中国《政府工作报告》与美国《国情咨文》不仅功能类似,而且其缩略语在构成方式上也存在共同之处。本文比较分析了政府工作报告缩略语和国情咨文缩略语的构成方式及其翻译策略,指出国情咨文缩略语汉译策略对提高中国政府工作报告缩略语英译质量具有借鉴意义。 China’s “Report on the Work of the Government” has not only similar functions with the “State of the Union” of the United States, but also has common features of its abbreviations. This article analyzes the composition of the government work report acronym and the State of the Union Abbreviation and its translation strategies. It is pointed out that the strategy of translating the abbreviation of the State of the Union Message into English can improve the quality of English translation of the Chinese government work report.