“责任编辑”这一名称大概是50年代新中国出版事业初创时期从俄文翻译过来的.苏维埃国家出版社建立个人工作责任制是列宁倡导的.他在1920年12月11日写给国家出版局时信中要求出版每一本书时毫无例外地都要有“责任编辑”和“责任校对”签字(见《列宁全集》中文2版50卷46页). The term “responsible editor” was probably translated from Russian in the early days of the publishing business of the new China in the 1950s, which was advocated by Lenin in his accountability system for personal work in the Soviet State Press, and was published in the State Press on December 11, 1920 At the time of the request of the Council, each publication without exception was subject to the signature of “responsible editor” and “proof of responsibility” (see Lenin, Collected Works, Vol. 2, No. 50, p. 46).