Comment by xpressvideoz
5 days ago
I didn't know there were localized versions of the IMO problems. But now that I think of it, having versions of multiple languages is a must to remove the language barrier from the competitors. I guess having that many language versions (I see ~50 languages?) may make keeping the security of the problems considerably harder?
The problems are chosen by representatives from all the countries. So every country has someone who knows the full exam before the participants get it. Security is on the honour system, but it seems to mostly work.
iirc, the IMO system automatically translates the questions into 50 languages, after they are entered in English.