"The smaller Sukhāvatī-vyūha" ("The Amitabha Sutra") is one of the three sutras of Pure Land Buddhism. This sutra had two different Chinese translations, one by Kumārajīva and one by Xuanzhuang, with Kumārajīva's translation being the more popular of the two. In the history of the translations of Chinese Buddhist scriptures, Kumārajīva is a second-stage translation representative, and Xuanzhuang is a third-stage translation representative. In comparing these two translations of the same sutra, we are able to understand the styles of the two translators. The opinion put forth in this paper is that we should not criticize translations of Buddhist Scriptures in a simplistic and contrastive way, for example saying, "Kumārajīva's interpretation is a free translation, and Xuanzang's is a literal translation." This paper has actually discovered that some nouns are based on free translation in Kumārajīva's translation, and the same nouns were transliterated in Xuanzang's version, and sometimes the reverse is true. Although Xuanzang advocated "Five Untranslatables," that is, five instances where one should transliterate, his translation did not strictly comply with these five rules, for instance the names of Ahrats, Bodhisattvas, and Buddha were not translated consistently. Although Kumārajīva's translation is fluent, there are some areas that are difficult to understand, whereas Xuanzang's translation is more fluent and easier to understand.