Without solicitation on my part, I have been chosen by the free and voluntary suffrages of my countrymen to the most honorable, and most responsible office on earth. 我没有乞求选票,但自由的同胞们却选举我,来担任这世界上最具荣誉,且责任最重大的职位。
Before the suffrages of my countrymen were conferred upon me I submitted to them, with great precision, my opinions on all the most prominent of these subjects. 在同胞们把参政权授予我之前,我已经非常准确地向他们提供了我关于这中间所有最显要的问题的观点。
The will of the American people, expressed through their unsolicited suffrages, calls me before you to pass through the solemnities preparatory to taking upon myself the duties of President of the United States for another term. 美国人民通过自愿选举所表达的意志,要求我站在你们面前通过这一庄重的仪式,作为我连任合众国总统职务的准备。