The cultivation of translation competence is essential in the whole language-learning process for English majors.This paper has summed up some common translation problems that English majors encounter in doing translation,offered instances that are mostly collected from their translation exercises and subsequently proposed corresponding solutions. The cultivation of translation competence is essential in the whole language-learning process for English majors. This paper has summed up some common translation problems that English majors encounter in doing translation, offered instances that are mostly collected from their translation exercises and solutions proposed corresponding solutions .