Writing "リー" in Foreign Name


Hello my question regarding transliterating foreign names in Japanese with リー,
really anything with an "i" that is followed by a long vowel. I was wondering
what might be valid transliterations . When transliterating リー, would "i", or
"ii", or even "ee" be valid? Is the "ee" valid for the way it sounds? I fear
the answer may be "it depends", but I figure I might ask for the heck of it
see if there are some things to look for.

ウォンリーク. Wonrik, Wonriik, Wonreek?




"It depends..."

In (English pronunciations of certain) names, the sound `/i/ ~ /iː/` is
represented in a number of different orthographies:

  * St **e** ven
  * L **i** sa
  * **Y** vonne
  * Soph **ie**
  * Ph **oe** be
  * Lac **ey**
  * L **ee**
  * L **eah**
  * Lou **is**
  * Finl **ay**

An (mostly) unambiguous transliteration would be _ee_ , as the others are
often representative of other sounds as well in English (e.g. _i, y_ `/ɪ/`,
_ie_ `/aɪ/`, _ey, ay_ `/eɪ/`).

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  * <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_orthography#Vowels_2>




"It depends..."

In (English pronunciations of certain) names, the sound `/i/ ~ /iː/` is
represented in a number of different orthographies:

  * St **e** ven
  * L **i** sa
  * **Y** vonne
  * Soph **ie**
  * Ph **oe** be
  * Lac **ey**
  * L **ee**
  * L **eah**
  * Lou **is**
  * Finl **ay**

An (mostly) unambiguous transliteration would be _ee_ , as the others are
often representative of other sounds as well in English (e.g. _i, y_ `/ɪ/`,
_ie_ `/aɪ/`, _ey, ay_ `/eɪ/`).

* * *

  * <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_orthography#Vowels_2>

