Please note that the official language of the SA8000® Standard is English and all translations have been provided pro bono by the translators and reviewers listed below. In case of inconsistency between the different versions, reference shall default to the English version.
If you would like to translate the Standard into a particular language or know of someone available to translate pro bono, please contact [email protected]. You may also contact this address if you need the Standard translated into a particular language.
Documents
Arabic
Translators and reviewers: Eng. Noaman Al Saleh and Eng. Waddah Shanem Al Hashmi
Bangla
Translator: Md. Abul Alim (GlobalGroup, Bangladesh)
Reviewer: Maruf Ahmed (Arche Advisors)
Bulgarian
Translator: Vasya Georgieva (Orchia-94 Ltd and CSB Ltd)
Reviewer: Eli Dinkove (CSB Ltd and MSS, PL. Christov)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Translator: Harrison Xu (Asia Pacific / Carhartt, Inc.)
Reviewer: Chenchen Fu (Solidaridad)
French
Translator: Michel Vanasse
Reviewer: Gabriel Levy-Bencheton (IFME, COMRH)
German
Translator: Isabell Puchta
Reviewer: Daniel Gdaniec (TÜV NORD CERT GmbH)
Hebrew
Translator: Shimon Warshavsky
Reviewer: The Institute of Quality and Control IQC
Hindi
Translator: Divya Singhal, Associate Professor, GOA Institute of Management, and Sapna Verma, Coordinator, Globalised Campaign Welfare Society
Reviewer: Smt. Savitri Devi, Former Senior Translator from Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Italian
Translator: Giulia Giudici (CISE), Anna Rosa Grossi (CISE) and Federico Tani
Reviewer: Ivano Corraini (CGIL)
Japanese
Translator: Takae Sato
Reviewer: Michiyo Takeda (SGS Japan Inc.)
Korean
Translator: Mingu Jun, Jungmin Han, and Jungkwon Ahn (BSI Group Korea)
Reviewer: Hankyun Rho (Kookmin University)
Persian
Translator: Ronak Yaryan (SAIPA) and Alborz Salemi (Consultant)
Polish
Translator: Robert Sroka, Adam Grymislawski, Joanna Kondraciuk, and Ewa Pajak (Crido Business Consulting)
Reviewer: Danuta Kedzierska (TÜV Rheinland Polska SP.z.o.o)
Portuguese
Translator: Paulo S. Ivo (Granville Traduções)
Reviewer: Beat Grueninger (BSD Group) and Adriano Diniz Costa
Romanian
Translator: Liviu Octav Popescu (Quality Consulting Services, Romania)
Reviewer: Angelica Mariana Druga (Intertek) and Sorina Mirzac (TÜV SÜD Romania)
Spanish
Translator: Emmanuel Treviño (TÜV SÜD)Reviewer: Silke Eidecker (ALGI) and Simona Apostol (Procert Laboratory)
Swahili
Translator: Translation service compensated by Roger Armand Olavsen, Jacobsen Elektro Holding AS
Thai
Translator: Suttiphong Loharangsikul and Narintorn Soontornstit (SGS Thailand Limited)
Reviewer: Chokchai Suttawet (Nikom Chandravitoon Foundation and Mahidol University)
Urdu
Translator: Saif ur Rahman and Abul Kalam (Bureau Veritas, Pakistan)
Reviewer: Umer Khayyam (SGS Pakistan)
Vietnamese
Translator: Phan Vu An (UL Verification Service, Vietnam)
Reviewer: Phan Thi Hai Yen