在第三场也是最后一场总统候选人辩论中，奥巴马就外交政策发起攻势，一再指责罗姆尼在重大国际问题上的立场不坚定，但未能给他对手迅速崛起的竞选活动一个致命打击。
Barack Obama went on the offensive over foreign policy in the third and final presidential debate, repeatedly accusing Mitt Romney of flip-flopping on major international issues but failing to deliver a killer blow to his opponent's resurgent campaign.
虽然总统那晚险胜，此次相逢与前两次辩论相比是诚恳且基本上平安无事的，不太可能对选举结果产生多大的影响。
While the president emerged as the narrow winner on the night, the encounter, which was cordial and largely uneventful compared with the previous two debates, is unlikely to have much impact on the outcome of the election.
在佛罗里达州博卡拉顿林恩大学的辩论，在外交政策和安全上奥巴马有一个固有的优势。作为总统，能接触到情报分析员、外交官和将军的每日简报，他能更好的概括，好像在上半场的辩论中他支配着罗姆尼。
Going into the debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, Obama had an inbuilt advantage on foreign policy and security. As president, with access to daily briefings by intelligence analysts, diplomats and generals, he is better briefed and it showed as he dominated Romney in the first half of the debate.
共和党候选人时常表现出不确定以及偶尔会忘了自己要说的，好像在试图记住他的简要笔记。当奥巴马从一开始就咄咄逼人时他开始出汗，在伊朗、伊拉克、俄罗斯以及美国的军费开支的交流中他才表现得更好。
The Republican candidate appeared unsure at times and occasionally stumbled over his lines as if struggling to remember his briefing notes. He began sweating as Obama, aggressive from the start, got the better of him during exchanges on Iran, Iraq and Russia as well as on US military spending.
一个问题接着一个问题，从伊朗制裁到从阿富汗撤军，他的位置和政府态度之间的差别不大，但罗姆尼坚持他将更有效地加强美国的力量。
On issue after issue, from Iranian sanctions to withdrawal from Afghanistan, there was little difference between his position and that of the administration, but Romney insisted he would have projected American strength more effectively.
尽管辩论被认为是仅仅关于外交政策的，但国内关注从未远离表面，候选人抓住每一个机会围绕他们的竞选演说在经济和税收方面给予攻击。之后在旋转屋也是一样，两个竞选团队很快分配着辩论评论，同时转到摇摆州中的竞争状态分析。
While the debate was supposed to be solely about foreign policy, domestic concerns were never far from the surface and the candidates took every opportunity to pivot to their stump speech attacks over the economy and tax. The same was true in the spin room afterwards where both campaign teams dispensed quickly with debate comments and moved instead to analysis of the state of the race in swing states.
奥巴马赢得了第二场辩论挽回颓势。虽然他也赢得了第三场，外交政策并不是选民关注的主要问题，这不大可能导致较大的选票波动。
Obama won the second to put himself back in the race. Although he also won the third, foreign policy is not a major concern for voters and it is unlikely to result in any major poll swings.
此次交流显示，两人在长期的安全和外交事务的处理中他们并没有大的区别。在伊朗问题上他们都发誓不会允许其拥有核武器。 罗姆尼说他将出台更严厉的制裁，奥巴马说他们已经尽最大可能的严厉了。
The exchanges revealed there is little major difference between the two in term of their approach to security and foreign affairs. On Iran both vowed it will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Rommey said he would introduce more stringent sanctions; Obama said they were already as stringent as they could possibly be.