Here’s a wee Olympic Games language competition for readers. No prizes, just the satisfaction of figuring out the acronym/initialism puzzle.
English-Polish translator Marta Stelmaszak has attended a training workshop on Language Services of the Olympics. Some of the acronyms/initialisms she found there are listed below. Can you guess what they mean?
DVPM
IOC/IPC
NOC/NPC
OCOG
VAPP
And have you come across any other Olympics-related language puzzlers, in English or your own language? Let us know in the comments!
Photo courtesy of Rareclass.
By Marian Dougan
One Response
I could only guess: International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and International Olympic Committee (IOC), because the initials are the same as in Italian.
No wonder they make workshops on this!