Translation Project

Part of what makes Psychology Tools special is our maintenance of a multi-lingual library of therapy resources. Some have been translated by our user-base of mental health professionals, and others by professional translators. To date, we have over 3750 resources available in 70+ languages, and are always looking to expand the collection.

If you are a qualified mental health professional who would like to translate resources into your native language then we would love to hear from you. We offer an incentive scheme to recognize your work. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to learn more. We will ask for confirmation of your professional qualifications, and will suggest which resources are most-requested in your language.

Translations guidelines

Our standard translation procedure is to ask translators to complete ‘translation templates’ which can be downloaded below. The text is split into chunks which enables us to retain the clarity of formatted documents. As far as is possible, we aim to follow the World Health Organization guidelines for the forward translation of instruments, namely:

  • The aim of this process is to achieve different language versions of the English instrument that are conceptually equivalent in each of the target countries/cultures … the instrument should be equally natural and acceptable and should practically perform in the same way. The focus is on cross-cultural and conceptual, rather than on linguistic/literal equivalence.

  • One translator, preferably a health professional, familiar with terminology of the area covered by the instrument and with interview skills should be given this task. The translator should be knowledgeable of the English-speaking culture but his/her mother tongue should be the primary language of the target culture.

  • Translators should always aim at the conceptual equivalent of a word or phrase, not a word-for-word translation, i.e. not a literal translation. They should consider the definition of the original term and attempt to translate it in the most relevant way.

  • Translators should strive to be simple, clear and concise in formulating a question. Fewer words are better. Long sentences with many clauses should be avoided.

  • (For patient-focused resources) The target language should aim for the most common audience. Translators should avoid addressing professional audiences such as those in medicine or any other professional group. They should consider the typical respondent for the instrument being translated and what the respondent will understand when s/he hears the question.

Once most tools for a particular language have been translated we shift our focus to improving the quality of each translation via a process of back-translation by other subject matter experts.

