Besides, doing translation exercise may also help you improve your ability in using the language, thus making preparation for improving your writing ability.

另外，适当做一些翻译练习也可以帮助你提高运用语言的能力，从而为提高写作能力做好准备。

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In fact, I think there are three reasons why I never see such a translation exercise work.

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