Montana Board of Public Accountants: 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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Montana Board of Public Accountants requirements in detail

What Montana counts

To sit, Montana asks for 24 semester hours of accounting above the introductory level, with at least one course each in financial accounting, auditing, taxation and management accounting, and 24 hours of business courses (Montana CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

For the license you need a degree with that accounting concentration and one of three education and experience pathways, from a post-baccalaureate degree with one year of experience to a bachelor's with two years (Montana education requirements).

Unlike many boards, Montana says Chartered Accountant training may be acceptable toward the exam and the license when the candidate completed the academic pathway of the program (Montana CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

If you rely on it, translate the program's academic records and certificates along with your university transcripts.

NIES timing

NIES gives you 90 days from the date you apply to send everything, including official transcripts from your university (NIES). Its own translation service is suspended until further notice (NIES credential language translation), so have the translation ready first.

Applicants who did not sit as Montana candidates also send official transcripts for all education to CPAES for evaluation against Montana's requirements (Montana education requirements).

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts or mark sheets from every institution attended
• Degree certificates and diplomas
• Academic records from a Chartered Accountant program, if you rely on it
• Syllabi for auditing, tax and management accounting courses, if NIES asks

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 Montana Board of Public Accountants

• The translation goes to NIES, NASBA International Evaluation Services, 150 Fourth Ave. N., Suite 850, Nashville, TN 37219; your university sends official transcripts directly (NIES). NIES sends the evaluation to NASBA (Montana CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

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

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 Montana Board of Public Accountants, 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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