Awesome Tips for High Quality Sports Translation Services in 2024

Recently updated on February 21st, 2024 at 08:19 pm

Are you a major sports media network or a leading website or blog forum that produces a variety of sports content and needs to translate your videos and articles into Chinese? Chinese Copywriter provides sports organizations and media networks with the best sports translation services.

Why Do You Need Sports Translation Services?

Sport is one of the most internationalized phenomena that transcends national borders, thanks in large part to the tremendous success of the International Olympic Games over the past 100 years. The Superbowl, the FIFA World Cup, the Olympic Games… the world’s biggest sporting events are broadcast in almost every country.

Translation, adaptation, localization, subtitling, dubbing, and many other language techniques are used to do so, otherwise, foreign countries would not be able to follow these sporting events.

💡The reach of a video game is multiplied tenfold when translated. With North America, China and South Korea showing the highest demand in this field, translating and localizing games is one of the most important challenges for a company in this industry.

Sports Translation Services
Sports Translation Services

What Are the Challenges of Sports Translation Services?

Every sport has its own jargon, a vocabulary that the audience demands, and that the translator specializing in sports must speak, understand, and most importantly, know how to translate with passion, rigor, and efficiency from one language into another.

Sports Translation Services by Chinese Copywriter

Chinese Copywriter provides the sports industry with the best translators, specialized in sport, to manage any type of translation (media, commercial, marketing, financial, legal, medical…) on a single platform.

In addition to having a large team of experienced sports translators and multilingual writers, Chinese Copywriter has developed the language industry’s leading translation technology solutions that enable our professional linguists to translate your sports articles and media content with accuracy and speed.

Types of Sports Translation Services We Offer

Chinese Copywriter provides fast and accurate sports translation services for all international sports:

  • American Football
  • Archery
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Cricket
  • Bowling
  • Boxing
  • Curling
  • Tennis
  • Skateboarding
  • Surfing
  • Hockey
  • Figure Skating
  • Yoga
  • Fencing
  • Fitness
  • Gymnastics
  • Karate
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting
  • Basketball
  • Rugby
  • Wrestling
  • Auto Racing
  • Cycling
  • Running
  • Table Tennis
  • Fishing
  • Judo
  • Rock Climbing
  • Billiards
  • Shooting
  • Horse Racing
  • Golf
  • Swimming
  • Soccer

Sports Commentary Translation

Sports translation situations are often highly pressurized and ‘at the moment’, just like the games and contests to which they relate. Commentary translation, for example, happens instantly and with no room for error.

Sports PR Translation

PR is important in all areas of the sports industry.

A unified and culturally relevant message is vital, whether you’re a team or individual whose achievements and failures are communicated to the media or an organization that provides the infrastructure of international competitions.

💡It is the nuances that make-or-break PR. To avoid scandal and prove due diligence in everything from risk assessing factory conditions to revealing directorial bonus structures, companies involved with big sports need the services of skilled translators.

Sports E-Learning Materials Translation

Are you developing sports education and training courses to teach international coaches, athletes, volunteers, and sports clubs and need professional sports translation services to localize your learning content into Chinese?

Whether you need interactive courses, videos, subtitles, voice-over, or quizzes translated, we have the linguistic talents and localization professionals to get the job done with efficiency.

Sports Medicine Translation

An unfortunate but realistic part of playing sports is injuries. Though people do their best to take precautions and prevent injuries when they do happen everyone deserves the best care possible. That is why it is important for doctors and patients to be able to understand each other clearly.

Miscommunications can be devastating to athletes, and so sports translation services should be provided.

English-Chinese Glossary of Sports Terms

The following is a brief list of commonly used sports terms.

EnglishChinese
a man or woman of action               运动一族
interchangeable extension links                  可互换、可伸缩链环的表带
jogging in-place station                   跑步机/原地慢跑机
moving your stomach in and out                收腹和挺腹
stair-stepper              踏步机
zip-top bags              自封口胶袋
accessible both visually and physically                   既看得到又够得着
anti-venom pump                 排毒管;去毒器
aquatimer                     水时计
armswing                   摆臂(弧线)
blood pressure kit                 血压计
bowling coach                       投球教练 
brilliant luminescence                高亮荧光
Bring it on                  放马过来吧!
broaden your fitness spectrum                    扩大你的健身活动类型
bulb syringe               球形注射器
chin pull                     引体向上
chlorine-shock                      用氯消毒
cutting movements               侧切动作
English-Chinese Glossary of Sports Terms
EnglishChinese
flip-lock bracelet                   腕扣式表带
functional fitness                  功能性健身(训练)
gym-off                      逃避锻炼/逃健身课
high-function fluids              高效补水饮料
hip sled                       雪撬式臀部训练机 
honor athletic excellence                 嘉奖卓越的体育表现
hydrating fluid                       补充水分的饮料
improve energy flow             促进气血流通/畅通
lap pool                         膝盖池/浅水泳池 
late withdrawal                    临赛退出
multi-sport events                 多项目运动竞赛
pass-back rule                       回传规则
resistance athletes                 接受阻力训练的运动员   
resistance bands                    阻力带  
resistance tubing                   弹力绳
sports franchises                    职业运动队
spotting technique                防护技巧
strength and conditioning coach                体能教练
English-Chinese Glossary of Sports Terms

Frequently Asked Questions

What Are the Top 10 Sports in the World in 2024?

1. Association football (Soccer)
2. Cricket
3. Hockey (Ice and Field)       
4. Tennis        
5. Volleyball
6. Table tennis
7. Basketball  
8. Baseball
9. Rugby
10. Golf

What is the Most Popular Sport in China?

The most popular sport in China is table tennis, which is also considered as the country’s national game.

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