孙宝来同志做地名工作已经18个年头了。1978年10月,那年他37多,离开了部队以正营职的级别转业到地方,领导上任命他到昌平建委以城建局副主任的职衔领导地名工作。他认为干地名工作就得钻研地名,他渐渐觉得地名学虽深奥,然而却是一个能使人生活充实、大有学问的工作,于是他迷上了地名,使自己尽快由外行成为内行 Comrade Sun Baolai has been doing place names for 18 years. In October 1978, when he was over 37, he left the army and relocated to the place where he was working. He was appointed by the leadership to go to Changping Construction Committee to work under the title of deputy director of Urban Construction Bureau. He thought that the work of dry land names had to be studied. He gradually realized that place name learning was esoteric, yet it was a work that made people full and knowledgeable. So he fell in love with place names and made himself an expert in the field as soon as possible