If it were to be anywhere in Washington, it would be an office building, a conference center, a place for negotiating peace and so on -- all of which the building is -- but by virtue of the choice of putting it on the Mall and by the Lincoln Memorial, this becomes the structure that is the symbol of peace on the Mall.
如果在华盛顿的任何位置， 建筑可以是写字楼，会议中心， 和平谈判的地方等等，各种建筑都可以 但是实际上选在大道上，紧挨着林肯纪念碑， 这就是街上和平的标志，