但是“long”的英文发音和“龙”完全两样，相当于中文的“狼”，并非真正的音译。当西方人指着龙说“long”时，中国人还必须纠正他的发音，不仅增加了交流的困难，还会引起对方的困惑。Long 在英文中是一个使用非常普遍的常用词，含义本来就很多，如：长，久，期盼，股票或期货的多头，等等，把龙翻译成 long 也会造成意义上的混乱。所以不能简单地把龙的拼音字母作为龙的英文音译。
曾有研究者指出：英文可能最初也是一种象形文字，例如：eye（眼睛），bed（床），broom（扫帚。字母 b 有扫帚的形状，扫帚在扫房间 room）。Loong 的两个“O”字母，就象龙的两只大眼睛；Loong 在文字上又和“long”相近，给人“长”的感觉（很多西方人的确有意把“long long ago”写成“loong loong ago”），因此 loong 还具有象形文字的特点，和中文汉字有暗合之妙。而 long 则有“独眼龙”之嫌。
(1) n. c. a mythological creatures, with the head of a camel or horse, the horns of a deer, the eyes of a rabbit, the ears of a cow, the neck and body of a snake, the belly of a kind of huge clam, the scales of a carp, the claws of a hawk, the palm of a tiger, and without wings. It has whiskers and a beard, and is deaf. It is generally regarded as benevolent but is also the source of thunder and lightning.
The Loong is a spiritual tie linking the Chinese people. The Loong, as the symbol of the Chinese nation, has become part of the Chinese culture. Chinese people are proud to call themselves "the offspring of the Loong".
The Loong is translated as "dragon" wrongly now. In fact, Loong is so different in nature from Western Dragons that it may be more reasonable to consider them as dissimilar creatures, rather than as the same creature interpreted differently.
(2) n. used to be the symbol of Chinese kings, they were called "the son of the Loong".
(3) a surname of Chinese people.
(4) the transliteration of Chinese character of loong.
(5) the stage property used in The Dance of Loong.