Delaware Board of Pharmacy: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Sample translation: a Congolese secondary school transcript

This is what an order looks like when it is delivered, with a fictitious student. The PDF starts with the signed certification page, and the translation follows the original line for line: every abbreviation is explained, stamps, seals and signatures are noted in brackets, and the grid stays the same, so an admissions officer or a credential evaluator can match it without guessing.

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What to notice

• Two school years in the same grid as the original: every subject, grading period, exam and total, so each grade can be read against its maximum.
• The French rating abbreviations are translated (TB becomes VG, Very good), and every abbreviation is explained in a translator's note at the foot of the same page, including one the original never defines.
• Dates are written the US way (the original's 02/07/2015 is February 7, 2015).
• The photo, seals and signatures are noted in brackets where they appear.

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Worth knowing about Delaware Board of Pharmacy

Delaware Board of Pharmacy requirements in detail

What Delaware sees, and what it does not

For a graduate of a school outside the US, Delaware's proof of education is a copy of the FPGEC certificate; the Board office can make you eligible for the exams once it has that and your application in DELPROS (Delaware Board of Pharmacy: pharmacist licensure by examination or score transfer).

Your foreign transcripts and diploma go through NABP and ECE instead, where the FPGEC translation rule applies: an official word-for-word translation, seals and stamps included, signed and dated by the translator on every page, with an accuracy attestation and proof of credentials (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements, FPGEC Bulletin: Submit Documentation (license and registration)).

NABP notes that FPGEC certification is not issued as a paper certificate; the certification date shows in your e-Profile, which boards can see (FPGEC Bulletin: What is FPGEC certification?). If you cannot produce a "copy", ask the Board office what it accepts.

Preceptor paperwork for the 1,500 hours

To earn hours in a Delaware pharmacy you need a Delaware-licensed preceptor who agrees to the Board's Practical Experience Program; the preceptor sends the notarized Affidavit of Preceptor, a new one within ten calendar days if your preceptor changes, and an Affidavit of Intern Experience when the hours end (Delaware Board of Pharmacy: intern registration, foreign school).

Forms that need a signature, seal or notary may have to be mailed to the Board office unless the form says to upload it (Delaware Board of Pharmacy: intern registration, foreign school).

None of these are translation documents; order the FPGEC translations through a free quote and say they are for the FPGEC, so we confirm the format before you pay.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Pharmacy school transcripts, for the ECE report inside FPGEC
• Pharmacy degree certificate
• Pharmacist license or registration from your country, for NABP
• Marriage certificate or court order, if your name changed

What an eVerbary translation includes

• A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
• Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
• A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
• $24.95 per page with no word cap, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
• Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.

Submitting the translation to Delaware Board of Pharmacy

• Translations go with your FPGEC paperwork, by mail: education records to ECE and license documents to NABP (ECE, FPGEC). Delaware receives proof of certification, not the translations (Delaware Board of Pharmacy: pharmacist licensure by examination or score transfer).

• eVerbary can mail the translations to you in sealed, signed envelopes: choose the hard copy at checkout with your address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that they are for the FPGEC.

How to order

1. Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
2. Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
3. Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.

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