Minnesota 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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Minnesota Board of Accountancy requirements in detail

Minnesota's education paths and the evaluation

Minnesota offers four education routes to sit, from a graduate accounting degree to a bachelor's or higher from an accredited institution with 24 semester hours of accounting above the elementary level covering financial accounting, auditing, taxation and management accounting (Minnesota CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

The evaluation shows which route your foreign degree fits, so translate the full transcript, not only the accounting pages.

You must also live, study or work in Minnesota, or be about to (Minnesota CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

Chartered Accountant coursework is treated as professional training and not accepted, and CPA review courses do not count (Minnesota CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

ECE or NIES: the translation differs

ECE accepts a translation by anyone if it is word-for-word and in the original format, and also sells a translation waiver for $85 (ECE).

NIES requires an ATA member, a university or a ministry, with the translator's signature, date and contact details (NIES); its own translation service is suspended until further notice (NIES credential language translation).

A certified translation from eVerbary fits both. Because of the 45-day window at CPAES (Minnesota CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services), order the translation before you apply to the evaluator.

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts or mark sheets, all years
• Degree certificates and diplomas
• Syllabi for accounting courses, to show audit, tax and management accounting coverage
• Graduate transcripts, if you use a graduate-degree route

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 Minnesota Board of Accountancy

• The translation goes to ECE or NIES with your records, under that agency's instructions (ECE, NIES); the agency sends the evaluation to CPAES (Minnesota CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

• eVerbary delivers the certified translation as a PDF and can mail a sealed, signed hard copy to the agency ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US); write in the order notes that it is for the Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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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