WCAG 2 Translations

Types of Translations

Two types of translations are listed on this page:

WCAG 2.2 Completed and Planned Translations

Language Translations available Notes and e-mail notifications
Arabic Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Arabic Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.2 (17 November 2023)
Catalan Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Catalan Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.2 (13 December 2023)
Chinese, Simplified Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Simplified Chinese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.2 (8 October 2023)
Dutch Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Dutch Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.2 (5 June 2023)
French Authorized Translation — notification of intent for French Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.2 (25 July 2022)
Italian Italian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.2 completed
Portuguese, Brazilian Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Brazilian Portuguese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.2 (17 October 2023)

WCAG 2.1 Completed and Planned Translations

Language Translations available Notes and e-mail notifications
Arabic Arabic Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed
Bulgarian Unofficial translation — draft Bulgarian unofficial translation of WCAG 2.1 (1 October 2021)
Catalan Catalan Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed
Chinese, Simplified Simplified Chinese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed
Chinese, Traditional Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Traditional Chinese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 (5 September 2023)
Finnish Finnish Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed
French French Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed
Danish Danish Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed  
Dutch Dutch Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed
German German unofficial translation of WCAG 2.1
Hebrew Hebrew Intention of translation (21 March 2020)
Italian Italian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed
Korean Korean unofficial translation of WCAG 2.1  
Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed  
Polish Polish Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed  
Portuguese, Brazilian Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Brazilian Portuguese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 (25 June 2018)
Portuguese, European Authorized Translation — notification of intent for European Portuguese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 (2 November 2018)
Slovak Slovak Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 Review — notification of review of Slovak Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 (13 April 2021)
Spanish Unofficial translation — notification of intent for Spanish unofficial translation of WCAG 2.1 (12 April 2019)
Ukrainian Ukrainian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.1 completed  

WCAG 2.0 Completed and Planned Translations

Language Translations available Notes and e-mail notifications
Arabic Arabic Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 Review — notification of review of Arabic Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (11 April 2013)
Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Arabic Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (12 September 2010)
Belarusian Belarusian unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0
Catalan Catalan Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Chinese, Simplified Simplified Chinese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Croatian Unofficial translation — notification of intent for Croatian unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0 (20 November 2009)
Czech Authorized Translation — launch of Czech Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (15 October 2010)
Danish Danish Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Dutch Dutch Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Estonian Estonian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Finnish Finnish Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
French

French Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed

 French Authorized Translation of Understanding WCAG 2.0 completed — outdate version
German German Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed German unofficial translations of other WCAG 2.0 documents
Hebrew Hebrew unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0
Hindi Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Hindi Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (21 May 2009)
Hungarian Hungarian unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0
Italian Italian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Japanese Japanese unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0 Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Japanese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (22 March 2009)
Korean Korean unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0 Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Korean Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (30 January 2009)
Lithuanian Unofficial translation — notification of intent for Lithuanian unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0 (6 September 2011)
Macedonian Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Macedonian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0
Norwegian Norwegian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Polish Polish Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 Review — notification of review of Polish Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (03 June 2013)
Authorized Translation — notification of intent for Polish Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 (8 March 2010)
Portuguese, Brazilian Brazilian Portuguese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Portuguese, European European Portuguese Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Romanian Unofficial translation — notification of intent for Romanian unofficial translation of WCAG 2.0 (20 January 2010)
Russian Russian Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed
Spanish Spanish Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0
Swedish Swedish Authorized Translation of WCAG 2.0 completed

More Information

About WCAG

For information on WCAG, see the WCAG 2 Overview.

Other Translations

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About Translating

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Note: If you are interested in translating a specific document, make sure to announce it (as instructed in the links above) to facilitate collaboration, to avoid duplication of effort, to ensure that you have the latest version, and to appropriately address pending updates and errata.

For additional information on WCAG translations, contact Shawn Lawton Henry shawn@w3.org.

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