How to write Trudy in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Trudy becomes トゥルーディ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| トゥ | tu | two characters read as one sound |
| ル | ru | |
| ー | – | long vowel mark: hold the sound before it a little longer |
| ディ | di | two characters read as one sound |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example トゥルーディ・スミス for Trudy Smith.