4.1　Introduction

This chapter mainly focuses on how translators construe image-G in source text.It consists of six sections.Section 4.2 give an analysis of aesthetic embodied basis for translators'construal of image-G which involves three aspects of aesthetic perception,aesthetic actualization,and aesthetic representation of image-G.Section 4.3 identifies five Gestalt characteristics of translators'recognition of image-G from the perspective of five perceptual organization laws.Section 4.4 presents five cognitive dimensions which are followed by translators in their construal of image-G.Section 4.5 presents cognitive styles adopted by translators in their construal of representation of image-G,which is illustrated at lexical,syntax,and textual levels.All the analysis above is illustrated by examples of literary translation.Section 4.6 is the summary of this chapter.(https://www.daowen.com)