两年前,钱永刚先生约请李佩先生组织资深科学家翻译《钱学森文集Collected Works of H.S.Tsien 1938-1956》(英文),目的是让中国读者了解钱学森在美国近20年的科学贡献,学习他的科学和教育思想。李佩先生约请了多个专业领域的资深研究员参加翻译和校对,还特约郑哲敏先生撰写中译本的序言。全书800多页,参与译校和编辑的人员有20多名,历时两年。 Two years ago, Mr. Qian Yonggang invited Mr. Li Pei to organize senior scientists to translate “Collected Works of HSTsien 1938-1956” (English) in order to let Chinese readers understand Qian’s contribution to science in the United States for nearly 20 years and to learn from him Scientific and educational thinking. Mr. Li Pei invited a number of senior experts in the field of expertise to participate in the translation and proofreading, but also Mr. Zheng Zhemin specially written in the preface to the Chinese version. More than 800 pages of the book, participated in the translation and editing of more than 20 staff, which lasted two years.