生长在广州西关的我国著名铁路工程师詹天佑,在编著科技和工程书刊中,也作出过重大贡献.他曾编著《新编华英工学字汇》,主编《京张铁路标准图册》和《京张铁路工程纪略》。 《新编英华工学字汇》收词万余条,是詹天佑积二十年岁月,在工作中累积形成。据编者自述介绍:“所译名词,或根据旧籍,或沿用俗名,中国所未译出者,必征集众意,方始决定,勘酌损益,易稿屡矣。……前岁中华工程师会成立,各会员闻天佑辑有是篇,屡促付梓,以符会章审定名词之旨, Zhan Tianyou, a famous railway engineer who grew up in the west of Guangzhou, made a significant contribution to the compilation of books on science and technology .He has edited “New Huaying Engineering Vocabulary”, edited “Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway Atlas” and “Beijing Zhang Railway Project Notes. ” “New Ying Ying Gong Xue Hui,” received more than ten thousand words, is Zhan Tianyou product years, accumulated in the work. According to the editorials of the editors: "The term translated, or according to old age, or follow the common name, China has never been found, Set up, members of Wen Tianyou series are articles, repeatedly promulgated Zi, in accordance with the principles of the tentative validation of terms,