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 3000 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.
Where to start
If you want to translate some resources and aren’t sure when to start, then ten of the most popular resources are listed below. You can check the ‘completeness’ of your language using the table below.
Ten resources to translate first (check they haven’t already been completed): Behavioral Experiment (portrait), CBT Thought Record, Cross Sectional Formulation, Fight or Flight Response, Grounding Techniques, Progressive Muscle Relaxation (edition 1), Relaxed breathing, Simple Thought Record, Unhelpful thinking styles, What is CBT.
Worksheet Name | Translation template | Translations completed |
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Nightmare Exposure And Rescripting | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Dutch, Spanish (International), Arabic, Italian, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Polish | |
OCD Diary | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Estonian, French, Hebrew, Italian, Romanian, Sinhala, Spanish (International), Albanian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic | |
OCD Hierarchy | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Turkish, Vietnamese | |
Operant Conditioning | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Overgeneralization | English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), German, Finnish, Hindi, Arabic, French | |
Overview Of CBT | Greek, English (GB), English (US), French, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Pacing For Pain And Fatigue | English (GB), English (US), German, French, Italian, Spanish (International) | |
Pain Activity Diary | English (GB), English (US), Danish, German, Greek, French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Spanish (International), Malaysian, Uzbek | |
Pain Diary | English (GB), English (US), Spanish (International), Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Korean | |
Panic - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, French, Croatian, Italian, Polish, Romanian | |
Panic Attack Progress Record | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Panic Attack Record | German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Ukrainian, Welsh, French, Dutch, Russian, Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English (GB), English (US) | |
Panic Diary | English (GB), English (US), Czech, German, Greek, French, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (European), Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish (International), Malaysian, Hebrew, Italian, Slovenian, Turkish, Arabic | |
Panic Formulation | English (GB), English (US), Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Polish | |
Panic Symptom Tracker | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Croatian, Italian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Arabic | |
Perfectionism Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Spanish (International) | |
Performance And The Yerkes-Dodson Law | English (GB), English (US), Polish, Croatian | |
Permissive Thinking | English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Polish, German, Italian, Hindi, Arabic, French | |
Permissive Thinking – Self-Monitoring Record | Polish, Italian, English (GB), English (US) | |
Personalizing | Romanian, Vietnamese, English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), German, Hindi, Arabic, French | |
Perspective-Taking | English (GB), English (US), French, Arabic, German, Hindi, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Pashto, Russian, Somali, Spanish (International), Swahili, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Pessimism | English (GB), English (US), Finnish, Portuguese (European) | |
Pie Chart - Responsibility | Finnish, Hindi, Italian, English (GB), English (US) | |
Play The Script Till The End | English (GB), English (US), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Positive Core Belief Evidence Record | Portuguese (European), Estonian, Romanian, Finnish, Hindi, English (GB), English (US) | |
Positive Qualities Record | Finnish, Hindi, English (GB), English (US), French | |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Formulation | Arabic, German, Polish, Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US) | |
Problem List | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Problem Solving | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Czech, German, Greek, French, Polish, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish (International), Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Arabic, Gujarati, Hindi, Croatian, Armenian, Japanese, Georgian, Slovenian, Tamil, Urdu | |
Problem Solving (CYP) | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, Estonian, Italian, Pashto, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Process Focused Case Formulation | English (GB), English (US), Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Greek | |
Progress In Therapy | Greek, English (GB), English (US), Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Finnish | |
Progressive Muscle Relaxation | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani), Greek, Estonian, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Persian (Dari), Pashto, Romanian, Somali, Spanish (International), Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Uzbek | |
Prompts For Challenging Your Negative Thinking | Croatian, Arabic, English (US), German, English (GB), Finnish, Spanish (International), Hindi | |
Properties Of Trauma Memories | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, Italian, Spanish (International), Vietnamese | |
PTSD And Memory | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Kurdish (Sorani), Danish, German, Greek, Finnish, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Oromo, Persian (Dari), Russian, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish (International), Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian | |
PTSD Film Projection Metaphor | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Latvian, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Malaysian | |
PTSD Linen Cupboard Metaphor | Amharic, Danish, German, Greek, English (GB), English (US), Finnish, French, Gujarati, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Polish, Russian, Spanish (International), Swedish, Tamil, Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian | |
Punitiveness | English (GB), English (US), Finnish, Portuguese (European) | |
Reactions To Trauma | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Kurdish (Sorani), Welsh, Danish, Greek, Persian (Farsi), French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Marathi, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese (European), Persian (Dari), Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Albanian, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Chinese (Simplified), Hebrew, German | |
Reciprocal CBT Formulation | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Relaxed Breathing | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Catalan, Czech, Kurdish (Sorani), Welsh, German, Greek, Estonian, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian, Oromo, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese (European), Persian (Dari), Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish (International), Albanian, Swahili, Swedish, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Relaxed Breathing Record Form | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Italian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Turkish | |
Responses To Threat: Freeze, Appease, Flight, Fight | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Gujarati, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Polish, Pashto, Somali, Spanish (International), Swahili, Tamil, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Rumination - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Italian, Polish | |
Safety Behaviors | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic | |
Safety Plan | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (European), Spanish (International), Serbian | |
