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the translation exactly starts writing from the opposite angle.）. Sometimes the translators utilize the negation technique just to form an exquisite article. For example: ⑴“塞翁失马，焉知非福？” is a rhetorical question, but the translation is “ Danger is next neighbor to security.” which is an affirmation declarative sentence. ⑵我很高兴看见你安然无恙。——I am glad to see you safe and sound. In Chinese, “无恙” means “haven’t got illness”, which is expressed negatively. But its translation —— “sound”, whose meaning is “健康”, is expressed positively. “英语中有许多含有否定或半否定语气的词语，在翻译中可充分利用，以便使译文符合英语习惯，并使句子结构多样化。”[9]P60 ( There are many denial or half denial expression words and expressions in English. If they are fully used in translation, the translation will conform to the English custom and the sentence structures are more varied.) ⑶For example: “木已成舟” in Chinese is firmly a declarative sentence. But its English translation is “things done cannot be undone” which expresses the identical meaning from the denial declarative sentence angle. ⑷“不入虎穴，焉得虎子？” is a rhetorical question, whose translation is “nothing venture, nothing have”. It is an affirmation sentence. ⑸他开车的时候心不在焉，几乎闯祸。——His absence of mind during the driving nearly caused an accident. The noun “absence” conceals the meaning of negation. It agreed with the logics of the native English readers. Mr.Ye Zinan had added “有时采用这种方法却是译者为了行文优美的目的，不用这个反面着笔的方法译文并非不通。反面着笔的方法在实际翻译中如果用的恰到好处，常常会使译者绝处缝生，是英汉翻译中非常有用的一个技巧。”[10]P81（Sometimes the translator uses this method in order to reach a goal of forming an exquisite article. So even if they don’t use the method of negation, other translation methods still work. If the translator uses Negation properly, he will find his way out from an impasse. It is a useful skill in Chinese and English translation.） 2.2.2 Substitution “Substitution” refers to “some Chinese idioms are abstract while the equivalent English idioms have concrete images; some Chinese idioms have concrete images but the equivalent English ones are always abstract.” 2.2.2.1 Substitute abstract concept for concrete images The Chinese idiom is quite abstract, while the English idiom is concrete. Because its vivid image may enable the reader to realize flavor. ⑴For example: “做贼心虚” may be translated that “a bad conscience is just like a snake in one ' s heart”. We use “a snake in the heart” to transmit “心虚”—the afraid and guilty conscience of the thief. ⑵The correspond English idiom of “事与愿违”is “all your swans are geese”. When someone fined out all swans are ordinary geese and the disappointed facial expression is contrary to what he expects. ⑶“不知所措” corresponds the English idiom “all at sea”. Shall we try to imagine the situation that a person in the boundless sea. It is helpless. ⑷The idiom “入乡随俗” may be translated into “when in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Why in Rome but not other places？ But the foreign readers are very familiar with this idiom. We change “乡（village）”to “Rome” which the foreign readers are so familiar with. Certainly they can accurately understand intrinsic meaning of the Chinese idiom “入乡随俗”. The similar idioms are as follows: ⑸青出于蓝胜于蓝 —— The pupil outdoes the master. ⑹不择手段 —— By hook and by crook ⑺不辞而别 —— To take French leave. 2.2.2.2 Substitute concrete images for abstract concept “中国人特别喜欢用具体形象词语比喻抽象的事物，以物表感，状物言志。”[11]P30（The Chinese like using the vivid concrete words and expressions to substitute abstract things, expressing their feelings and wills by thin