Translation Strategies of Sports Headlines from English to Chinese

Headlines are indispensable components in news reports. The translation of headlines is a vital to the whole. However, so far it failed to attract enough attention of domestic translators. Based on English sports news examples, this paper probes into the profiles of English sports headlines including the definition, characteristics and function. In particular, the paper proposes some approaches to proper translation of English sports headlines into Chinese. Translators should employ different strategies under specific circumstances.