I don't make these suggestions lightly.

我说这番话也是很不容易的
I appreciate the implications.

我深知其后果
I've tried to be as open and candid with you as I've been with anyone.

我试着像对其他人一样对您开诚布公
And the truth is,

但事实上
I regret many of my own actions when I was president.

我仍对我当时身为总统时的很多行为深感悔恨
But I've also had the time and the distance

但我相信时过境迁
to see past them to a place of clear and deep understanding.

终有一天历史会铭记和理解我的选择
What do you understand, Charles?

那您的理解是什么呢查尔斯
Wielding the kind of power that I once had and you have now

驾驭这种至高无上的权力
can change the world.

能改变这个世界
But that often requires making impossible choices

但代价总是需要做出极为艰难的抉择
that challenge our most sacred ideals.

那些能动摇我们神圣理想的抉择