Mr. Vice President, Mr. Madison, Senator Burr副总统先生，麦迪逊先生，伯尔参议员
What is this?这是怎么回事？
We have the check stubs from separate accounts我们拿到了来自不同账户的支票存根
Almost a thousand dollars paid in different amounts总额将近一千美元，分多次支付
To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in 1791支付给一位詹姆斯·雷诺兹先生，早在 1791 年就开始了
Is that what you have, are you done?你们就掌握了这些？说完了吗？
You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position凭借你的职位，你处在一个非常特殊的地位
Though "virtue" is not a word I'd apply to this situation尽管“德行”这个词并不适用于现在的状况
To seek financial gain astray from your sacred nation你背离了神圣的国家，去谋取经济利益
And the evidence suggests you engaged in speculation证据表明你参与了（公款）投机
An immigrant embezzling our government funds一个移民贪污我们的政府资金
I can almost see the headline, your career is done我几乎能预见到头条新闻了，你的职业生涯完蛋了
I hope you saved some money for your daughter and son我希望你给你的儿女攒了点钱
Ya best g'wan run back where ya come from!你最好赶紧滚回你原来的地方去！
Ha! You don't even know what you're asking me to confess哈！你们甚至都不知道自己在要求我交代什么(Confess)交代吧
You have nothing, I don't have to tell you anything at all, unless你们什么都没有，我根本不需要告诉你们任何事，除非……(Unless)除非……
If I can prove that I never broke the law如果我能证明我从未触犯法律
Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?你们能保证不把所见所闻告诉任何一个人吗？
No one else was in the room where it happened没人在那个事发的房间里
Is that a yes?这算答应了吗？
Um, yes额，好吧
"Dear sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health“亲爱的先生，见信如晤，希望你身体健康
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth并且身居高位，足以把财富
In the pockets of people like me down on their luck塞进像我这样倒霉的人的口袋里
You see, that was my wife who you decided to-"你瞧，那个你决定去鬼混的人，正是我老婆……”
What?什么？！
She courted me, escorted me to bed是她勾引了我，带我上了床
And when she had me in the corner当她把我逼入死角
That's when Reynolds extorted me那就是雷诺兹勒索我的时候
For a sordid fee, I paid him quarterly为了掩盖那段丑事，我按季度付钱给他
I may have mortally wounded my prospects我可能致命地毁了自己的前程
But my papers are orderly但我的账目是很整洁的
As you can see, I kept a record如你们所见，我留下了记录
Of every check in my checkered history记录了我这污点重重的历史中的每一张支票
Check it again against your list and see consistency对照你们的清单再查一遍，看看是否吻合
I never spent a cent that wasn't mine我从未动用过一分不属于我的钱
You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine你们派猎犬循着气味来追捕我，没关系
Yes, I have reason for shame是的，我确实有理由感到羞耻
But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name但我没有犯下叛国罪，也没有玷污（为官的）名声
As you can see, I have done nothing to provoke legal action显而易见，我没有做任何足以引发法律诉讼的事
Are my answers to your satisfaction?我的回答令各位满意吗？
My God我的天哪
Gentlemen, let's go绅士们，我们走吧
So?所以呢？
The people won't know what we know民众们不会知道我们所知道的事情
Burr, how do I know you won't use this against me伯尔，我怎么知道你下次跟我不相上下时
The next time we go toe to toe?不会用这招来对付我？
Alexander, rumors only grow亚历山大，谣言只会越传越盛
And we both know what we know我们彼此心知肚明