Hello.
哈囉。
Normally when you think of words, they fit into a language.
通常當你想到某個字，它會隸屬於某種語言。
Bonjour.
（法文）日安。
But there's a relatively new class of words that don't quite follow the rules, and it's called Wasei-eigo.
然而，有個相對新穎的詞類不太遵守這個規則，它叫做「和製英語」。
When Words Collide
文字碰撞之際
John Kelly is a language writer.
John Kelly 是位語言作家。
I spend a lot of my time writing about word origins.
我花了很多時間撰寫文字起源。
He's a linguistics expert. And he knows just about everything about the phenomenon called Wasei-eigo.
他是位語言學專家。他對「和製英語」現象幾乎瞭如指掌。
Wasei-eigo literally means Japan-made English. It is a language process that takes foreign words, usually English words, and transmogrifies them into something wholly new and novel for Japanese purposes.
「和製英語」的字面意思是「日本製的英語」。它是指借用外國文字，通常是英文，並轉換成讓日本人使用的全新詞彙。
We see this with a word like "karaoke." Everybody knows and everybody loves karaoke. But it joins the Japanese "kara," which means empty, and "oke," which is a Japanese rendering of orchestra. So a karaoke is an empty orchestra.
我們可以在一些字上面看到這現象，像是 karaoke（卡拉 OK）。每個人都知道也喜歡 karaoke。但它其實是日文 kara（空）及 oke（交響樂團）兩個字結合而來。所以 karaoke 其實是「空的交響樂團」。
The most popular example is the word Pokemon. The creator of Pokemon took two English words: pocket and monster. He smashed them together and got Pokemon.
最受歡迎的例子莫過於 Pokemon（寶可夢）。Pokemon 的創造者取用了兩個英文字：pocket（口袋）跟 monster（怪獸）。兩個字碰撞在一起，就得到了 Pokemon。
Or take "cosplay," a word that describes people dressing up as fictional characters. Cosplay joins costume and play.
另一個例子是 cosplay，也就是將自己裝扮成虛擬角色。Cosplay 結合了 costume（服裝）跟 play（扮演）兩個英文字。
And there's "anime." Anime is a fairly straightforward rendering of the English animation.
還有 anime（日本動畫片）。Anime 顯而易見是從英文 animation 直翻過來。
Wasei-eigo is important because language is always changing and reinventing itself.
「和製英語」很重要，因為語言不斷在改變再造。
What new words will pop up in the future? Only time will tell.
未來還會冒出哪些新字呢？只有時間能給出答案。
