功能翻译理论视域下的英语体育新闻翻译研究的中期报告Mid-termReportontheStudyofEnglishSportsNewsTranslationfromthePerspectiveofFunctionalTranslationTheoryAbstract:ThisresearchaimstoexplorethetranslationstrategiesusedinEnglishsportsnewstranslationfromtheperspectiveoffunctionaltranslationtheory,whichemphasizesthecommunicativefunctionofthetargettext.BasedonacorpusofEnglishsportsnewsarticlesandtheirChinesetranslations,thisstudyhasanalyzedthetranslationstrategiesusedintermsofthreefunctionaldimensions:informativefunction,expressivefunction,andpragmaticfunction.Thefindingsshowthattranslatorsoftenprioritizetheinformativefunctionwhileneglectingtheexpressiveandpragmaticfunctions,andtendtouseliteraltranslationandomissionstrategies.Futureresearchwillfocusondevelopingeffectivestrategiestoenhancetheexpressiveandpragmaticfunctionsinsportsnewstranslation.Keywords:functionaltranslationtheory,sportsnewstranslation,informativefunction,expressivefunction,pragmaticfunction,translationstrategies1.IntroductionTranslationplaysavitalroleinsportscommunication,especiallyintheeraofglobalizationwheresportsnewsisdisseminatedacrossdifferentcountriesandcultures.However,sportsnewstranslationisnotjustamatteroflinguistictransferbutalsoacomplexprocessofinterculturalandintertextualcommunication.Therefore,itisnecessarytoexplorethetranslationstrategiesusedinsportsnewstranslationandtheinfluenceoftranslationonthecommunicativefunctionofthetargettext.Functionaltranslationtheoryemphasizesthecommunicativefunctionofthetargettext,whichmeansthatatranslationshouldnotonlyconveytheoriginalmeaningbutalsofulfillthecommunicativepurposeofthetargetculture.Inthisstudy,weaimtoanalyzethetranslationstrategiesusedinEnglishsportsnewstranslationfromtheperspectiveoffunctionaltranslationtheory,withacorpusofsportsnewsarticlesandtheirChinesetranslations.2.LiteratureReview2.1FunctionalTranslationTheoryFunctionaltranslationtheory,alsoknownasSkopostheorie,wasfirstproposedbyGermantranslationscholarHansJ.Vermeerinthe1970s(Vermeer,2014).Thekeyideaofthisthe