Tristan Foy (asker) Nov 12, 2014:

I see. In my mind I see everything in that language as part of the language, so that is where my interpretation came from, acronyms and every other little bits of word used to be expressed. Which is why I was getting frustrated I couldn't figure this one out on my own.

Henry Hinds Nov 11, 2014:

Whoa Whoa, hold on, Tristan, no one has said that abbreviations and acronyms are not part of things to be translated, or that they are not part of the message being delivered. What I am saying is that we as translators cannot translate them all because some can be very obscure or extremely limited in usage, perhaps to only a few people in one organization.

Thus we are not OBLIGATED to translate them all. They are not part of the language, so there is no shame in leaving a note: "Meaning unknown".

Got it?

And just guessing is not vallid either.

Tristan Foy (asker) Nov 11, 2014:

I'm surprised to hear that abbreviations and acronyms are not part of things to be translated. Aren't they part of the message being delivered?

Henry Hinds Nov 11, 2014:

I really like it "No se puede garantizar la traducción de abreviaciones y/o acrónimos que no hayan sido definidos en el texto original, excepto los más comunes."

I really like that. We all must remember that abbreviations and acronyms are not actually a part of the language and if left undefined, there is no shame in leaving a note: "Meaning unknown".