“当作”与“看作”

On dànɡzuò and kànzuò

“当作”的意义可概括为“在行为上把A处理为B”，“看作”的意义可概括为“在心理上把A处理为B”。“当作”蕴含“看作”，除了具有“看作”的意义外，还具有自己独特的意义。这两个词在意义上的共同点和不同点决定了它们在句法、语义表现上的异同，也决定了它们之间互相替换的条件。

The meaning of dangzuo （当作） can be summarized as ＂treat A as B in action＂ ,and the meaning of kanzuo （看作） can be summarized as ＂treat A as B mentally＂. As it entails kanzuo,dangzuo, while having its own specific meaning, covers the meaning of kanzuo. The fact that the two are the same in one meaning and are different in another determines their commonness and differences in syntax and semantics as well as the conditions under which they are commutable.