How to write Nelson in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Nelson becomes ネルソン, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ネ | ne | |
| ル | ru | |
| ソ | so | |
| ン | n | n on its own |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ネルソン・スミス for Nelson Smith.