Four-character map of the four English syllables:
帕 (pà) = 'Pa',
特 (tè) = 't',
丽 (lì) = '-ri-' (the 'r' becomes 'l' as Mandarin has no syllable-initial 'r' in this position),
夏 (xià) = '-cia'. The choice of
丽 ('beautiful') and
夏 ('summer') gives the name a pretty feel — translators often pick auspicious characters when transliterating women's names.