Translations are essential for implementing ICNP® in practice. The translations are usually accomplished on a voluntary basis by nurses in cooperation with the National Nursing Association. At the beginning of any translation project, ICN asks that the ICNP® Programme be contacted so that permission to translate ICNP® can be granted and a Translation Agreement can be signed: Permission to use ICNP®.
Translation Guidelines for International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) are now available. The Guidelines provide conceptual information about translation, methods of translation and cross-cultural equivalence. This is followed by more specific guidelines/directions for translation which are designed to support nurses and others who work on translation of ICNP® to their own language: ICNP® Translation Guidelines.
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Language
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Latest Release
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Available
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Translation Coordinator(s)
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Arabic |
Version 1.0 |
Kassem Sara, WHO/EMRO |
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Brazil-Portuguese |
Version 2 |
Heimar Marin, Federal University of São Paolo (UNIFESP) |
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Farsi (Persian) |
Version 2 |
Nursing Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran |
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French |
Version 2 |
Alain Junger, Association Suisse des Infirmières/Infirmiers |
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German |
2011 Release |
German Speaking ICNP User Group |
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Icelandic |
2011 Release in development |
Asta Thoroddsen, Icelandic Nurses Association Lilja Jonsdottir, Directorate of Health in Iceland |
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Indonesian |
Version 1.1 |
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Intansari Nurjannah & Itsna Lutfi Kholisa , School of Nursing Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada Indonesia |
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Italian |
Version 2 |
Julita Sansoni, Consociazione Nazionale delle Associazioni Infermiere-Infermieri |
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Japanese |
Version 1.0 |
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Japanese Nursing Association |
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Korean |
Version 2 |
Hyeoun-Ae Park, Korean ICN-Accredited Centre for ICNP® Research & Development, Seoul National University, College of Nursing |
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Mandarin |
2011 Release |
Amy Zang, Shandong University School of Nursing |
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Norwegian |
Version 2 (2011 release in development) |
Kathy Mølstad, Norwegian Nurses Association |
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Polish |
Version 1.1 |
Dorota Kilanska, Medical University of Łódź Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery |
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Portuguese |
Version 2 |
Antonio Manuel V. A. da Silva & Élvio Henriques de Jesus, Ordem dos Enfermeiros |
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Romanian |
Version 2 |
Cati Gulie, Romanian Nurses Association |
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Slovak |
2011 Release in development |
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Karol Košuk, National Health Information Center, Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic |
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Spanish |
Version 2 |
Alina Sousa, Consejo General de Enfermería |
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Swedish |
2011 Release in development |
Jan Florin, Swedish Association of Health Professionals |
Translations in Brazil-Portuguese, French, Icelandic, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish are in process. These translations of ICNP® are a vast undertaking and ICN is grateful for the work of all nurses and others involved in this important endeavour.
