Acronyms in 23 languages

6928690011_6208bc220a_zRegular readers may know that one of my pet hates is acronyms and abbreviations… so whenever I see a list to help decipher them, it always pleases me. I recently came across this list, tucked in amongst the Interinstitutional style guide of the European Union.

By scrolling down the list of languages on the top right, you can display the list in alphabetical order in 23 languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.

hand gesture body languageYou might also be interested in this post on the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations.