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Trina Solar Ltd – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/11 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 3/29/12, at 4:49pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/11   ·   Accession #:  1104659-12-22420   ·   File #:  1-33195

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/29/12  Trina Solar Ltd                   20-F       12/31/11   99:17M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-4.10     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    128K 
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 5: EX-8.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     48K 
 9: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     27K 
10: EX-13.2     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     27K 
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11: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information  HTML     25K 
69: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
56: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    173K 
67: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
71: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    107K 
90: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity and    HTML    107K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
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66: R7          Organization and Principal Activities               HTML     31K 
51: R8          Summary of Principal Accounting Policies            HTML    184K 
41: R9          Allowance for Doubtful Receivables                  HTML     82K 
91: R10         Inventories                                         HTML     49K 
73: R11         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                  HTML     61K 
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79: R14         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     90K 
76: R15         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML    211K 
80: R16         Bank Borrowings                                     HTML     94K 
68: R17         Convertible Senior Notes                            HTML     40K 
70: R18         Accrued Warranty Costs                              HTML     42K 
75: R19         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    103K 
99: R20         Tax Expense                                         HTML    164K 
86: R21         Distribution of Profit                              HTML     31K 
62: R22         Related Party Transactions and Balances             HTML     34K 
74: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     49K 
64: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML     62K 
32: R25         Major Customers and Suppliers                       HTML     45K 
87: R26         Additional Information - Financial Statement        HTML    194K 
                Schedule I                                                       
95: R27         Summary of Principal Accounting Policies            HTML    288K 
                (Policies)                                                       
46: R28         Summary of Principal Accounting Policies (Tables)   HTML    140K 
45: R29         Allowance for Doubtful Receivables (Tables)         HTML     74K 
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98: R38         Tax Expense (Tables)                                HTML    156K 
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53: R40         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     55K 
89: R41         Major Customers and Suppliers (Tables)              HTML     40K 
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44: R43         Summary of Principal Accounting Policies (Details   HTML     70K 
                2)                                                               
48: R44         Summary of Principal Accounting Policies (Details   HTML     82K 
                3)                                                               
57: R45         Summary of Principal Accounting Policies (Details   HTML     31K 
                4)                                                               
24: R46         Allowance for Doubtful Receivables (Details)        HTML     41K 
40: R47         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     44K 
20: R48         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)        HTML     52K 
88: R49         Prepaid Land Use Right (Details)                    HTML     32K 
33: R50         Accrued Expenses and Current Liabilities (Details)  HTML     47K 
85: R51         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     39K 
37: R52         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details 2)        HTML     30K 
54: R53         Fair Value Measurement (Details)                    HTML     51K 
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22: R55         Fair Value Measurement (Details 3)                  HTML     36K 
47: R56         Bank Borrowings (Details)                           HTML     39K 
28: R57         Bank Borrowings (Details 2)                         HTML     47K 
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59: R59         Bank Borrowings (Details 4)                         HTML     42K 
77: R60         Convertible Senior Notes (Details)                  HTML     93K 
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83: R63         Tax Expense (Details)                               HTML     39K 
81: R64         Tax Expense (Details 2)                             HTML     31K 
61: R65         Tax Expense (Details 3)                             HTML     63K 
82: R66         Tax Expense (Details 4)                             HTML     56K 
38: R67         Tax Expense (Details 5)                             HTML     85K 
65: R68         Distribution of Profit (Details)                    HTML     40K 
94: R69         Related Party Transactions and Balances (Details)   HTML     50K 
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31: R71         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2)           HTML     41K 
55: R72         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 3)           HTML     38K 
27: R73         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     37K 
97: R74         Major Customers and Suppliers (Details)             HTML     36K 
35: R75         Additional Information - Financial Statement        HTML     36K 
                Schedule I (Details)                                             
29: R76         Additional Information - Financial Statement        HTML    106K 
                Schedule I (Details 2)                                           
30: R77         Additional Information - Financial Statement        HTML     40K 
                Schedule I (Details 3)                                           
23: R78         Additional Information - Financial Statement        HTML     74K 
                Schedule I (Details 4)                                           
26: R79         Additional Information - Financial Statement        HTML    117K 
                Schedule I (Details 5)                                           
96: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    138K 
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14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tsl-20111231_cal                XML    349K 
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17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tsl-20111231_pre               XML   1.56M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- tsl-20111231                          XSD    275K 
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