How to write Ulysses in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Ulysses becomes ユリシーズ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ユ | yu | |
| リ | ri | |
| シ | shi | |
| ー | – | long vowel mark: hold the sound before it a little longer |
| ズ | zu |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ユリシーズ・スミス for Ulysses Smith.