Worksheet Name Translation template Translations completed
"Should" Statements
Greek, English (GB), English (US), Finnish, Croatian, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), French, German, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, Arabic, Azerbaijani
Abandonment
English (GB), English (US), Finnish, French, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish (International), Azerbaijani, Portuguese (European), Greek, Arabic, Italian
ABC Model
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bengali, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Albanian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (European), Greek, Finnish, German
Activity Diary (Hourly Time Intervals)
Afrikaans, Arabic, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish (International), Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, English (GB), English (US), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Tigrinya, Slovenian, Amharic, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Croatian, Icelandic, Oromo, Pashto, Somali, Swahili, Uzbek, Finnish, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Activity Diary (No Time Intervals)
Afrikaans, Arabic, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, English (GB), English (US), Sinhala, Spanish (Dominican Republic), Tigrinya, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Icelandic, Pashto, Somali, Swahili, Uzbek, Croatian
Activity Menu
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Greek, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish (International), Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Icelandic, Portuguese (Brazilian), Indonesian
Activity Planning
English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Polish, Slovak, Albanian, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Croatian
Activity Selection
English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, German, Croatian, Indonesian, Polish, Albanian, Turkish, Uzbek
All-Or-Nothing Thinking
Polish, Greek, English (GB), Finnish, French, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), German, English (US), Hindi, Arabic, Swedish
Alternative Action Formulation
English (GB), English (US), French, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Albanian, Afrikaans, Arabic, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Am I Experiencing Anorexia?
Italian, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, Arabic, Greek, French, German, Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Am I Experiencing Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)?
Italian, Spanish (International), Greek, Chinese (Simplified), French, English (GB), English (US), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Bulimia?
Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Arabic, Italian, Greek, Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US)
Am I Experiencing Burnout?
Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Bulgarian, Greek, English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Malaysian, Khmer
Am I Experiencing Death Anxiety?
Portuguese (Brazilian), Ukrainian, Polish, Italian, Spanish (International), Greek, English (GB), English (US), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Depersonalization And Derealization?
Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, German, Italian, Bulgarian, English (US), English (GB), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Am I Experiencing Depression?
Arabic, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Greek, English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Polish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Italian, Spanish (International), Greek, Portuguese (European), German, English (GB), English (US), Turkish, Khmer
Am I Experiencing Health Anxiety?
Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Polish, Italian, English (GB), English (US), Turkish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Low Self-Esteem?
Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Arabic, Polish, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Greek, Croatian, English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, Polish, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish (International), English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Panic Attacks?
Italian, Spanish (International), Arabic, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Simplified), Greek, English (GB), English (US)
Am I Experiencing Panic Disorder?
Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Italian, Polish, Greek, English (GB), English (US), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Perfectionism?
Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, Arabic, English (GB), English (US), Chinese (Traditional), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Vietnamese, Spanish (International), Polish, French, Hebrew, Italian, English (GB), English (US)
Am I Experiencing Psychosis?
Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Greek, English (GB), English (US), Khmer
Am I Experiencing Social Anxiety?
Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek, Portuguese (European), English (GB), English (US), Turkish, Khmer
Anger - Self-Monitoring Record
English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, Croatian
Anger Decision Sheet
English (GB), English (US), French, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Welsh, German, Greek, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese (European), Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Anger Thought Challenging Record
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, French, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Sinhala, Spanish (International), Serbian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Greek
Anxiety - Self-Monitoring Record
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Chinese (Traditional), Greek, Korean, Turkish
Approval-/Admiration-Seeking
English (GB), English (US), Finnish, Portuguese (European), French, Spanish (International), Arabic, Italian
Arbitrary Inference
English (GB), English (US), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), German, Hindi, Arabic, French, Finnish
Assertive Body Language
English (GB), English (US)
Assertive Communication
English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Czech, German, Greek, Estonian, Finnish, Croatian, Armenian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Hindi, Chinese (Traditional), French
Assertive Communication – 'I-Messages' Or 'I-Statements'
English (GB), English (US)
Assertive Listening
English (GB), English (US)
Assertive Responses
English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, Finnish, French, French (Canadian), Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish (International), Swahili, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Hindi, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Urdu
Attention - Self-Monitoring Record
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Croatian, German
Attention Training Experiment
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Polish, Bulgarian, Greek
Attention Training Practice Record
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Polish, Bulgarian
Autonomic Nervous System
English (GB), English (US), Greek, Estonian, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Swahili, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), German, Swedish
Balance
Arabic, Greek, English (GB), English (US), French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified)
Barriers Abusers Overcome In Order To Abuse
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Greek, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish (International), Albanian, Serbian, Chinese (Simplified), Malaysian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Before I Blame Myself And Feel Guilty
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Czech, German, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Albanian, Serbian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (European), Norwegian, Finnish
Behavioral Activation Activity Diary
English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Serbian, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian
