However,the prize should not be a yardstick with which to evaluate China's academician system.Academicians in China refer to the most senior members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.
诺贝尔奖不应该被视作衡量中国院士体系(academician system)的准绳(yardstick)。中国的院士都是两院最资深的成员(most senior members)。
但后面话锋一转:No doubt the existing academician system is far from perfect,especially against the background of economic transformation that stresses research and innovation.The comprehensive reform plan made in the Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee in 2013 also made it clear that the academician system should reform the selection procedure,subjects and age limits.
现有院士系统并非尽善尽美(the existing academician system is far from perfect),尤其是当前情势下,强调经济改革为科研和创新(that stresses research and innovation)。因此,18届三中全会已经制定了全面的改革方案(comprehensive reform plan),该计划清晰指出,院士体的遴选程序、学科和年龄限制都应该改革(the academician system should reform the selection procedure,subjects and age limits).
No doubt a Nobel Prize is a huge honor.We should be proud of Tu,but it will be fussy to dwarf our own academician system.
诺贝尔奖是很高的荣誉。我们应该为屠呦呦骄傲,但因此而矮化(dwarf)我们的院士体系,那就是鸡蛋里挑骨头(fussy)了。