[General] doing a great job of....

[Silverobama]

1) Phil asked us to translate a Chinese sentence into English in our online group. Gary helped him but Phil was still asking in our group. Then Phil asked me to help me. I am not good at translating and I think Gary's translation is good, so I said to Phil:

a) Gary has done a great job of translating the phrase.

Is the above italic sentence natural?

2) Suzie is my friend and Jason knows her. Today, I chatted with Jason about Suzie. Suzie has been learning English very hard by herself for many years and she has improved a lot. I said to Jason:

b) She's been doing a great job of learning English be herself throughout these years.

Is the above italic sentence also natural?

 

[Skrej]

a) Gary has done a great job of translating the phrase.
Is the above italic sentence natural?

Yes.

b) She's been doing a great job of learning English by herself throughout these years.

Is the above italic sentence also natural?​

It's okay. I think a more natural version would be 'over the years'. Note the typo with 'by'.​

 

[tedmc]

I think doing a great job in translating is also good.

 

[emsr2d2]

1) In our online chat group, Phil asked us to translate a Chinese sentence into English. [STRIKE]in our online group.[/STRIKE] Gary helped him but Phil was still asking [STRIKE]in our[/STRIKE] the group. Then Phil asked me to help [STRIKE]me[/STRIKE] him. I am not good at translating and I [STRIKE]think[/STRIKE] thought Gary's translation [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] was good, so I said to Phil:

a) Gary has done a great job of translating the phrase.

Is the above italic sentence natural? Yes.

2) Suzie is my friend and Jason knows her. Today, I chatted with Jason about [STRIKE]Suzie[/STRIKE] her. [STRIKE]Suzie[/STRIKE] She has been [STRIKE]learning[/STRIKE] studying English very hard by herself for many years and she has improved a lot. I said to Jason:

b) She's been doing a great job of learning English by herself [STRIKE]throughout these[/STRIKE] for many years.

Is the above italic sentence also natural?

emsr2d2