Acronyms in Bahasa Indonesia

Fri, 25 Oct 1996

From Bisnis Indonesia

We are more familiar with the acronym PBB, which stands for the United Nations Organization, than UNO. That is, as far as I know, the only name of a foreign organization that has been translated.

ASEAN, AFTA, NAFTA, ILO and UNESCO remain unchanged in our media.

I would propose to the language experts in charge of safeguarding Bahasa Indonesia to convert international and regional names of organizations, which are usually in English, into Indonesian and to create suitable acronyms for practical use.

NUNUK DANSONA

Jakarta

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