Find the official translated versions of the questionnaires GPs use most, with each owner’s licence terms. For GPs, practice staff and registrars.
A missing link means none was listed on that owner’s site on 1 October 2026, not that none exists anywhere.
Public domain. For clinician use; not for public websites, and scores are not shown to the patient.
UNSW translations list — more than 60 languages.
UNSW gives no assurance that any posted translation is adequate or valid. Some versions link a report or paper: the Chinese DASS-21 and Arabic versions (NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre report, 2001), Greek, Hindi and Spanish. Severity labels are published only in the DASS manual.
Free to reproduce, translate, display and distribute without permission (check each form’s footer).
PHQ Screeners — many languages.
Hosted by Pfizer. Validation varies by language: published studies exist for several, for example Arabic and Chinese, but not all.
Free to use. Acknowledge © Ronald C. Kessler and cite the source article.
NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre set — 35 languages, including simplified and traditional Chinese.
Translations are posted for unrestricted use on the author’s Harvard page, which also lists Cantonese and Mandarin. Per-language validation was not checked for this page.
No permission needed for non-commercial use; people completing it should not be charged.
auditscreen.org — more than 40 languages.
The AUDIT-C is the first three AUDIT questions. Reviews note that only some translations were culturally adapted. Check the “standard drink” definition on any overseas version: Australia’s is 10 g of alcohol.
For licensed medical practitioners: personal, internal, non-commercial use.
GPCOG downloads — 23 languages plus English, with separate Cantonese and Mandarin files.
The licence does not allow providing the GPCOG to third parties or copying or adapting it. Published validations are listed on the GPCOG site for some versions, for example Chinese (in China), Italian and French.
Written Chinese is traditional or simplified; Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken, and a speaker of either may read either script. The DASS has four traditional-character versions and one simplified. The K10 has a PDF for each script. Only the GPCOG lists separate Cantonese and Mandarin files, and it does not say which script they use. Ask which script the patient reads.
A professional interpreter supports the conversation but does not validate an untested translation of the items, so scores may not be comparable with the usual scoring. Private medical practitioners delivering Medicare-rebatable services can use the TIS National Free Interpreting Service: register for a client code, then call the Medical Practitioner Priority Line on 1300 131 450 (24 hours). See the TIS National guide. It helps to record the language and the translation used.
Questionnaires are validated in the wording they were tested in. A machine translation of the items has not been tested, so scores may not mean what they normally do. The UNSW DASS team notes that even the human translations posted on its site come with no assurance of quality, and only some link a validation report. Where an official translation exists, use it. Where none exists, a professional interpreter helps communication but does not make an unvalidated translation validated.
For the GPCOG, yes: its downloads list separate Cantonese and Mandarin files. For the DASS and K10, translations are written in traditional or simplified Chinese characters rather than by spoken dialect, so ask which script the patient reads.
The DASS is public domain, so permission is not needed (UNSW DASS FAQ). The same FAQ asks that it is not administered on a website or app open to the public, that computed scores are not shown to respondents, and that members of the public are not referred to the DASS website, which is intended for professionals.
The GPCOG site offers paper versions in 23 languages besides English, including separate Cantonese and Mandarin files. Its licence is personal to a licensed medical practitioner (or someone under their supervision), for internal non-commercial use, and does not allow providing the GPCOG to third parties or copying or adapting it. Read the licence on the GPCOG site before use.
Private medical practitioners delivering Medicare-rebatable services to Medicare-eligible patients can use the TIS National Free Interpreting Service. Each practitioner needs a client code; the Medical Practitioner Priority Line is 1300 131 450 (24 hours).
TIS National guide · Multicultural patients · Cognitive screening · DASS-21 · GPCOG
General information, not medical or legal advice. Owners can change terms and files at any time; check the source before use.