像这样一些世界上公认有水平的人，中国有一千个就了不得。
It would be advantageous for China to have one thousand such talented people whose authority is generally recognized by the world.
说什么“白专”，只要对中华人民共和国有好处，比闹派性、拉后腿的人好得多。
But in China, they have been criticized for devoting themselves to scientific research alone.
As long as they are working in the interest of the People's Republic of China, these people are much more valuable than those who are engaged in factionalism and thereby obstruct others from working.
现在连红专也不敢讲，实际上是不敢讲“专”字。
At this time, many people are afraid to talk about political soundness and professional competence; actually they dare not talk about professional competence.
中央表扬了这样的人，对他们应该爱护和赞扬。
The Central Committee commends these competent professionals and they deserve our support and commendation.
有位老科学家，搞半导体的，北京大学叫他改行教别的，他不会，科学院半导体所请他作学术报告，反映很好。
There is an elderly scientist who specializes in semiconductor research.
The authorities of Beijing University asked him to teach other courses, which he couldn't do well.
But the academic lecture he delivered at the invitation of the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was well received.
这种用非所学的人是大量的，应当发挥他们的作用，不然对国家是最大的浪费。
There are many people like him who are engaged in a profession unrelated to what they studied.
We should be giving full play to their professional knowledge lest the country suffer a great loss.
他是学部委员、全国知名的人，就这么个遭遇。
Although this elderly scientist is an academician and well known throughout the country, he has to engage in a profession unrelated to what he studied.
北大不用他，可以调到半导体所当所长，给他配党委书记，配后勤人员。
If Beijing University could not use him, he could be transferred to the Institute of Semiconductors and serve as its head, and we could provide him with a Party secretary and personnel in charge of support services.
闹派性的是少数，现在这个状况是能够改变过来的。
Factionalists are only the minority.
We believe the current state of affairs in scientific research can be reversed.
科研工作能不能搞起来，归根到底是领导班子问题，不把领导班子弄好，谁来执行政策？
Whether we can do a good job in scientific research depends, in the final analysis, on our leadership.
If the leadership does not perform well, who will be able to implement policies?
对于那些一不懂行、二不热心、三有派性的人，为什么还让他们留在领导班子里？
What reason is there for allowing people to remain in positions of leadership who have little professional knowledge or enthusiasm and show a factional bias?
科研人员中有水平有知识的为什么不可以当所长
Why can't those scientific research personnel of higher academic levels and professional knowledge be the heads of research institutes?”
现在的工作，主要是依靠四十多岁的人来搞。
We mainly depend on people in their 40s to do this work.
后勤工作很重要，它要为研究工作创造条件，保护和管理好资料、材料、仪器、机器。
Support services are quite important to scientific research in creating favourable conditions for the latter, in maintaining machines and instruments, and in preserving data.
这也是科研工作中的政治工作。
This is the political aspect of scientific research work,
我们还要把那些比较好的、有培养前途的科技人员记下来，建立科技人员档案，帮助他们创造条件，不管他们资格老不老。
We should put on file our fine and promising scientific and technological personnel.
We should help them, regardless of seniority, to improve their working and living conditions.
一九五七年我去苏联，尤金说，苏联的原子弹，是三个三四十岁的年轻人搞出来的。
When I visited the Soviet Union in 1957, Yudin told me that his country's atomic bombs were developed by three young researchers in their 30s and 40s.
总之，要给有培养前途的科技人员创造条件，关心他们，支持他们，包括一些有怪脾气的人。
In short, we should assist and support promising scientific and technological personnel including eccentric individuals by creating favourable conditions for them.
首先要解决这些人的房子问题，家庭有困难的也要帮助解决。
First of all, we should provide them with housing, and we should also help those who have difficulties.
要后继有人，这是对教育部门提出的问题。
Education departments are required to provide successors in the field of scientific research.
培养什么人？
What kind of personnel should they train?
有些大学只是中等技术学校水平，何必办成大学？
Some universities have only an academic level of secondary technical schools, so why should we run them as if they were universities?
科学院要把科技大学办好，选数理化好的高中毕业生入学，不照顾干部子弟。
The Chinese Academy of Sciences should run the Chinese University of Science and Technology well.
They should enrol senior middle school graduates with good academic records in mathematics, physics and chemistry and no special treatment should be given to cadres' children.
这样做要是犯错误，我首先检讨。
If this is wrong, I will be the first to make self-criticism.