请将下面这段话翻译成英文：
刺绣(embroidery)是用针和线或纱线(yarn)在织物或其他材料上进行装饰的手工艺。刺绣最常用在无檐帽、有檐帽、外套、毛毯、礼服衬衫、长筒袜、髙尔夫球衫上。令人感到吃惊的是:在刺绣的发展过程中，从起初到后来更精美的阶段，让人感觉不到也说不出来有什么材质或技术的变化。另一方面，我们发现后来很少能达到早期作品中的技术成就和髙水准的工艺。
参考翻译:
Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn.It is most often used on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, stockings, and golf shirts.It is a striking fact that in the development of embroidery there are no changes of materials or techniques which can be felt or interpreted as advances from a primitive to a later, more refined stage.On the other hand, we find a technical accomplishment and high standard of craftsmanship in early works are rarely attained in later times.
1.令人感到吃惊的是在刺绣的发展过程中，从起初到后来更精美的阶段，让人感觉不到也说不出来有什么材质或技术的变化：“令人感到吃惊的是”可以理解为“这是一个令人吃惊的事实”，即It is a striking fact that...,后跟fact的同位语从句；“在...发展过程中”可用in the development of表示；“从起初到后来更精美的阶段可用from…to...短语，即as advances from a primitive to a later, more refined stage; “让人感觉不到也说不出来有什么材质或技术的变化，这个句子包含了一个定语从句，主句是there are no changes of materials or techniques,后跟which引导的定语从句；“说出”即“解释、说明”，可译为interpret,其同义词有：account、translate。
2.另一方面，我们发现后来很少能达到早期作品中的技术成就和高水准的工艺：“另—方面”可译为on the other hand;“技术成就”可译为technical accomplishment;“高水准的工艺”可译为high standard of craftsmanship。
