Abstract: With the improvement of people's life nowadays, sports, especially basketball games, have become an indispensable part of our daily life, which makes sports news playing a big part in the news. The basic function of sports is to keep people fit and healthy, but as a form of social civilization, it has other functions. Consequently, the translation of sports news has great practical and theoretical significance in today's society. In view of this, the translation of sports news should seek its own way to substitute traditional strategies, which are mostly based on lingual equivalence. This paper takes Skopos theory as a theoretical support, applying three rules of Skopos theorie to guide sports reports translation. The aim of the paper is to discuss under the guidance of Skopos theory what kind of translation methods translators should choose and how they can apply this rule to improve the unsuitable translation. 

  Keywords: Skopos Theory; news; English news headline; translation strategies

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

  1.1 Research Background-1

  1.2 Literature Review-2

  1.2.1 Brief Introduction to Sports News Translation-3

  1.2.2 Related Studies of Sports News Translation at Home and Abroad-5

2. Theoretical Framework-6

  2.1 Skopos Theory-6

  2.1.1 Concepts-6

  2.1.2 Translation Brief-7

  2.1.3 Adequacy and Equivalence-8

  2.2 Three Rules of Skopos Theory-9

  2.2.1 Skopos Rule-9

  2.2.2 Coherence Rule-10

  2.2.3 Fidelity Rule-10

3. Application of Skopos theory to the Three Stages of E-C Translation of Sports News-11

  3.1 Application of Translation Brief to the Comprehension of Sports News-11

  3.2 Application of Three Rules to the Expression Phase of E-C Translation of Sports News-11

  3.2.1 Application of Skopos Rule to the Selection of Translation Strategies in Sports News: Literal and Free Translation-12

  3.2.2 Application of Coherence Rule to the Translation of Names in Sports News-15

  3.3 Application of Skopos theory to the Revision of Sports News Translation-18

4. Conclusion-19

References-20