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http://www.englishpod.com/blog/2006/07/19/i-hate-acronyms/ Business English explained through blogging. Sat, 17 May 2008 00:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 http://www.englishpod.com/blog/2006/07/19/i-hate-acronyms/#comment-11272 Wed, 30 May 2007 13:36:08 +0000 http://www.englishpod.com/blog/2006/07/19/i-hate-acronyms/#comment-11272 I am a Spanish - English translator. And I come across acronyms in English texts all the time. I frequently have to translate texts written by accoutants and, let me tell you, they love acronyms. I usually have to track them down in order to know their meaing and when you find an explanation, you are never 100% sure that it is the right one. A bad translation may cause disaster whitin the comapny in these cases. So acronyms are not exlusive property of the on-line chat generation, they are taking over the world! I am a Spanish - English translator. And I come across acronyms in English texts all the time.
I frequently have to translate texts written by accoutants and, let me tell you, they love acronyms. I usually have to track them down in order to know their meaing and when you find an explanation, you are never 100% sure that it is the right one. A bad translation may cause disaster whitin the comapny in these cases.
So acronyms are not exlusive property of the on-line chat generation, they are taking over the world!

]]> http://www.englishpod.com/blog/2006/07/19/i-hate-acronyms/#comment-5860 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:34:33 +0000 http://www.englishpod.com/blog/2006/07/19/i-hate-acronyms/#comment-5860 I TOTALLY AGREE! I live in Mexico where it is seen to be totally trendy to use acronyms and practically nobody understands the meaning of them - he works for INEGI a division of HECHSA not CONACULTA...its insane... I TOTALLY AGREE! I live in Mexico where it is seen to be totally trendy to use acronyms and practically nobody understands the meaning of them - he works for INEGI a division of HECHSA not CONACULTA…its insane…

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