皞峇灯巿长 The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of HobartAlderman Rob Valentine 致辞

皞峇灯巿长 The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of HobartAlderman Rob Valentine 致辞

I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners,the (Mouheneener) people, their traditions, customs and their association withthe land.
首先我想向传统的主人，［ Mouheneener ］人，以及他们的传统，习俗以及对这片土地的联系致谢。

Master, and of course, many distinguish guests. It is a pleasure to be here today, tomark the anniversary of the academy.
王大师，尊敬的贵宾，我非常荣幸今天来到这里记念密学院一周年。

I wasn’t able to be here for the launch, I think theDeputy Mayor at the time, Alderman Eva Ruzicka, presented the Hobart CityCouncil. But what I want to say isthat, the opportunity that this [academy] provides for our city should not beunderestimated. We considerourselves a friendly city, a welcoming city, and we all know and hope thatpeace will prevail, and that we will see a growing peace in the world. Now, of course, there are manyoccasions where that is quite evident that peace is, indeed, notprevailing.
在开幕式的时候我未能出席，当时是副巿长，Eva Ruzicka，代表Hobart巿政局出席的。但我想说的是，这个学院所提供给我们的城巿的机会是我们所不能低估的。我们自认为是一个友善的城巿，一个热情的城巿。我们全都知道和平最终都会战胜。

When I first got on thecouncil, there was nothing of this in Hobart. - at least not one that was obvious to me. To thinkthat you have chosen to make Hobart your home, and that you have chosen topromote peace with the Academy, is certainly appreciated. And we want to thankyou, as an Academy, for how much you add to the multiculturalism of ourcommunity and the understanding that you bring to the community; the way,indeed, that you are involved in the community.
当我加入巿政局的时候，在Hobart 并没有类似的学院（起码没有一些明显的学院）。对我来说，我十分感激您选择了Hobart作为您的家，并选择以建立学院来提倡和平。而我们亦很感谢您，作为一个学院，您为社区带来了很多的多元文化，以及对社区的认识，您确实是社区的一部份。

That is very much appreciated, Master Wang, and wejust want you to know that you are welcomed here in this city, and we want topromote peace just like these candles show today. And if that is learning to how to make the candle lighterwork, if that is what it takes, then we’ve done that this morning.
王大师，非常感激您，我们很想让您知道，我们有多欢迎您来到这个城巿，而我们希望能像刚刚点燃的蜡烛那样提倡和平。如果我们需要学习如何使用点火器，我们今天早上也成功了！

So congratulations on a year of the academy, and we wish you well into the future. Thank you very much!
祝贺学院一周年，期待您们未来有美好的发展。非常谢谢！

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