Place on you ? She was confused <| sep |> Shorthand , in my expirience , is only really effective if you are the one that came up with it . Basic stuff everyone knows like arrows , signs , etc . but often topics will have shorthand adapted to them . Ex . being AA can mean a lot of different things in different topics African Americans for rep . topic or Authoritarian Autocracy for the IoT topicI don ' t know a single person who uses any official alphabets for shorthands . As far , translating , if you develop your own shorthand you will be able to translate it without thinking about it . There is no reason to shorten each letter in the alphabet to a new shortened alphabet . Instead , develop shorthand for entire words , arguments , and cards . Tldr Shorthand is unique to the person using it . In debate , your shorthand should and will be incomprehensible to others . develop your own And don ' t use a different script for shortening the alphabetsrs how long does it take you to write a ' m '