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Would the English name "Cody" (pronounced normally, k OH - d ee) be translated
into katakana as コーディ or コーディー?

I understand the dash is used to elongate vowels so I'm not sure if the "ee"
sound would require it or not.
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Translating English names to Japanese: to elongate the vowel, or not?
Both transliterations are fine and natural. You can choose whichever you like
unless you are a professional writer and have to follow some opinionated
guideline. But I feel I see the elongated version more often in daily life.

When you transliterate Western foreign names, short names usually have a
trailing `ー` (e.g., ジョー, ハリー, コナー). If the name is three
[morae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_\(Japanese_prosody\)) long or more
without the trailing `ー`, then the trailing `ー` is often optional (e.g.,
ケネディ/ケネディー).

See:

  * [ブラウザ or ブラウザー? Words borrowed from English which end with -er](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/15807/5010)
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