Kentucky 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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Kentucky Board of Pharmacy requirements in detail

Kentucky's sequence after FPGEC

The Board's procedures for foreign graduates, updated December 10, 2024, run in this order once you hold the FPGEC: create a Licensure Gateway profile, register with NABP for the NAPLEX and MPJE, file the intern application with $25 and the Preceptor's Affidavit, complete 1,500 hours, then file the pharmacist application with the $175 fee and an IdentoGO background check (Kentucky procedures for a pharmacist license via FPGEC (updated 12-10-2024)).

NABP grants exam eligibility after FPGEC, so you can test before the hours are done (Kentucky procedures for a pharmacist license via FPGEC (updated 12-10-2024)).

Kentucky never sees your foreign transcripts; ECE and NABP read them during certification.

The FPGEC wants an official word-for-word translation, seals and stamps included, with the translator's original signature and date on every page, an accuracy attestation and proof of credentials; license documents need a translation from a credentialed translator (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements, FPGEC Bulletin: Submit Documentation (license and registration)).

Order through a free quote and say the translation is for the FPGEC, so we confirm the format before you pay.

Names must match

The procedures warn that the name you register with NABP must match two forms of ID exactly, one of them a driver's license or passport (Kentucky procedures for a pharmacist license via FPGEC (updated 12-10-2024)).

The FPGEC applies the same discipline to transcripts and license documents, and a name change needs a certified marriage license or court order (FPGEC name guidelines).

Write your name in the order notes exactly as it appears in your passport, so the translation spells it the same way.

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 Kentucky Board of Pharmacy

• Translations go with your FPGEC paperwork, by mail: education records to ECE and license documents to NABP (ECE, FPGEC). Kentucky receives a copy of your FPGEC certificate with the intern application, not the translations (Kentucky Board of Pharmacy: foreign pharmacist graduate information).

• 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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