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Translating Techniques in C-E Translation (1): Re-categorization 1．Re-categorization: a cognitive mechanism in translation Languages differ in categorical system A category does not necessarily have an absolutely corresponding category in another language. Although the dislocated correspondence is inevitable between categories in two languages, the cross-lingual transfer can still be carried out. Re-categorization: re-naming 2. The cognitive characteristics of re-categorization in C-E translation The categories of mind fit the categories of the world. Basic-level category Superordinate category Subordinate category Internal-domain categorization Schematization Instantiation Categorization and conceptualization: domain-within vs. domain-across 2.1 Domain-confinedness of re-categorization in C-E translation “The categories we form are part of our experience! They are the structures that differentiate aspects of our experience into discernible kinds.” (Lakoff Johnson, 1999:19) The categorization of TREE “What makes concepts concepts is their inferential ability, their ability to be bound together in ways that yield inferences” (Lakoff Johnson, 1999:20) Category vs. concept Conceptualize the category *Categorize the concept Mind is conceptualized as body. *Mind is categorized as body 2.2 Naming by categorization Cross-domain conceptualization. Love is a journey. A surgeon is a butcher. B. Internal-domain categorization TREE; PLATYPUS 3. Re-categorization in C-E translation Schema framework Basic level Superordinate level Subodinate level 3.1 Superordination 贤婿才高学富，名满五洲，本不须以博士为夸耀。(《围城》) A worthy son-in-law like you with talent and learning and a reputation extending far and wide does not need to flaunt a Ph.D. (translated by Jeanne Kelly and Nathan K.Mao) 真聪明的女人决不用功要做成才女，…… (《围城》) A truly intelligent woman would never try to become a genius. (Trans.by J.Kelly and N.K.Mao) 在小学里，他是同学们玩笑的目标，因为这样庞大的箭垛子，放冷箭没有不中的道理。(钱钟书《围城》) In grade school he was the