How to write Gladys in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Gladys becomes グラディス, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| グ | gu | |
| ラ | ra | |
| ディ | di | two characters read as one sound |
| ス | su |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example グラディス・スミス for Gladys Smith.