Israel from the very first day of the sate to the last day of his life.”
从建国的第一天到他生命的最后一天，父亲始终孜孜不倦地为以色列殚精竭力。

After leaving public office, Peres founded Peres Peace Center which develops joint, economic,educational and cultural projects with the Palestinians, Egypt and Jordan.
离职之后，佩雷斯建立了佩雷斯和平中心，中心与巴勒斯坦人民、埃及和约旦一同开发了一系列项目，包括联合、经济、教育以及文化项目等。