We might have a term for this sort of thing--possession.

对于这种现象我们有个名词，夺舍。

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So we'd say to ourselves,wouldn't we,somehow Napoleon has been reborn or reincarnated, taking over,by some sort of process of possession, the body of the former David Smith,but now it's Napoleon.

所以我们会说，也许拿破仑转世重生了，通过某种夺舍方式，占据了，曾名为David，Smith之人的肉体，但现在他是拿破仑了。

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If this happened frequently enough, instead of just a little science fiction story like with the David Smith case, maybe we'd say,yeah,possession is one of these things that needs to be explained.

如果这种事情频繁发生，而不是像David，Smith案例般的科幻故事，也许我们就会说，没错，夺舍是一个亟待解释的事态。

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