{"id":5836,"date":"2023-07-14T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T08:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/styleguide.iec.ch\/?docs=docly-documentation\/footnotes\/acronyms-that-have-translations-in-two-or-more-languages"},"modified":"2023-09-19T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:23:00","slug":"acronyms-translations","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/styleguide.iec.ch\/?docs=iec\/acronyms\/acronyms-translations","title":{"rendered":"Acronyms that have translations in two (or more) languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5836\" class=\"elementor elementor-5836\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36071223 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36071223\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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