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Well, for NATO and AIDS it kind of make sense as they are direct translation of the acronym.
by maeln 6y ago
Well, for NATO and AIDS it kind of make sense as they are direct translation of the acronym.
- rich_sasha 6y agoWell, I think most of the world calls them NATO and AIDS. For a counter example, lots of sports federations have French-based acronym names, and no one translates them. Like Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) or FIFA (federation internationale de football association). For the latter, an extra twist is calling it ‘football’, not ‘ballon de pied’ or sth...
- doukdouk 6y agoFor NATO/OTAN, its official languages are French and English. OTAN is not a translation - it is one of the two official names of the organization. Would be weird to specifically choose the English one.