Letters of Recommendation (推薦信)
推薦信是寫給單位、學校等介紹或說明應聘或求學人員情況的信件。與求職/求學信、個人簡歷等不同，推薦信是從第三方的角度向用人單位或學校提供有關當事人的必要信息或推薦意見。推薦信一般包括以下內容：
1． 被推薦人的姓名。
2． 被推薦人和推薦人的關系，相識的時間及相識的程度等。
3． 被推薦人的個人素質，如工作態度或學習成績等。
4． 態度明確地支持接受被推薦人。
Samples
Hubei University
Wuhan City, Hubei Province
PRC
Oct. 26, 2004
Dear Prof. Smith,
It is with great pleasure that I take this opportunity to introduce you Mr. Sun Ning, my former student and obliging colleague.
Mr. Sun Ning graduated from the Physics Department of Hubei University in 1998. After graduation, he began to teach in our college. During his college years, he achieved excellent results in study. He has some capacity to do research work and shows much promise as a college teacher.
He is a fast learner and very interested in physics and has published a few articles in this field.
Being cheerful and reliable, Mr. Sun is very popular among the teachers and the students. He is one of my most outstanding students.
I will be very grateful if you would be so kind to accept him as your graduate student.
Yours sincerely,
(signature)
Zhang Yaojun
Professor & Head of Physics
Department
參考譯文：
湖北大學
湖北，武漢
中華人民共和國
親愛的史密斯教授，
我有機會向您介紹我先前的學生和同事孫寧先生，感到非常高興。
孫寧先生1998年畢業于湖北大學物理系。畢業后在我校任教。學習期間成績優良，有一定的研究能力，是一名非常有前途的大學教師。
他的理解 力很強，對物理很感興趣，已在該領域發表了幾篇論文。
孫先生性格樂觀，誠實可靠，深得師生厚愛。
您若能接受他為您的研究生，我將不勝感激。
（手簽）
張耀軍
物理系教授、主任
2004年10月26日Dean
Qianjin College of Continuing Education
801 Quxi Road
Shanghai 200031
sample2
Dear Mr. Dean,
Miss Xu Hongqing is a graduate student of English under my supervision. She had had two years’ teaching experience before her admission to the graduate program. Having studied here for over a year, she has demonstrated her talent both in language learning and in research work.
As the summer vacation is drawing near, she wishes to have a chance of teaching English at your summer session. In view of her capability and knowledge, I would like to recommend her to your TOEFL or IELTS Prep Course. Her solid foundation of the language, strong sense of responsibility, and enthusiastic commitment to work would make herself popular with her students.
Thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
(signature)
參考譯文：
教務長
前進進修學院
瞿溪路801號
上海市 200031
教務長先生：
許虹青小姐是我指導的英語碩士研究生。她考上研究生之前已經有了兩年的教學經驗，入學一年多來，充分顯示了在語言學習和研究工作方面的天賦。
暑假即將開始，她希望能夠有機會在貴校的暑期班執教英語。鑒于她的才能和知識，我愿意推薦她擔任托福或雅思預備班的教學工作。許虹青小姐的英語功底扎實，責任心很強，工作滿腔熱情，相信她一定會受到學生們的歡迎。
感謝費心。
敬啟
（簽名）