Scaling - Beliefs About Yourself | English (GB), English (US), Spanish (International) | |
Scaling - Testing Your Assumptions | English (GB), English (US) | |
Schema Bias | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, Turkish | |
Schema Formulation | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Czech, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), French, Hebrew, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish (International), Albanian, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Punjabi, Welsh, Armenian, Latvian, Slovenian | |
Schema Metaphors | Arabic, German, Greek, English (GB), English (US), Italian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish (International), Chinese (Traditional) | |
Selective Attention | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Italian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Albanian, Swedish, Chinese (Traditional) | |
Self Critical Thought Challenging Record | English (GB), English (US), Hindi, Arabic, Croatian, Italian, Spanish (International), Turkish | |
Self Practice Record | Czech, German, Greek, French, Dutch, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish (International), Swedish, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Slovenian, Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US) | |
Self-Blame | English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, German, Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Hindi, Arabic, French | |
Self-Criticism - Self-Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Afrikaans, Italian, Polish, Romanian | |
Self-Monitoring Record (Universal) | English (GB), English (US), Italian, Polish | |
Self-Sacrifice | English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (European), Finnish | |
Simple Thought Challenging Record | English (GB), English (US), Czech, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Polish, Romanian, Arabic, Bengali, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish (International) | |
Simple Thought Record | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Czech, German, Greek, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Swedish, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Kurdish (Sorani), Persian (Farsi), Gujarati, Hebrew, Armenian, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Portuguese (Brazilian), Persian (Dari), Pashto, Slovenian, Somali, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, Hungarian | |
Sleep Diary | English (GB), English (US), Czech, German, Greek, Estonian, French, Gujarati, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (International), Tamil, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Croatian | |
Sleep Restriction | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish (International), Chinese (Traditional) | |
Social Anxiety Formulation | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish (International), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Social Comparison | English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), French, German, Bulgarian, Finnish, Hindi, Arabic | |
Social Isolation | English (GB), English (US), Finnish, Hebrew, Portuguese (European) | |
Stages Of Change | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Czech, Welsh, German, Greek, Persian (Farsi), French, Hebrew, Armenian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Urdu, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian | |
Stages Of Social Anxiety | English (GB), English (US), Dutch, Greek, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Polish | |
Starvation Syndrome – The Effects of Semi-Starvation | English (GB), English (US), Dutch | |
Stimulus Discrimination | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Greek, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish (International) | |
Strategies For People With Memory Problems | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish (International) | |
Subjugation | English (US), English (GB), Finnish, Portuguese (European) | |
SWOT Analysis | Portuguese (European), Polish, Slovak, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US) | |
Symptom Tracker | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bengali, Italian, Norwegian, Pashto, Spanish (International), Swahili, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Taking Panic Out Of The Body | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Greek, Italian, Romanian, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Task Planning And Achievement Record | English (GB), English (US), French, Italian, Spanish (International), Hebrew, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Theory A / Theory B | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Bulgarian | |
Therapy Blueprint (Universal) | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Therapy Blueprint For OCD | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Albanian | |
Therapy Blueprint For Panic | Bulgarian, Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), English (GB), English (US) | |
Therapy Blueprint For PTSD | English (GB), English (US), Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Therapy Blueprint For Social Anxiety | English (GB), English (US), Italian, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Things To Do List | English (GB), English (US), Greek, French, Slovak, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Arabic | |
Thought Distortion Monitoring Record | English (GB), English (US), Italian, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Thought Record – Courtroom Trial | English (GB), English (US), Polish, Turkish | |
Thought Record (Considered Response) | English (GB), English (US), German, Italian, Japanese | |
Thought Record (Evidence For And Against) | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, German, Greek, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Sinhala, Tigrinya | |
Thought Suppression And Intrusive Thoughts | English (GB), English (US), Welsh, German, Greek, French, Italian, Georgian, Norwegian, Pashto, Slovak, Spanish (International), Albanian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional) | |
Thought-Action Fusion | English (GB), English (US), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (International), German, Hindi, Arabic, Finnish, French | |
Thoughts And Depression | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Armenian, Italian, Georgian, Dutch, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish (International), Albanian, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Malaysian, Croatian | |
Thoughts Or Feelings | English (GB), English (US), Spanish (International), Arabic, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European), Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian | |
Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Eating Disorders (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003) | English (GB), English (US) | |
Transdiagnostic Processes | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Greek, French, Portuguese (European), Slovak, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified) | |
Treatment Planning Checklist | English (GB), English (US), Greek, Dutch, Romanian, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Types Of Dissociation | English (GB), English (US), Amharic, Arabic, Czech, Kurdish (Sorani), German, Greek, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Oromo, Polish, Persian (Dari), Slovak, Somali, Spanish (International), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Chinese (Simplified) | |
Uncertainty Beliefs – Experiment Record | English (GB), English (US), Greek | |
Uncovering Your Deeper Beliefs | Spanish (International), English (GB), English (US) | |
Understanding PTSD | English (GB), English (US), Arabic, Danish, German, Greek, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Armenian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish (International), Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Malaysian | |
Unforgiveness | English (GB), English (US), Polish, Finnish | |
Unforgiveness – The Hook | English (GB), English (US), German, Greek, French, Italian, Dutch, Slovak, Spanish (International), Chinese (Simplified), Malaysian, Polish |