§今天是五四运动的二十周年纪念日，我们延安的全体青年在这里开这个纪念大会，我就来讲一讲关于中国青年运动的方向的几个问题。
#§Today is the twentieth anniversary of the May 4th Movement, and the youth of Yenan are all gathered here for this commemoration meeting. # I shall therefore take the occasion to speak on some questions concerning the orientation of the youth movement in China.
“五四”至今已有二十年，今年才在全国定为青年节，这件事含着一个重要的意义。
# Twenty years have elapsed since the May 4th Movement, yet it is only this year that the day has been designated as the national Youth Day, and this is a most significant fact.
就是说，它表示我们中国反对帝国主义和封建主义的人民民主革命，快要进到一个转变点了。
# For it indicates that the Chinese people's democratic revolution against imperialism and feudalism will soon reach a turning point.
几十年来反帝反封建的人民民主革命屡次地失败了，这种情形，现在要来一个转变，不是再来一次失败，而是要转变到胜利的方面去了。
# This revolution encountered repeated failures over several decades, but now there must be a change, a change towards victory and not another failure.
现在中国的革命正在前进着，正在向着胜利前进。
# The Chinese revolution is now going forward, forward to victory.
历史上多次失败的情形，不能再继续了，也决不能让它再继续了，而要使它转变为胜利。
# The repeated failures of the past cannot and must not be allowed to recur, and they must be turned into victory.
那末，现在已经转变了没有呢？
# But has the change already taken place?
抗日战争就要努力达到这个由失败到胜利的转变点。
# It is precisely in the present War of Resistance Against Japan that we are striving to reach the turning point from failure to victory.
五四运动所反对的是卖国政府，是勾结帝国主义出卖民族利益的政府，是压迫人民的政府。
# The May 4th Movement was directed against a government of national betrayal, a government which conspired with imperialism and sold out the interests of the nation, a government which oppressed the people.
假使不要反对的话，那末，五四运动就是错的。
# If it was not, then the May 4th Movement was simply a mistake.
你们看，孙中山先生远在五四运动以前，就是当时政府的叛徒，他反对了清朝政府，并且推翻了清朝政府。
# Just consider, long before the May 4th Movement Dr. Sun Yat-sen was already a rebel against the government of his day; he opposed and overthrew the Ching government.
因为他所反对的不是反抗帝国主义的政府，而是勾结帝国主义的政府，不是革命的政府，而是压迫革命的政府。
# For the government he opposed did not resist imperialism but conspired with it, and was not a revolutionary government but one that suppressed the revolution.
五四运动正是做了反对卖国政府的工作，所以它是革命的运动。
# The May 4th Movement was a revolutionary movement precisely because it opposed a government of national betrayal.
全中国的青年，应该这样去认识五四运动。
# The youth of China should see the May 4th Movement in this light.
现当全国人民奋起抗日的时候，大家鉴于过去革命失败的经验，下决心一定要把日本帝国主义打败，并且不容许再有卖国贼，不容许革命再失败。
# Today, when the whole nation has militantly risen to resist Japan, we are determined to defeat Japanese imperialism, and we shall not tolerate any traitors or allow the revolution to fail again for we have taken warning from its failures in the past.
全国的青年除了一部分人之外，大家都觉悟起来，都具备这种必胜的决心，规定“五四”为青年节就表示了这一点。
# With few exceptions, the whole youth of China is awakened and determined to win, and this is reflected in the designation of May 4th as Youth Day.
我们正向胜利的路上前进，只要全国人民一齐努力，中国革命一定要在抗日过程中得到胜利。
# We are advancing along the road to victory and, provided the whole people make a concerted effort, the Chinese revolution will definitely triumph through the War of Resistance.
§第二，中国的革命，它反对的是什么东西？
#§Secondly, what is the Chinese revolution directed against?
革命的对象是什么呢？
# What are the targets of the revolution?
大家知道，一个是帝国主义，一个是封建主义。
# As everybody knows, imperialism is one target and feudalism the other.
现在的革命对象是什么？
# What are the targets of the revolution at this moment?
一个是日本帝国主义，再一个是汉奸。
# One is Japanese imperialism, and the other the Chinese collaborators.
要革命一定要打倒日本帝国主义，一定要打倒汉奸。
# To make our revolution we must overthrow Japanese imperialism and the Chinese traitors.
革命是什么人去干呢？
# Who are the makers of the revolution?