试论“音意兼译”

On Semantic Transliteration

字面上有意义的音译词并不一定就是音意兼译的外来词。如果字面意义与外语原词词义无涉,则不是音意兼译的外来词。音意兼译的形成主要是用于音译的汉字本身并不是纯粹的、抽象的音节符号,而是有意义的音节符号,也就是语素音节符号。

It is not necessary that the meaningful transliteration should be a loanword of semantic transliteration. If the literal meaning of the Chinese character has no relation with the loanword in meaning, the loanword could not be called a result of semantic transliteration. The forming of semantic transliteration relies on that the Chinese character used in transliteration is not a pure, symbolic sign, but a meaningful syllable with its own meaning, which could be called the morphemic syllabic symbol.