Rules for transformations apply to all functions. Likely, you learned that the parent function for a quadratic is x², and shifting up/down means the parent function looks like x² ± a while shifting left/right means the parent function looks like (x ± a)². The same rules will apply to trigonometric functions.
The transformation sin(x) - a results in a vertical shift down
The transformation sin(x + a) results in a horizontal shift left
The transformation sin(x) + a results in a vertical shift up
The transformation sin(x - a) results in a horizontal shift right