Generally speaking, these previous papers have made some achievements in E-C translation field, but more exploration and research are needed due to the lack of systematic research. This paper hopes to make some contribution to the comprehensive study.

Chapter Two  Features of Sports News Headlines

2.1 Features of English Sports News Headlines

  English Sports news headlines have their own distinctive characteristics. A good mastery of these features can enable us to have a better understanding of the headlines. Thus, it’s vitally important to deepen the understanding of these stylistic features.

2.1.1 Lexical Features

The diction of English news headlines attaches importance to exactness and vividness. Limited by space, newspapers tend to use words which can attract readers’ attention and save space.

2.1.1.1 Midget Words

    English news headlines always try to use limited words to express news content. Therefore, the choice of words should be as short and clear as possible. Those short words or the ones of least letters are preferable in that they can not only enhance the simplicity and readability of the news, but also save the page space.来*自-优=尔,论:文+网www.chuibin.com

Lin and Hornets sting Spurs

                                         (China Daily, March 3, 2016)

It is a game during the NBA regular season. Charlotte Hornets defeated San Antonio Spurs. In the headline, ‘sting’ is used instead of ‘defeat’ or ‘surpass’. ‘sting’ has only five letters while ‘defeat’ has six and ‘surpass’ has seven, so ‘sting’ is more economical in terms of space. A vivid picture of the Hornets’ victory rise in the audiences’ eyes by using only one short word.

Noah’s Career Night Leads Bulls Over Bucks 

In sports events, people feel the passion and beauty of sports through the competition of power, speed and skill .Therefore, in this situation, our sports reports are asked to be full of strength. So for sports headlines, the editor selects midget words that sounds powerful. The words "sting", "over" are good examples.