Behavioral Activation Activity Planning Diary
English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Serbian, Chinese (Simplified)
Behavioral Experiment
English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani), German, Greek, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Croatian, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (European), Persian (Dari), Pashto, Romanian, Somali, Spanish (International), Albanian, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Chinese (Simplified)
Behavioral Experiment (Portrait Format)
English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Estonian, Persian (Farsi), French, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Burmese, Dutch, Norwegian, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Urdu, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Bengali, Armenian, Malaysian, Welsh, Georgian, Slovenian, Vietnamese
Belief Driven Formulation
English (GB), English (US), Afrikaans, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, Estonian, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Armenian, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Belief-O-Meter (CYP)
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Greek, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (International), Turkish, Chinese (Simplified)
Boundaries - Self-Monitoring Record
English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Serbian, Turkish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Case Formulation – Longitudinal A
English (GB), English (US), Greek, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Lithuanian, Spanish (International), Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian
Case Formulation – Longitudinal B
Danish, German, Greek, English (GB), English (US), Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (International), Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Catastrophizing
Greek, English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), German, Bulgarian, Italian, Hindi, Arabic, French, Finnish
Catching Your Thoughts (CYP)
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Greek, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Italian, Georgian, Polish, Spanish (International), Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Albanian
CBT Appraisal Model
English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, German, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (European), Persian (Dari), Russian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Greek
CBT Daily Activity Diary With Enjoyment And Mastery Ratings
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Welsh, Danish, Greek, French, Croatian, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (European), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Hungarian
CBT Model – Here And Now
English (GB), English (US), Arabic
CBT Model – Maintaining Processes
English (GB), English (US), Arabic
CBT Model – Maintaining Processes – Past And Present
English (GB), English (US), Arabic
CBT Model – Past And Present
English (GB), English (US), Arabic
CBT Thought Record Portrait
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Uzbek
Changing Avoidance (Behavioral Activation)
English (US), English (GB), Italian
Checking Certainty And Doubt
English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, Icelandic
Checklist For Better Sleep
English (GB), English (US), Danish, German, Greek, French, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Portuguese (European)
Choosing Your Values
English (GB), English (US), Italian, Arabic, Spanish (International), Polish
Classical Conditioning
English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Armenian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Swedish, Chinese (Simplified)
Coercive Methods For Enforcing Compliance
English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified)
Cognitive Behavioral Model
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Danish, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), French, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Marathi, Dutch, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Polish, Portuguese (European), Persian (Dari), Pashto, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish (International), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Indonesian
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Anorexia Nervosa (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD: Veale, 2004)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Bulimia Nervosa (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Clinical Perfectionism (Shafran, Cooper, Fairburn, 2002)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Depersonalization (Hunter, Phillips, Chalder, Sierra, David, 2003)
English (US), English (GB)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Fear Of Body Sensations
Greek, English (GB), English (US), French, Italian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, German
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD: Dugas, Gagnon, Ladouceur, Freeston, 1998)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Health Anxiety (Salkovskis, Warwick, Deale, 2003)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Insomnia (Harvey, 2002)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Intolerance Of Uncertainty And Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms (Hebert, Dugas, 2019)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Low Self-Esteem (Fennell, 1997)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Panic (Clark, 1986)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model of Perfectionism (Shafran, Egan, Wade, 2010)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD: Whalley, Cane, 2017)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD: Ehlers & Clark, 2000)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Social Phobia (Clark, Wells, 1995)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of The Relapse Process (Marlatt & Gordon, 1985)
English (GB), English (US)
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Tinnitus (McKenna, Handscombe, Hoare, Hall, 2014)
English (GB), English (US), Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International)
Cognitive Case Formulation
English (GB), English (US), French, Arabic, Greek, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified)
Cognitive Distortions – Self-Monitoring Record
English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Finnish
Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Common)
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, French, Hindi, Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (European)
Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Extended)
English (GB), English (US), German, Finnish, Spanish (International), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Hindi, Arabic, French, Polish, Swedish, Portuguese (European), Romanian
Communication Styles
English (GB), English (US), Spanish (International), Finnish
Communication Styles – Extended
English (GB), English (US)
Compassionate Thought Challenging Record
English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Persian (Farsi), French, Polish, Romanian, Spanish (International), Bengali, Czech, Welsh, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Albanian, Swahili, Chinese (Simplified), Greek, Croatian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Coping Styles And Responses (Schema Therapy)
Finnish, English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Bulgarian, Greek, Arabic
Core Belief Magnet Metaphor
English (US), English (GB), Czech, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), French, Hebrew, Armenian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Critical Care And PTSD
English (GB), English (US), French, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Spanish (International)
Daily Monitoring Form
English (GB), English (US), Chinese (Simplified), Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Turkish
Decatastrophizing
English (GB), English (US), Czech, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), Hebrew, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, Bulgarian, Welsh, French, Italian, Serbian