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Social constructionists stress that an interaction with others in a social environment is essential to construct knowledge and learning is a product of collaborative activities rather than individual efforts. On the basis of the theoretical framework, nine students in my translation class were divided into three groups of three students and asked to conduct a "group translation" activity. The students have engaged themselves to various group activities in the translation process. They have worked closely together doing research, analysing a source text, identifying translation problems, discussing translation strategies, and making revisions. After a semester-long activity of team translation, a survey was carried out to examine the students' evaluation of the activity as well as the effects of collaborative learning on students' translation competence.