6.2.1 Analogous substitution of equivalent prototy...
Image-G preservation strategy implies that incoming elements adopted by translators in TT fit existing equivalent prototype category of schematic Gestalt mode in ST and have been encountered in the original image-G previously.Cognitive semanticists frequently presume that translators comprehend literary discourse through the activation of pertinent,nonrepresentational prototype category(Howard,1987;Fauconnier,1994;Semino,1999;Stockwell 2009).This kind of prototype category is typically regarded as authors'prototypical mental representations that are abstract,disembodied,symbolic,and a key component of the internal cognitive schema embodied in literary discourse(Gibbs & Matlock,1999).The prototypical structure existed in imagery is abstract concepts constructed from typical Gestalt and aesthetic attributes of holistic image-G in TT.Skilled translators not only employ certain prototype categories to make sense of the aesthetic implications of images,but also make full use of their prototypical structure to apprehend image-G of literary discourse.
Once the image-G preservation with extended schematic Gestalt mode in TT is established by translators,their cognitive mechanism of completion that draws in this decipherable mode renders into experiential image-G of TT.It is essential for translators to acknowledge that experiential image-G of TT involves certain Gestalt degrees and aesthetic characteristics which are not necessarily interdependent in their construal process.Moreover,the analogous substitution of equivalent prototype categories conducted by translators is theoretically based on necessary and sufficient Gestalt features which are binary and produce classes with clear aesthetic boundaries,where each prototype category possesses a more or less equal taxonomies of aesthetic categories.However,the degree of Gestalt idiomaticity in each category is not identical,and there is no clear indication of how or whether the categories relate to each other in specific literary discourse.Still,there is no blinking the fact that prototype categories of holistic Gestalt in TT is not the merely combination of attributes of equivalent prototype effects according to family resemblances.(https://www.daowen.com)
Image-G preservation strategy lays stress on the continuation composition of schematic Gestalt mode in TT as monolithic entities that should be internally consistent in prototypical conceptual representations.However,the so-called issue of inequivalent prototype categories for image-G preservation can be easily handled if translators view these prototypical concepts as temporary representations that are dynamic and context-dependent,rather than fixed,static structures(Taylor,2003).This approach of Image-G preservation in image-G actualization allows for the flexibility needed for translators to create meaningful construal of image-G by adopting analogous substitution of equivalent prototype categories related to embodied possibilities.As a result,translators use their embodied experiences to“softassemble”schematic Gestalt mode of ST,rather than merely activate preexisting abstract,prototypical conceptual representations in ST.In addition,understanding schematic Gestalt mode in ST,similar to any act of meaning construal,is not a matter of gaining access to highly structured and strongly typed knowledge in the form of abstract prototypes from translators'long-term memory.Instead,it is a dynamic and creative cognitive activity that relies on concrete embodied experience,which helps account for translators'construal of schematic Gestalt mode in ST(Johnson,1989).It is therefore perfectly adapted to the production of an prototype effects of image-G on TT as the original one do on ST,in that it confirms existence of Gestalt schema in image-G actualization.