I am starting a cooking blog which is named Cooking Tale. I wanted a person to
translate the name and he said クッキング・テール is ok. But when I search for this
name in dictionaries, it says "tail" not "tale". Is this a correct use?

Cooking Tale - クッキング・テール
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Is it correct - クッキング・テール?
I think テイル be considered. Here are some Japanese transliterations that use
that to transliterate `tale`:

  * [Shark Tale](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB)
  * [Tales of Symphonia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA_%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96_%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2)
  * [TaleSpin](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3)

That said it seems both are in use.
[Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)
lists both フェアリー **テール** and フェアリー **テイル** as used to transliterate fairy tail
and fairy tale.
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The literal translation is 料理の話. I think クッキング will get through to Japanese
people but テール as the word "tale" may not get through to them. As you found in
your search, I think a lot of Japanese people may think テール is the word
"しっぽ(tail)", or may not know テール.
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