FWIW, 认为 translates to "consider" for only some values of "consider." An excessively literal character by character rendering of 认为 would be "recognize (sth.) as" (but without necessarily the excessively formal connotations of "recognition"). It'd be a suitable translation for "consider" in a sentence such as "I consider children to be brats." However, an exhortation such as "Consider the children!" would not be translated using 认为.
Re:IBM's “Think” Motto in Chinese
by grovegames on Saturday January 14, 2017 @08:47AM
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The way I think of it is "keep this in your mind". Though, I'm native English, with 9 years of classes over 20 years ago living in Western Canada. So take that with a gran of salt.
"Think of the children!" => "Pensez aux enfants!"
I don't know chinese, but if 认为 translates to "consider", it could work in that context. "Consider the children."; "Consider the victims of war".
Maybe it's hard to associate it with that meaning because of subconscious association with Apple's "Think different", which is definitely closer to "Imagine".