Letters of Recommendation (推荐信)
推荐信是写给单位、学校等介绍或说明应聘或求学人员情况的信件。与求职/求学信、个人简历等不同，推荐信是从第三方的角度向用人单位或学校提供有关当事人的必要信息或推荐意见。推荐信一般包括以下内容：
1． 被推荐人的姓名。
2． 被推荐人和推荐人的关系，相识的时间及相识的程度等。
3． 被推荐人的个人素质，如工作态度或学习成绩等。
4． 态度明确地支持接受被推荐人。
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
参考译文：
湖北大学
湖北，武汉
中华人民共和国
亲爱的史密斯教授，
我有机会向您介绍我先前的学生和同事孙宁先生，感到非常高兴。
孙宁先生1998年毕业于湖北大学物理系。毕业后在我校任教。学习期间成绩优良，有一定的研究能力，是一名非常有前途的大学教师。
他的理解 力很强，对物理很感兴趣，已在该领域发表了几篇论文。
孙先生性格乐观，诚实可靠，深得师生厚爱。
您若能接受他为您的研究生，我将不胜感激。
（手签）
张耀军
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)
参考译文：
教务长
前进进修学院
瞿溪路801号
上海市 200031
教务长先生：
许虹青小姐是我指导的英语硕士研究生。她考上研究生之前已经有了两年的教学经验，入学一年多来，充分显示了在语言学习和研究工作方面的天赋。
暑假即将开始，她希望能够有机会在贵校的暑期班执教英语。鉴于她的才能和知识，我愿意推荐她担任托福或雅思预备班的教学工作。许虹青小姐的英语功底扎实，责任心很强，工作满腔热情，相信她一定会受到学生们的欢迎。
感谢费心。
敬启
（签名）
