International Diamond Council Publishes Rules in Chinese

The International Diamond Council (IDC) today announced that it has posted a Chinese-language version of its "IDC Rules for Grading Diamonds" on its website. The Chinese version of the rules is the first in a series of translations the Council intends to create. The organization also said that it would post an updated English-language version of the IDC Rules. 

According to IDC chair Stephane Fischler, the IDC Rules are the diamond business' single, authoritative, international set of rules with regard to nomenclature and the organization intends to translate them into as many languages as possible. "The IDC Rules need to be accessible to a wide as possible global audience,” he said. “... I look forward to hav[ing] the IDC Rules translated in additional languages, such as Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and Arabic."

He continued, "By offering these downstream markets and their consumers these freely available international grading rules in their own languages, we will significantly contribute to lower[ing] the information threshold and enhance confidence in diamonds.”

The IDC hopes to gain additional support for its translation projects during the upcoming 34th World Diamond Congress. "We will need some help from our colleagues, but I am sure we will get it," said Fischler. 

The IDC Rules can be seen on the organization’s website, www.internationaldiamondcouncil.org