Nebraska Board of Nursing: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Nebraska BON requirements in detail

Two different translation rules in one file

Nebraska's own rule covers the documents you send to the Licensure Unit with your application: a complete translation, an original rather than a copy, with the translator's notarized or equivalent signature, and never made by the applicant (exam, endorsement).

That typically means a name-change document, a foreign license or anything else in another language that you attach yourself.

Your nursing transcript takes another path: it is evaluated by one of the three Credential Evaluation Services the Board lists, and the agency sends its report to the office (Foreign-educated nurses).

Each agency sets its own translation rule.

ERES accepts certified English translations submitted with the original-language documents (ERES); Josef Silny accepts outside translations made in the US only from ATA-certified translators (JS&A); TruMerit wants nursing transcripts translated by the school or by TruMerit itself (TruMerit).

Exam or endorsement

By examination, graduates of a non-English-speaking nursing program must also send English test results (Foreign-educated nurses).

By endorsement, the English test applies if you come from a non-English-speaking jurisdiction and have not worked in an English-speaking setting in the past two years; the endorsement instructions repeat the same translation paragraph (RN/LPN application by endorsement).

Applications by exam and by endorsement are separate forms on the Board's applications page; temporary licenses are available only to endorsement applicants with an active license in another state.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Nursing school transcripts and diploma, for the CES agency
• Foreign nursing license and verification of licensure
• Marriage certificate or court order for a name change
• Course descriptions, if the agency asks for 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 of up to 250 words, 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 Nebraska BON

• Translations you attach yourself go to the Licensure Unit with the paper application, signed and notarized, as an original (RN/LPN application by examination).

  Translations of transcripts go to the evaluation agency you choose, under its instructions; the agency then sends the evaluation to the Board (Foreign-educated nurses).

• eVerbary can mail the translation to you in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy and notarization at checkout with your address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US, $49.95 or $78.95 to other countries) and write in the order notes that it is for the Nebraska Board of Nursing.

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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