ISOQOL Dictionary
The ISOQOL Dictionary standardizes more than 500 terms and has been translated into Portuguese and simplified Chinese. Other translations are currently under development.
All three digital versions of the dictionary are included in ISOQOL membership. You must be an ISOQOL member to access the digital versions below.
English
Portuguese
Simplified Chinese
Print version coming soon!
*ISOQOL is currently in the process of transferring the dictionary to a different publisher. If you experience any difficulty purchasing the dictionary through the above links, please contact info@isoqol.org.
Thank You
Special thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to the ISOQOL Dictionary.
Editors
Nancy Mayo – Original Edition (English)
Pedro Ferreira – Portuguese Translation
Jiqian Fang 方积乾 and Daniel YT Fong 方以德 – Simplified Chinese Translation
Original Dictionary Team
(ABC order)
Sara Ahmed, David Andrich, Ruth Barclay, Skye Barbic, Susan Bartlett, David Bronstein, Cheryl Coon, Nandini Dendukuri, Diane Fairclough, Cindy Gross, Cicely Kerr, Ayse Kuspinar, Carolina Moriello (Production Assistant), Donald Patrick, Simon Pickard, Jacky Reid, Lena Ring, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Alicia Rosenzveig, Jennifer C Samp, Rick Sawatzky, Susan Scott, Lesley Wiseman, Jiameng Xu
Portuguese Translation Dictionary Team (ABC order)
Alexandre Rodrigues, Bárbara Antunes, Carlota Quintal, Francisco Maia Pimentel, Ilda Massano Cardoso, Lara Noronha Ferreira, Leonor Marinho Dias, Lizete Malagoni, Luís Manuel Cavalheiro, Luís Nobre Pereira, Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck, Maria Alves Barbosa, Óscar Lourenço, Patrícia Antunes, Rui Soles Gonçalves, Teresa Carla Oliveira, Virginia Visconde Brasil, Vítor Raposo
Simplified Chinese Translation Dictionary Team (ABC order)
Lei Chen 陈蕾, Gang Chen 陈钢, Zheng-kun Hou 侯政昆, Man Hung 洪文, Cindy LK Lam 林露娟, Jiansheng Li 李建生, Xiaoying Li 李筱颖, Feng-bin Liu 刘凤斌, Jia Liu刘佳, Yangjun Liu 刘杨珺, Victor Mak 麦晃耀, Nikki Ow 区笑仪, Bo Qu 曲波, Qiuling Shi 石丘玲, Hongmei Wang 王红妹, Wendy Wong 黄韵婷, Jie You 游捷, Changhe Yu 于长禾
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