Mental health translation services

Improve access to services with mental health translation

According to figures from the NHS, 3.8 million people were in contact with mental health services between October 2023 and October 2024, a rise of nearly 40% on pre-2020 levels. Acccessibility to mental health services in a language you understand is keu and accurate, culturallty-sensitive translation can help support non-English-speaking patients and remove language barriers to treatment.

How can translation support mental health services?

Mental health translation supports patients and healthcare professionals with a range of services, including: 

• Patient communication: emails, appointment letters and referral notes
• Multilingual documentation: consent forms, leaflets and treatment information packs
• Patient surveys and responses
• Marketing materials: posters and signage, websites and other outreach
• Professional training and development resources

What are the benefits of using mental health translation?

• Improves accessibility: builds trust in the system, helps clients to understand what to expect and allows family members to understand treatment plans and support the patient.
• Enhances communication: increases understanding of treatment options and participation in therapy that can minimise the risk of misdiagnosis due to language barriers.
• Raises awareness: of availability of mental health services to non-English-speaking communities and reduces the stigma of asking for help.
• Increases collaboration: share research, best practices and innovations in mental health across regions and languages.
• Empowers patients: to give fully informed consent by providing materials that are available in their native language.
• Ensures legal compliance: providing services in multiple languages fulfills legal obligations to support equal access to services.

How does TLF ensure high-quality mental health translation services?

The TLF team can help you provide accessibility for every patient with our expert mother-tongue linguists and Project Managers, who deliver a range of mental health translation services. All our translators hold a Diploma, BA or MA in translation and are professional members of a recognised translation body. This has earned us a 97% client satisfaction rating for translation quality.

Our industry recognition, accreditations and association memberships

We are proud of our long-standing membership of language industry bodies, the ATC (Association of Translation Companies) and ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting), abiding by their strict codes of conduct and demonstrating our commitment to best practice for the benefit of our clients.

What do our clients say about us?

Specialist linguists

All our linguists have a minimum of 5 years’ relevant specialist experience in mental health translation. Collectively they:

• Are fluent in industry terms
• Deliver quality mental health translations within short deadlines
• Experienced in highlighting any potential cultural issues from the outset
• Support you in educating and engaging with your intended audience

Talk to the TLF team

If you’re looking for mental health translation or any other language-related service, click the link below to contact our expert team