PMC41 PREEMPTING DIFFICULTIES IN LINGUISTIC VALIDATION, THE USE OF FACE VALIDATION TO CREATE MORE SOUND TRANSLATIONS

The process of linguistic validation is complex especially when working with a variety of languages in widely divergent cultural settings. The ability to clearly delineate concepts and synchronize wording within an instrument before the linguistic validation process begins not only signifi cantly improves the original instrument but also aids in optimizing its translatability, ensuring greater uniformity between multiple linguistic adaptations and saving time and resources along the way.