翻译是一种创造性语言活动,是一门艺术。翻译时就需要运用一定的翻译技巧,尽可能忠实地把原文表现出来,增词法就是常用的翻译技巧之一。本文通过三个方面来介绍增词法,概况论述英汉翻译中的增词法。从而使我们更好的懂得适当的增词会将原文的意义表达的更为明显和完整,使翻译出来的句子更加通顺自然。 Translation is a creative language activity, is an art. Translation requires the use of certain translation skills, as faithfully as possible to show the original text, and the addition of words is one of the most commonly used translation techniques. This article introduces the method of adding words through three aspects, and generalizes the method of adding words in English-Chinese translation. So that we can better understand that proper additions will make the meaning of the original more explicit and complete, and make the translated sentences more natural and fluent.