Abstract: In recent years, China' sports undertakings have become more and more marketized and the successful hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has further promoted international sports exchanges between China and foreign countries. However, sports English translation in international sports vents has constituted one of the major factors restricting the development of China's international sports events. Therefore, China's sports development urgently calls for high-quality sports English translation to meet corresponding needs. The fast development of large-scale international sporting events has highlighted the scarcity of sports interpreters in China. This paper, on the basis of ESP(English for Specific Purpose), probes into the features of sports English and the problems in interpretation in the international sporting events. It further comes up with the corresponding strategies and countermeasure so as to provide a completely new perspective for cultivating qualified sports English interpreters for international large-scale sporting events in China.

Key words: sports English interpretation, international large-scale sporting event, development measure, ESP, China