Writing in 2008 for IGN, Chris Carabott criticized the episode for not advancing the series' narrative, describing it as "yet another good character piece" but "fail[ing] at really moving the story forward at all."[3] In another IGN article in 2014, Eric Goldman ranked "...In Translation" as 101st out of all the episodes of Lost, with the episode's low position also due to its lack of narrative advancements.[11] In a 2009 list of his favorite Lost moments, Zap2It's Ryan McGee praised "...In Translation" for "recontextualiz[ing] Sun's flashbacks in "House of the Rising Sun", calling this "storytelling of the highest order."[12] Dan Kawa of Television Without Pity gave the episode a B.[13]