Abstract/Resume I. Introduction II. Why metaphor? III. Metaphor as a tool of cognition 3.1 Cognitive-linguistic nature of metaphor 3.2 Similarity-based analogy 3.3 Categorization or pattern-seeking: Concepts 3.4 Continua : Two entities interconnected IV. Continua : Metonymy and metaphor 4.1 Metonymy 4.2 Metaphor 4.3 Conventionalized metaphor-metonymy interlayer V. "Eugene Onegin" translations on the three continua 5.1 Alexander Pushkin' s "Eugene Onegin" 5.2 Token Equivalence Method (TEM) 5.3 "Eugene One gin" in Russian and English: 23 convergent similarities VI. Concluding remarks REFERENCES