| 錢老去世以后，許多人問我們：錢老有什么遺言？并希望我們這些身邊工作人員寫一篇“錢學森在最后的日子”的文稿。我們已告訴大家，錢老去世時很平靜安詳，他沒有什么最后的遺言。因為在錢老去世前的一段日子，他說話已經很困難了。我們可以向大家提供的，是錢老最后一次向我們作的系統談話的一份整理稿：錢老談科技創新人才的培養問題。 |
After old Qian died, many people asked us, “What last words did old Qian leave us?” and expected us to write an article on “Qian Xuesen’s Last Days.” We already told them that old Qian died very peacefully, and he didn’t leave any last words because it was difficult for him to speak in his last days. We can only provide you a revised version of old Qian’s last systematic talks with us: Old Qian on the cultivation of talents engaging in scientific and technological innovation. |
| 今天找你們來，想和你們說說我近來思考的一個問題，即人才培養問題。我想說的不是一般人才的培養問題，而是科技創新人才的培養問題。我認為這是我們國家長遠發展的一個大問題。 |
“Today, I invite you here to discuss with you a problem I recently thought about — talent cultivation. What I mean is not common talent cultivation, but the cultivation of talents engaging in scientific and technological innovations. I think this is a big issue for the long-term development of our nation. |
| 今天，黨和國家都很重視科技創新問題，投了不少錢搞什么“創新工程”、“創新計劃 ”等等，這是必要的。但我覺得更重要的是要具有創新思想的人才。問題在于，中國還沒有一所大學能夠按照培養科學技術發明創造人才的模式去辦學，都是些人云亦云、一般化的，沒有自己獨特的創新東西，受封建思想的影響，一直是這個樣子。我看，這是中國當前的一個很大問題。 |
Today, both the Party and the state attach great importance to scientific and technological innovation and have invested a lot of money in “innovation projects,” “innovation plans,” and so forth. It is necessary. But I think more importantly, we need talents with innovative ideas. The problem is, China lacks a university which follows the idea of cultivating talents engaging in scientific and technological innovation and invention. Affected by feudal thoughts, Chinese universities have always been following the crowd and have nothing new of their own. I think this is a big problem facing China at present. |
| 最近我讀《參考消息》，看到上面講美國加州理工學院的情況，使我想起我在美國加州理工學院所受的教育。 |
Lately, when I was reading Cankao Xiaoxi, I saw an introduction piece for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). It reminded me of the education I received at Caltech. |
![11月2日，學生們向新建成的“青年錢學森”銅像獻花。當日，錢學森展覽館在錢學森生前念書的北京師大附中落成。(新華) Students presented flowers to the newly built “Young Qian Xuesen” bronze statue on Nov. 2, 2009. On the same day, the Qian Xuesen Exhibition Center was founded at the high school affiliated to Beijing Normal University. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20091112/000cf1a48b7f0c66298807.jpg "11月2日，學生們向新建成的“青年錢學森”銅像獻花。當日，錢學森展覽館在錢學森生前念書的北京師大附中落成。(新華) Students presented flowers to the newly built “Young Qian Xuesen” bronze statue on Nov. 2, 2009. On the same day, the Qian Xuesen Exhibition Center was founded at the high school affiliated to Beijing Normal University. [Xinhua]")
