Missouri 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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What "translated into English and notarized" covers

The line sits above the Required Documentation section of the foreign graduate application, which lists a copy of your FPGEC certificate, proof of birth, name-change documentation if the name on your credentials differs, and proof of US citizenship or a visa with an employment authorization document (Foreign Pharmacy School Graduate Preliminary Evaluation Pharmacist Examination Application, MO 375-0443E).

In practice that means a birth certificate or baptismal certificate from your home country, and a marriage certificate or court order for a name change.

The Board does not say who must translate or what the notary attests to.

Choose notarization at checkout ($34.90 per order) so the translation carries a notarized certificate of accuracy, and write in the order notes that it is for the Missouri Board of Pharmacy.

If you need the copy of the original itself notarized, that is a separate step with a local notary.

Certification first, then hours that count

Missouri lays out nine steps: FPGEC certification from NABP, the preliminary evaluation application, Board authorization, NABP registration and testing, then the license (Foreign Pharmacy School Graduate Preliminary Evaluation Pharmacist Examination Application, MO 375-0443E).

The Board does not take FPGEC applications; those go to NABP, where your transcripts, degree and license are translated under the FPGEC rule: an official word-for-word translation, signed and dated on every page, by an official translator or a professional translation service in any country (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements, FPGEC Bulletin: Submit Documentation (license and registration)).

The 1,500 intern hours must be earned in a US state or territory after the date of your FPGEC certificate, so practice abroad and hours before certification do not count, and experience letters from your home country need no translation for Missouri (Foreign Pharmacy School Graduate Preliminary Evaluation Pharmacist Examination Application, MO 375-0443E).

If you need hours, you can apply for a Missouri intern pharmacist license (forms).

If you already hold a US license

A foreign graduate with an active pharmacist license in another US state may apply by transfer or reciprocity on form MO 375-0443R; it carries the same translation and notarization line, asks for the FPGEC certificate and a notarized NABP Official Application, and charges the same $300 fee (Foreign Pharmacy School Graduate Transfer/Reciprocity Application, MO 375-0443R).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Birth certificate or baptismal certificate
• Marriage certificate or court order showing a name change
• Pharmacy school transcripts and degree, for the ECE report inside FPGEC
• Pharmacist license or registration from your country, for NABP

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 Missouri Board of Pharmacy

• Mail the application, fee and translated documents to the Missouri Board of Pharmacy, PO Box 625, Jefferson City, MO 65102; overnight deliveries go to 3605 Missouri Blvd., Jefferson City, MO 65109 (Foreign Pharmacy School Graduate Preliminary Evaluation Pharmacist Examination Application, MO 375-0443E).

• eVerbary can mail the notarized translation to you in a sealed, signed envelope so you can include it with the application: choose notarization and the hard copy at checkout ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that it is for the Missouri Board of Pharmacy.

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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