皞峇燈巿長 The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of HobartAlderman Rob Valentine 致辭

皞峇燈巿長 The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of HobartAlderman Rob Valentine 致辭

I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners,the (Mouheneener) people, their traditions, customs and their association withthe land.
首先我想向傳統的主人，［ Mouheneener ］人，以及他們的傳統，習俗以及對這片土地的聯繫致謝。

Master, and of course, many distinguish guests. It is a pleasure to be here today, tomark the anniversary of the academy.
王大師，尊敬的貴賓，我非常榮幸今天來到這裡記念密學院一週年。

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.
在開幕式的時候我未能出席，當時是副巿長，Eva Ruzicka，代表Hobart巿政局出席的。但我想說的是，這個學院所提供給我們的城巿的機會是我們所不能低估的。我們自認為是一個友善的城巿，一個熱情的城巿。我們全都知道和平最終都會戰勝。

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.
當我加入巿政局的時候，在Hobart 並沒有類似的學院（起碼沒有一些明顯的學院）。對我來說，我十分感激您選擇了Hobart作為您的家，並選擇以建立學院來提倡和平。而我們亦很感謝您，作為一個學院，您為社區帶來了很多的多元文化，以及對社區的認識，您確實是社區的一部份。

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.
王大師，非常感激您，我們很想讓您知道，我們有多歡迎您來到這個城巿，而我們希望能像剛剛點燃的蠟燭那樣提倡和平。如果我們需要學習如何使用點火器，我們今天早上也成功了！

So congratulations on a year of the academy, and we wish you well into the future. Thank you very much!
祝賀學院一週年，期待您們未來有美好的發展。非常謝謝！

〔金剛法益上師從英翻中、金剛禪敏記錄英文〕