Every age has its outstanding person, Chaplin was such a great man in the 20 century. We people get laughter from the funny movies he plays, but the more important thing is, we see what a miserable and sad life the poors are living.

 

I'm sorry but i don't want to be an Emperor
对不起，但我不想当皇帝
That's not my business.
那不是我干的行当
I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.
我不想统治或征服任何人
I should like to help everyone if possible
我想帮助每个人如果可能的话
Jew,gentile,black man, white
犹太人，非犹太人，黑人，白人
We all want to help one another
我们愿意彼此帮助
human beings are like that
人类天性如此
We want to live by each other's happiness
我们想要把生活建筑在别人的幸福上，
not by each other's misery
而不是建筑在别人的痛苦上
We don't want to hate and despise one another
我们不要彼此仇恨，互相鄙弃
In this world there is room for everyone
世界上有足够的地方让所有人生活
and the earth is rich
大地是富饶的
and can provide for everyone
是可以使每个人都丰衣足食的
The way of life can be free and beautiful
生活的道路可以是自由的，美丽的
But we have lost the way
可惜我们迷失了方向
Greed has poisoned mens souls
贪婪毒化了人的灵魂
has barricaded the world with hate
在全世界筑起了仇恨的壁垒
Has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed
强迫我们踏着正步走向苦难和杀戮
We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in
我们加快了发展，却封闭了自己
Machinery that gives abundance
机器为我们带来财富
has left us in want
却给我们带来了更多的欲望
Our knowledge has made us cynical
知识让我们变得愤世嫉俗
Our cleverness has made us hard and unkind
聪明让我们变得铁石心肠
We think too much and feel too little
我们思考太多，同情太少
More than machinery we need hunmanity
除了机器，我们需要人性
More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness
除了聪明，我们更需要仁慈和善良
Without these qualities, life will be violent
没有这些品质，生活将充满暴力
and all will be lost
一切将不复存在
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together
飞机和无线电缩短了我们之间的距离
The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men,
这些发明的本质就在于唤醒人类的善良
cries out for universal brotherhood
唤起世界的友爱
for the unity of us all
让我大家团结起来
Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world
现在全世界就有千百万人能听到我的声音
millions of despairing men, women and little children
千百万绝望的男人，妇女和儿童
victims of a system
他们都是某种制度下的受害者
that makes men torture
这个制度使人受尽折磨
and imprison innocent people
把无辜者投进监狱
To those who can hear me
对那些听得见我的人们
I say"Do not despair"
我要说“不要绝望啊！”
The misery that is now upon us
我们现在所受的苦难
is but the passing of greed
只是因为那些害怕人类进步的人
the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress
在失败之前发泄他们的怨毒和贪婪
The hate of men will pass and dictators die
人类的仇恨会消逝，独裁者会灭亡
and the power they took from the people, will return to the people
他们从人民那里夺走的权利终将回归人民
and so long as men die liberty will never perish
只要人类没有灭亡，自由永远不会消失
Soldiers-don't give yourselves to brutes
战士们，别为那些野兽去卖命
men who despise you, enslave you
他们鄙视你们，奴役你们
who regiment your lives
他们管制你们的生活
tell what to do, what to think and what to feel
告诉你们该做什么，该想什么，该感觉什么
who drill you, diet you
他们操练你们，饿着你们，
treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder
把你们当牲口，把你们当炮灰
Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men
不要听信这些没人性的人
machine men
他们是机器
with machine minds and machine hearts
有着机械的头脑和铁石的心肠
You are not machines, you are not cattle
你们不是机器，你们不是牲口
You are men
你们是人
You have the love of humanity in your hearts
你们心中怀着人性的爱
You don't hate
你们不要仇恨
only the unloved hate
只有得不到爱的人才会有仇恨
The unloved and the unnatural
没有爱，没有人性
Soldiers-don't fight for slavery
士兵们，不要为奴役而战
fight for liberty
要为自由而战
In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written
路加福音十七节里这样写着：
the kingdom of God is within man
神的国就在人的心里
Not one man, nor a group of men
不是在一个人或一群人心中
but in all men- in you
是在所有人类心中，在你们心中
You the people have the power
你们人民是有力量的
the power to creat machines
有力量制造机器
the power to creat happiness
有力量创造幸福
You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful
你们有力量建设自由而美好的生活
to make this life a wonderful adventure
让生命变成一次奇妙的旅程
Then in the name of democracy
那么以民主之名
let us use that power
让我们使用这种力量
let us all unite
让我们联合起来
Let us fight for a new world
让我们为新世界而战
a decent world that will give men a chance to work
一个让所有人都有工作机会的美好世界
that will give youth a future
它将给青年以光明的未来
and old age and security
给老人以安定的生活
By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power
那些野兽也是用这些许诺窃取了权利
but they lie
但是，他们在说谎
They do not fulfill their promise, they never will
他们没有兑现诺言，永远也不会
Dictators free themselves
独裁者们自己享有自由
but they enslave the people
却使人民沦为奴隶
Now let us fight to fulfill that promise
现在， 让我们为了实现诺言而战
Let us fight to free the world
为了世界自由而战
to do away with national barriers
为了消除国家壁垒而战
to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance
为了消除贪婪，仇恨与偏见而战
Let us fight for a world of reason
为了一个理性的世界而战
a world where science and progress will lead to all mens happiness
一个科学和进步将带给全人类幸福的世界
Soldiers- in the name of democracy, let us all unite
战士们，为了民主，让我们联合起来!