Maine 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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Worth knowing about Maine Board of Accountancy

Maine Board of Accountancy requirements in detail

Exam first, 150 hours later

Maine lets you sit with a bachelor's degree of at least 120 semester hours and 15 hours in listed accounting topics, at least 3 of them in auditing and attestation (Maine CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

The license needs 150 semester hours (Maine CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services), and NASBA Licensing Services asks for the same two evaluators at that stage (Maine licensure, NASBA Licensing Services).

If you will rely on more foreign records for the license, translate them all at once so the same evaluator can cover both steps.

NIES keeps an application open for 90 days; anything missing after that means denial and a forfeited fee (NIES). Its own translation service is suspended until further notice (NIES credential language translation), so the translation has to come from outside.

Where we could not check

The Board's own website (maine.gov) refused our requests on November 12, 2026, so this page relies on the Maine instructions NASBA publishes as the Board's exam and licensing processor (Maine CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services, Maine licensure, NASBA Licensing Services). Confirm with the Board if you need its rule text.

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts or mark sheets from every institution attended
• Degree certificates and diplomas
• Syllabi for auditing and accounting courses, if the evaluator asks
• Records from professional accounting programs, if you rely on 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 Maine Board of Accountancy

• The translation goes to the evaluation service with your records; for NIES, mail is addressed to NASBA International Evaluation Services in Nashville and official transcripts come directly from your university (NIES).

  The service sends the evaluation to NASBA (Maine CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

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

If you need a translator certified by ATA

Some offices accept only a translator who is personally certified by the American Translators Association (ATA). eVerbary assigns one on request, for the languages ATA certifies into English:

To order it, ask for a free quote and write in the notes that the translation is for Maine Board of Accountancy, what it is for, and that you need a translator individually certified by ATA, plus anything else the office asks for (notarization, delivery by email to the office).

We confirm the price and the translator before you pay. ATA does not certify other languages into English, so no translator anywhere holds ATA certification for them.

For those languages we provide a notarized certified translation instead, at $44.95 per page plus notarization ($34.90 per order); ask the office to confirm it accepts that, and write its answer in the quote notes.

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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