Translations Library
Welcome to the University of Utah IRB Translations Library. Here you will find the University of Utah IRB Short Form Consent Document translated into multiple languages. The Short Form is a method to document informed consent and can be a a tool to help research teams conduct the consent process in a language understandable to their participants.
Getting started
Begin by making a plan to include individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in your study.
- Equitable Selection of Participants: Equitable selection of participants requires that researchers attempt to recruit potential
participants who are appropriate to answer the scientific question, but also that
participants are not excluded from research for non-scientific reasons. Learn more
about this topic in our Guidance Series. Individuals with LEP should not be excluded from participating in research opportunities
simply because translating documents was not included in the study budget.
- Resources and Responsibilities: The top five languages spoken in Utah are English, Spanish, Chinese, German, and Navajo (ref). When conducting research that will recruit a diverse participant sample from our community, you should plan on ensuring your research has adequate resources to accommodate LEP groups. This means having sufficient resources to translate your consent documents/instruments, and having interpreters available to help with the consent process.
Disclaimer: For visual reference only - no audio available.
More Frequently-Asked Questions
More Frequently-Asked Questions
The witness should be someone who is fluent in English and the translated language. The witness is present during the consent process and confirms that the process was conducted in full, and that the participant was given the opportunity to ask questions.
An Interpreter may serve as the witness in a short form consent process.
If you are using one of the University of Utah IRB short forms, additional translation is not needed. If you are translating your long form in its entirety and you are a native speaker of the language, you may translate your own document in some cases.
If you are translating your consent form in its entirety and you are a native speaker of the language, you may translate your own document if the IRB determines your study is exempt, or minimal risk.
If the other documents were translated specifically for the research study, you should list them all on the certification letter. If they were already translated and are publicly available, no certification is needed, but an English version of the document must be attached for reference.
It is acceptable to list multiple documents in one letter; separate certifications are not required.
Yes. Standard processes for translated documents apply to Exempt research.
If you are translating your consent form in its entirety and you are a native speaker of the language, you may translate your own document if the IRB determines your study is exempt, or minimal risk.
If the IRB determines a second parent's signature is required in order to obtain parental permission to include a child in a research study, you should attach the "2nd Parent Signature Block" page to your IRB application. The page can be printed out and attached to the back of your short form.
Second parent signatures are only required in specific cases, and should not be attached or included in your application without specific direction from the IRB.
Second parent signature block pages must be approved by the IRB prior to use for a given study. Like any other consent document, the 2nd parent block page is required to have a current IRB approval stamp in the footer of the document to be considered valid.
Sure! Our short forms are generic and intended to be used by anyone.
Need a short form translated into another language?
Contact the Research Translations Team for help:
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Translations
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Karen |
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Maay Maay |
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Oromo |
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Pashto |
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Rohingya |
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Serbian (Cyrillic Script) |
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Thai |
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Tongan |
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Turkish |
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Urdu |
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Vietnamese |
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Wolof |
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| Consent Documents | ||
| Parental Permission Documents | Short Form PP Docs [PDF] Translation Certificates [PDF] |
**All translations certificates are redacted for translator privacy. For an unredacted version of the document for your records, please contact the IRB. You do NOT need to attach these certificates to your IRB application.
TRANSLATED CONSENT DOCUMENTS
| FORMS | Translation Certificate | Document Version Date | Translated from English Version Date |
| Arabic Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate Short Form Translation Certificate (Arabic) [PDF] ARCHIVED: Version K1310 [PDF] |
L2815 |
G2012
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| Bosnian Short Form Consent Document Template |
122010 |
12.20.2010 |
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| Burmese Short Form Consent Document Template** |
Translation CertificateTranslation Certificate Short Form Translation Certificate (Burmese) [PDF] - Redacted (for unredacted version, please contact the IRB) |
12.14.2016 |
G2012 (072012) |
| Chinese-Cantonese Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation CertificateTranslation Certificate Short Form Translation Certificate (Chinese-Cantonese) [PDF] |
122010 |
12.20.2010 |
| English Short Form Consent Document Template | N/A |
07.20.2012 (G2012) |
N/A |
| ARCHIVED: English Short Form Consent Document Template | N/A |
04.27.2007, K1310, L2010 |
N/A |
| ARCHIVED: English Short Form Parental Permission Document Template | N/A |
11.20.2013 (K2013) |
N/A |
| ARCHIVED: English Short Form Parental Permission Document Template | N/A |
07202012, 122010, K1310 |
N/A |
| French Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate |
C2012 |
12.20.2010 |
| Korean Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate |
11.19.2015 (K1915) |
11.10.2015 |
| Mandarin Chinese Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate Mandarin Chinese Translation Certification [PDF] - Redacted (for unredacted version, please contact the IRB) |
04.08.2016 (D0816) |
07.20.2012 (G2012) |
| Nepali Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate |
122010 |
12.20.2010 |
| Russian Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate Russian Short Form Translation Certificate [PDF] ARCHIVED: Version 04.27.2007 [PDF] |
04.25.2016 (D2516) |
07.20.2012 (G2012) |
| Spanish Short Form Consent Document Template |
Short Form Translation Certificate (Spanish) [PDF] ARCHIVED: Version 03.04.2015 [PDF] ARCHIVED: Version 072012 [PDF] ARCHIVED: Version 04.27.2007 [PDF] |
C0415 |
07.20.2012 (G2012) |
| Spanish Short Form Parental Permission Document Template | Translation Certificate Translation Certificate Short Form Translation Certificate (Spanish) [PDF] |
K2013 | K2013 |
| Swahili Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate Short Form Translation Certificate (Swahili) [PDF] (send request via email) |
072012 |
07.20.2012 |
| Thai Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation Certificate |
072012 |
07.20.2012 |
| Thai Short Form Parental Permission Document Template | Short Form Translation Certificate (Thai) [PDF] | 072012 | 07.20.2012 |
| Tongan Short Form Consent Document Template |
Translation CertificateTranslation Certificate |
122010 |
12.20.2010 |
| Vietnamese Short Form Consent Document Template |
072012 |
07.20.2012 |
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| Vietnamese Short Form Parental Permission Document | Translation Certificate Translation Certificate Short Form Parental Permission Translation Certificate (Vietnamese) [PDF] |
072012 | 07.20.2012 |
| Spanish Translations of IRB Consent Template Boilerplate | 03.08.2011 | ||
| Translation Certification Letter Template | 09.30.2015 | ||
| Witness Signature Block for Long Form | 06.12.2012 | ||
| IRB Guidance: Consent Process Models | N/A |
**MS Word may not display this document correctly. If you have the required translation software, you can correct this issue by going to "Review > Language" and selecting the desired language. If you have difficulty working with this document, please contact a member of the IRB Staff to assist you.