ICSC in different languages

ICSC are initially prepared and updated in English in biannual meetings and are published on the Web shortly after. Subsequently, national institutions translate the Cards from English into their native languages and these translated Cards are also published on the Web.

Resource list | 04 December 2011

The English collection of ICSC is the original version. French, Spanish Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish and Italian collections follow very closely the updates of the English Cards. Subsets of the Cards - and not full collections - are available in various other languages: Hindi, Korean, Russian, Swahili, Thai, and Urdu.

The ICSC project aims to increase the number of translated versions available and is always seeking the support of additional institutions who could contribute to the translation process.

ICSC language collections

Language	Collaborating institutions
English	prepared and updated in biannual peer-review meetings as a joint undertaking between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Office (ILO).
French	translated by the Scientific Institute of Public Health (Institute scientifique de santé publique) in Belgium.
Spanish	translated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo in Spain.
Chinese	translated by the Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry in China.
Dutch	translated by the Scientific Institute of Public Health (Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid) in Belgium.
Finnish	translated by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (Työterveyslaitos) in Finland.
German	translated by the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung) in Germany.
Hungarian	translated by the Hungarian Institute of Occupational Health (Országos Munkahigiénés és Foglalkozás-egészségügyi Intézet) in Hungary.
Italian	translated by the Regional Agency for Prevention and Environment (Agencia Regionale Prevenzione e Ambiente) in Italy.
Japanese	translated by the National Institute of Health Sciences in Japan.
Polish	translated by the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (Instytut Medycyny Pracy Im. Prof. J. Nofera) in Poland.
Hindi	translated by the Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) in India.
Korean	translated by the National Chemicals Information System, served by the National Institute of Environmental Research, in Korea.
Russian	translated by the A. N. Sysin Scientific Research Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene, Moscow, and hosted by the Centre for Labour Protection, Industrial Safety and Social Partnership of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, in Russia.
Swahili	translated by specialists of the Ministries of Labour of Kenya and Tanzania.
Thai	translated by the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, and hosted by the Mahidol University, in Thailand.
Urdu	translated by the Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment in Pakistan.