Clinical Practice Guidelines

Translation Policy

Overview

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) was established in 2003 as an independently incorporated, non-profit foundation governed by an international Board with the stated mission to “improve the care and outcomes of kidney disease patients worldwide by promoting coordination, collaboration, and integration of initiatives to develop and implement clinical practice guidelines.”

Since its founding, KDIGO has made significant strides in uniting the global nephrology community to improve the care and outcomes of kidney disease patients worldwide. It has published papers in international journals, presented at international meetings and is becoming identified as the central entity for coordination of clinical practice guidelines in nephrology.

To facilitate the global adoption of KDIGO clinical practice guidelines, we welcome efforts to provide KDIGO clinical practice guidelines, papers and presentations in as many languages as possible. KDIGO as a non-profit organization relies on the support of board and work group members and other parties to provide translations that enable communities around the world to understand and implement KDIGO’s work.

We invite you to volunteer to translate or fund the translation of a KDIGO clinical practice guideline, paper or presentation into another language. KDIGO currently develops all guidelines and supporting materials in English and translates each Guideline Executive Summary (guideline recommendation statements only) into several languages which have included: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Turkish, Russian and Arabic.

KDIGO is managed by the National Kidney Foundation, a U.S. foundation with over ten years’ experience in developing and implementing guidelines.


Permission Requests

Please Note:

KDIGO will only approve the full translation of a clinical practice guideline or, if in part, only the recommendation statements and executive summary. No other partial translation will be authorized.

The following steps are required should you wish to translate KDIGO materials:

Inform KDIGO of your intent to translate a document by emailing notification to translationkdigo@kidney.org. Your notification should be provided in English.

The notification should clearly identify the individual or organization wishing to translate the document and the intended audience. For example, will it be distributed as part of an educational component or core curriculum?

Sign and return this document to KDIGO, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY, 10016.

If the request to translate is approved, KDIGO will notify the individual or organization to proceed according to and in line with the requirements outlined below.

When you complete your translation, please email the translated guideline to translationkdigo@kidney.org.

Requirements

Translators of KDIGO materials must comply with the following requirements:

1. The translated material must prominently display the KDIGO logo. If posted on the internet, the logo must be featured on the first page. If published in print, the cover page must prominently display the logo. Once you have contacted translationkdigo@kidney.org., KDIGO will provide you with the logo and consult with you on the correct display.
2. Include a provisional/proposed internet URL for the location of your translation and provide an electronic file copy of the finished translation to translationkdigo@kidney.org.
3. Provide a permanent contact address including email and phone.
4. Ensure that your document is a faithful translation of the KDIGO document and that changes are not made to any part of the document.
5. The following disclaimer notice should be displayed at the beginning of your translation in both English and the language of your translation:
   
   "This translated document is provided by Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), courtesy of <YOUR NAME/ORGANIZATION> as an informational service to the global community. This is an unofficial translation of the official document, <DOC NAME>, located at <KDIGO website URL>, © copyright KDIGO <insert date of the KDIGO copyright from original document>. This translation is published with acknowledgement of and in agreement with terms specified in the KDIGO Translation Policy. KDIGO assumes no responsibility for any errors contained herein. In case of disputes, the authoritative version of the specification is the original, English document."
   
   
6. Notify translationkdigo@kidney.org. when you have completed and published the translation, so that we may direct others to your work. Send an electronic file of your translation and include the internet URL where your translation is published. The following statement need be included in your notification:
   
   “<YOUR NAME/ORGANIZATION> has translated <KDIGO DOCUMENT> into <LANGUAGE> as a service to the global community. This translation is publicly accessible at <URL> and www.kdigo.org. <YOUR NAME/ORGANIZATION> has read the KDIGO Translation Policy and agreed to its terms. We acknowledge that this translation may be republished by KDIGO and that KDIGO may rescind our right to publish or distribute the derivative work if KDIGO finds that it leads to confusion regarding the original document's status or integrity. <YOUR NAME/ORGANIZATION> acknowledges that the copyright of any translations of KDIGO copyrighted documents are owned by KDIGO."
7. Notify KDIGO if at any time you undertake any update to your translation or if the internet URL changes.

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