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First, to address the heterogeneity of EDFAs, the GSNR modeling task is decomposed into three key power predictions, including amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), nonlinear interference (NLI), and signal powers before entering the EDFA. Second, to enhance generalization in cross-scenario power prediction, three dedicated DT models are developed based on a novel, to our knowledge, neural network architecture that introduces linear modulation layers (LMLs). Third, to enable rapid adaptation to previously unseen scenarios with only limited data, three domain discriminators are designed to guide the few-shot fine-tuning of the LMLs. Finally, the proposed LA-DT explicitly accounts for insertion loss induced by Raman amplifiers (RAs), thereby improving modeling reliability under practical deployment conditions. Results demonstrate that the LA-DT achieves accurate physical-layer modeling across 35 scenarios with diverse fiber lengths, launch powers, Raman pump powers, and insertion losses. Compared with the baseline method, the LA-DT reduces the average root-mean-square error (RMSE) of NLI, ASE, and signal power predictions to 0.151, 0.111, and 0.113\u00a0dBm, respectively, corresponding to improvements of 56.0%, 58.4%, and 52.7%, and achieves an average GSNR estimation RMSE as low as 0.114\u00a0dBm, representing a 55.8% improvement. 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