Newmark's Text Translation Theory and Li Yao's Translation Strategy of Literary Texts

According to the discourse function, Newmark's text translation theory classifies the text as expression function, information function and calling function. The translator should adopt different translation strategies and methods according to different text types. The translation strategy of Mr. Li Yao's literary text is mainly literal translation, and the liberal translation is an alternative means, which can convey the form and content of the source text to the maximum extent.