"Very bright, even-tempered, trying to be fair and considerate - a true gentlemen," said Ed Nef, 85, president of a nonprofit organization, The Ed Nef Foundation, who recalled his exchanges of light-hearted letters with the late president in 1991.

　　“非常聪明，甚至脾气暴躁，试图公平和体贴——一个真正的绅士，”85岁的Ed Nef，一个非营利组织，ED NEF基金会主席说，他回忆起他与已故总统在1991交换轻松的信件。

　　They attended the same high school-- Phillips Academy, Andover -- in the eastern U.S. state of Massachusetts.

　　他们就读于美国东部马萨诸塞州的同一所高中——安多弗的菲利普斯学院。

　　Les Schroeppel, a resident of Washington D.C., told Xinhua outside the National Cathedral that he knew the late president served as head of the U.S. Liaison Office in China when the two nations were not diplomatically tied.

　　莱斯·斯科罗佩尔(Les Schroeppel)是华盛顿特区的一名居民他在国家大教堂外对新华社说，他知道已故总统在两国没有外交关系的时候担任美国驻华联络处主任。

　　He said the 41st president was effective in building contacts and communications with China and other countries.

　　他说，第41任总统在与中国和其他国家建立联系和沟通方面卓有成效。

　　George H.W. Bush passed away on Friday at his home in Houston, Texas.

　　老布什于周五在德克萨斯州休斯顿的家中去世。

　　The former president, who served as head of the U.S. Liaison Office in China between 1974 and 1975, was seen "an old friend of the Chinese people," who had witnessed and promoted the historic development of U.S.-China relations in the past decades.

　　这位前总统1974年至1975年担任美国驻华联络处处长，被视为“中国人民的老朋友”，见证和推动了美国的历史发展在过去的几十年里，中美关系发展迅速。

　　Born in 1924, Bush joined the U.S. Navy upon finishing high school in 1942. His wartime duty was spent in the Pacific flying a three-man Avenger torpedo bomber. He graduated from Yale University in 1948 with a degree in economics.

　　布什出生于1924年，1942年高中毕业后加入美国海军。他的战时任务是在太平洋上驾驶一架三人复仇者鱼雷轰炸机。1948年，他从耶鲁大学毕业，获得经济学学位。

　　Bush was elected U.S. president in 1988 as the successor to Ronald Reagan.

　　布什于1988年当选美国总统，成为罗纳德·里根的继任者。

　　Following the funeral service in Washington, Bush's remains will be flown back to Houston later on Wednesday to lie in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church before burial Thursday at his family plot behind the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University.

　　在华盛顿举行完葬礼后，布什的遗体将于本周三晚些时候运回休斯顿，在圣马丁圣公会教堂安息，然后于本周四安葬在老布什总统图书馆和德克萨斯A&M大学博物馆后的家中。

　　He will be buried alongside his wife Barbara Bush who died seven months ago, and Robin Bush, the daughter the couple lost to leukemia in 1953 at age of three.

　　他将与7个月前去世的妻子芭芭拉·布什以及1953年因白血病去世的女儿罗宾·布什一起埋葬。

　　英文来源：人民网