This article inspects translation of foreign archival works and glimpses into foreign effects on Chinese archival studies through the analysis of these books’ spatial and temporal pattern, citation institution and characteristics. These books don’t reflect the first sino-foreign archival exchange climax and mainly come from European and American countries in time and space. The majority have a lower utilization and academic value. Besides, their own characteristics such as publication, topic and translation limit the utilization to some extent. It finally evaluates these translated works’ role in the Chinese archival discipline construction and the introduction of foreign archival theories, then advises on the further publication of archival translated works.