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I have the following sentence from a subtitle

> 本日は この記念すべき日を迎える事が できた事に 感極まる思いであります｡

I also have the translated subtitle.

> Today we are able to celebrate this memorable day, a day filled with
> emotions.

First of all, is that translation accurate and complete? Because I'm having
trouble understanding what 「記念すべき日」 means. My best guess is 'day we should
celebrate'. But if that's it, I can't really figure out how to fit it into the
rest of the sentence. And 「迎える」 having about 15 meanings in the dictionary is
making things even more difficult.
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What does すべき mean in 'この記念すべき日'?
すべき is する＋べき. べき basically means `should`.

記念すべき日 is then 記念する + べき + 日 and means as you surmised, `a day that should be
celebrated` or `a day we should celebrate`.

The main action is 感極まる思いであります, which is basically a fancy way of saying
extremely emotional. Why does the speaker feel so emotional? The に tells you
that この記念すべき日を迎える事ができた事 is what the speaker feels so emotional towards.

I think the important thing about the rest of the sentence is that all the 事s
act as nominalizers. 迎える means something like to arrive at this day (It's
definition 4 on
[デジタル大辞泉](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/214598/meaning/m0u/)).

> **この** 記念すべき日 = **This** day that should be celebrated
>
> [この記念すべき日] **を迎える** = **Arrive at** this day that should be celebrated
>
> [この記念すべき日を迎える **事]ができた** = **We are able to** arrive at this day that should
> be celebrated (事 makes the previous phrase a noun phrase)
>
> [この記念すべき日を迎える事ができた] **事** = **The fact that** we are able to arrive at this
> day that should be celebrated (事 makes the previous phrase a noun phrase)

So then the speaker is saying that:

> today I am extremely emotional at being able to arrive at this day that
> should be celebrated.

Honestly that just sounds pretty bad in English.
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