重复法实际上也是一种增词法，只不过所增加的词是上文刚刚出现过的词。
(1)为了明确
1)重复名词
经典例题: I had experienced oxygen and/or engine trouble.
参考译文: 我曾碰到过，不是氧气设备出故障，就是引擎出故障，或两者都出故障。
经典例题: Water can be decomposed by energy，a current of electricity.
参考译文: 水可由能量来分解，所谓能量也就是电流。
2)重复动词
经典例题: They wanted to determine if he complied with the terms of his employment and his obligations as an American. 参考译文: 他们想要确定，他是否履行了受雇条件，是否履行了作为美国公民所应尽的职责。
经典例题: He supplied his works not only with biographies，but with portraits of their supposed authors. 参考译文: 他不仅在他的作品上提供作者传记，而且还提供假想作者的画像。
3)重复代词
经典例题: Big powers have their strategies while small countries also have their own lines. 参考译文: 强国有强国的策略，小国有小国的路线。
经典例题: He hated failure; he had conquered it all his life，risen above it，despised it in others. 参考译文: 他讨厌失败，他一生中曾战胜失败，超越失败，并且藐视别人的失败。
(2)为了强调
1)英语原文中有词的重复，译成汉语有时可以保持同样的词的重复。
经典例题: Work while you work，play while you play. 参考译文: 工作时工作，游戏时游戏。
2)英语原文中有词的重复，译成汉语有时可以用同义词重复。
经典例题: They would read and re-read the secret notes.参考译文: 他们往往一遍又一遍地反复琢磨这些密件。
(3)为了生动
1)运用两个四字词组
经典例题: He showed himself calm in an emergency situation. 参考译文: 他在情况危急时，态度从容，镇定自若。
2)运用词的重叠
经典例题: I wasn’t evasive in my reply. 参考译文: 我的回答并不躲躲闪闪。
3)运用四字对偶词组
经典例题: The trial，in his opinion，was absolutely fair. 参考译文: 据他看来，这次审判是绝对公平合理的。