The toolkit
The MELT toolkit
MELT is organised as seven steps. Under each step you will find guidance materials such as checklists, templates, tip sheets, curated resources and links to related organisations. The materials use generic wording so that they can be adapted to any language pairing. Worked examples in English alongside a non English language illustrate the nuances that require attention during translation.
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A checklist completed by the research team at the planning stage, covering questions to be considered from the perspectives of both participants and the research team, together with training resources for translators. The checklist is divided into eight sub sections: ethnicity issues, ethical issues, regulatory issues, recruitment of participants, recruitment and training of translators, face to face interviews, virtual interviews, and focus group discussions.
Planning stage checklist
Team checklist across eight preparation sub sections.
7 downloads
Translator training itinerary template
For qualitative research, interviewing and focus group discussions.
Version and licence
- Version
- 1.0
- Current version date
- June 2026
- Reuse licence
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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