“龙”不应该翻译成 dragon。
Dragon 的本意是凶残的有翼巨兽、恶魔、悍妇等。中国人在外国人面前自称 dragon，是自我妖魔化。
“龙”也不应该翻译成 long。Long 的英文发音不是“龙”，而是“狼”，这不是真正的音译。
“龙”应该翻译成 loong 🐲，它的发音和“龙”相近，在英文中本来就是“龙”字的音译，如著名武术家李小龙的英文名字是“Lee Siu Loong”。有些西方人也把龙称为 loong。
Loong 的两个“o”字母象龙的两只眼睛，loong 使人联想到 long（长长的龙🐉），所以它也是一个象形文字，和汉字特色相通。
来源 loong.cn
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