Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in Congress, congratulated President elect Joe Biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris on their victories Tuesday from the Senate floor.

參議院多數黨領袖米奇-麥康奈爾（Mitch McConnell）是國會共和黨人中的佼佼者，他週二在參議院會場祝賀當選總統喬-拜登（Joe Biden）和副總統卡馬拉-哈里斯（Kamala Harris）的勝利。

So today I want to congratulate President elect Joe Biden.

所以今天我要祝賀當選總統喬-拜登。

The president elect is no stranger to the Senate.

當選總統對參議院並不陌生。

He's devoted himself to public service for many years.

他多年來一直致力於公益事業。

I also want to congratulate the vice president elect, our colleague from California, Senator Harris.

我還要祝賀當選的副總統，我們來自加州的同事，哈里斯參議員。

Beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president elect.

除了我們的分歧，所有美國人都可以為我們的國家有一位女性當選副總統而感到自豪。

For the very first time since the Electoral College confirmed Biden's victory on Monday, several other senior Republicans finally acknowledged publicly that he will be the next president, abandoning support for Trump's effort to try and reverse the election outcome that included Trump loyalists Senator Lindsey Graham as well as Ohio's Rob Portman, Missouri's Roy Blunt and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia.

自從週一選舉團確認拜登獲勝以來，其他幾位資深共和黨人終於首次公開承認他將成為下一任總統，放棄支持特朗普試圖扭轉選舉結果的努力，其中包括特朗普的忠實參議員林賽-格雷厄姆以及俄亥俄州的羅伯-波特曼、密蘇里州的羅伊-布朗特和西弗吉尼亞州的謝利-摩爾-卡皮託。

The Senate's number two Republican, John Thune, said, It's time for everybody to move on and that any effort to try to overturn the result when Congress counts the Electoral College votes on January 6th, an idea floated by Trump is quote not going anywhere.

參議院第二號共和黨人約翰-圖恩說，現在是大家繼續前進的時候了，任何試圖在1月6日國會統計選舉團票數時推翻結果的努力，川普提出的這個想法都是引而不發的。

Senator John Cornyn of Texas agreed, saying such an effort would be soundly defeated in the Republican controlled Senate, adding quote, There comes a time when you have to realize that despite your best efforts, you've been unsuccessful.

德克薩斯州參議員John Cornyn同意，他說這樣的努力將在共和黨控制的參議院中被酣暢淋漓地擊敗，並補充說："有一個時間，當你必須意識到儘管你已經盡了最大努力，但你已經不成功了。

That's sort of the nature of these elections.

這就是這些選舉的性質。

You've got to have a winner.

你必須要有一個贏家。

You've got toe have a loser.

你得有一個失敗者。

Trump said in November that he would leave the White House if the Electoral College confirmed Biden's win certainly will.

特朗普在11月表示，如果選舉團確認拜登獲勝肯定會離開白宮。

Certainly, I will, and you know that.

當然，我會的，你也知道的。

But Trump kept up his baseless claims on Tuesday, posting a Siris of tweets about voting machines, and that there was quote tremendous evidence pouring in on voter fraud.

但特朗普在週二繼續他毫無根據的說法，發佈了一條關於投票機的推文Siris，並且有報價巨大的證據湧入選民欺詐。

Meanwhile, one international holdout finally recognized Biden's election victory on Tuesday.

與此同時，一位國際持股人終於在週二承認了拜登的選舉勝利。