Idaho State Board of Accountancy: 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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Idaho Board of Accountancy requirements in detail

How an Idaho file moves

You apply to the Board to sit for the exam; once approved, the Board sends your Authorization to Test to NASBA, valid for 90 days, and NASBA invoices you for each section (Idaho Board of Accountancy: CPA exam).

For foreign education the Board needs the NIES report before it can approve you, and its information sheet says transcripts must reach the Board before authorization is given (Idaho Board of Accountancy: information for initial applicants, Uniform CPA Examination).

The Board refuses transcripts sent with the application or marked "issued to student"; official records come straight from the school, signed by the registrar (Idaho Board of Accountancy: information for initial applicants, Uniform CPA Examination).

For a foreign degree, the NIES report is what the Board reads; the translation stays inside the NIES file.

Translation for NIES

NIES sets the standards for outside translations: verbatim, in the same format as the original, with no interpretation, typed, signed and dated, and with the translator's address, phone and email (NIES).

We translate course titles, hours and marks exactly as printed; NIES decides how they count toward Idaho's 30 business and 20 accounting hours.

NIES needs every document within 90 days of the date you apply, or it denies the application and keeps the fee (NIES). Order the translations before you open the NIES application so that window is not spent waiting on them.

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts or mark sheets from every institution attended
• Degree certificates and diplomas
• Yearly examination results, when the school issues no consolidated transcript
• Course descriptions for accounting and business subjects, if NIES asks for them

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 Idaho Board of Accountancy

• The translation goes to NIES with your records; mail goes to NASBA International Evaluation Services, 150 Fourth Ave. N., Suite 850, Nashville, TN 37219 (NIES).

  NIES then sends its report to the DOPL Board of Accountancy, PO Box 83720, Boise ID 83720-0063, or by email to OL-Licensing@dopl.idaho.gov (Idaho Board of Accountancy: CPA exam).

• eVerbary can mail the translation to NIES in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy at checkout with NIES's address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that it is for the Idaho CPA evaluation.

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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