UNE, the Spanish Standardization Body, has published UNE ISO 30300 in February 2021. Spanish, despite is not an official ISO language, is spoken by more than 500 million persons in the world. In the records management field, there were some important terms with difficult translation to Spanish that might end in misunderstanding. This translation aims to help in the understanding, use and easy translation of records management standards.
Translation of standards to another language is a challenge, that might benefit a lot from vocabulary standards. In this case, ISO 30300 includes Concepts diagrams which have been very useful to find the correct translated term beyond the literal translation.
From now, the translation of standards using this vocabulary consistently to Spanish will be easier, supporting the interoperability of practices, systems, and tools implemented in different languages.