「Travel By Train In March」는 성공회대학교 영어학 교수 조병은 박사께서 심혈을 기울여 번역한 동시집이다. 문학적 역량을 발휘하여 영어권 어린이들이 가장 편하고 자연스럽게 읽을 수 있도록 번역했다.
무엇보다 이 영문판 동시집은 2012년 9월에 우리 나라 경주에서 열린 국제 PEN 대회에 참가한 세계 98개국의 220여명의 외국 문인, 작가들에게 한국의 동시를 널리 알리는 데 큰 의미가 있다고 본다. 또한 한국관광공사를 통하여 한국을 찾아오는 외국 관광객들에게 우리 나라 아동문학가의 동시를 소개하고 홍보하는 선물로도 널리 활용될 전망이다.
한국도 국제화되어가는 현 시점에서 엄기원 동시집 「삼월의 기차 여행」영문판은 한국에 살고 있는 영어권 외국 어린이와 학부모들에게 좋은 읽을거리가 되기 충분한 책이다.

시인의 말

Dear children,

How wonderful would it be to travel by train in March, when sprouts are out all green here and there?
I wrote a children's poem called 'Traveling by Train in March'. This poem is based on a story of my meeting a boy and enjoying spending time with him while I was traveling by train. I chose this title also as the title of the whole book. The pictures included inside are also interesting.
People say it is easy to understand my children's poems even for those who do not know much about poems, which I think is a good thing. I hope this one is also easy to understand.
My wife and I live with four cats. We gave them names - Kami, Bomi, Sami, and Mimi - and they are a part of our family. There is a poem about each of the four cats in this book as well. The cats seemed to be happy when they heard the poem. Isn't this funny?
I appreciate professor Cho, Byung-Eun, who translated my children's poems with her whole heart. I hope this book is read by many children all over the world. Like music, poetry has no borders, right?
I also appreciate artist Kwang-Bae Kim, who drew wonderful illustrations for my book.
Summer of 2012,
Eum, Ki-Won