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Certified Spanish Language Certificate Translation

eVerbary translates your Spanish language certificate into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.

DELE and the Instituto Cervantes

The official diplomas of Spanish as a foreign language (DELE) are issued by Spain's Minister of Education and, in the Minister's name, by the Director of the Instituto Cervantes, which runs the exams. They are offered at levels A1 to C2, and the Instituto Cervantes states that they do not expire. Diplomas from the older system, called inicial, intermedio and superior, were given equivalents in the new levels by the 2002 royal decree.

A DELE is usually printed in Spanish, so a US employer, university or licensing board may want it translated with its level and section scores exactly as printed. Candidates can download certificates from their personal area, and the Instituto Cervantes offers a secure verification code service, so we copy any code on the document. Where a certificate is partly in English, we translate only what is not.

Official language schools and language-of-instruction letters

Spain's official language schools (Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas) issue certificates at levels B1, B2, C1 and C2 for many languages. They are official throughout Spain, and each regional government organises the exams. We translate the level and the language as printed. Because each regional government organises the exams, layout and wording differ from region to region, and a certificate may be bilingual with a co-official language. We translate the whole document, including the issuing school and the exam session.

More often, a US university or licensing board wants to know the language your Spanish degree was taught in. The university issues a letter confirming it, which we translate like any other certificate, letterhead and signature included. Results of English tests such as IELTS or TOEFL are already in English and need no translation. See the Spanish university diploma page and our Spanish page.

What USCIS requires

Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.

State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.

How it works

Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.

A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.

Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.

Certified vs. standard translation

A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.

A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.

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