Nevada State 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 Nevada Board of Accountancy

Nevada Board of Accountancy requirements in detail

Nevada processes the exam itself

Unlike boards that send candidates to CPA Examination Services, Nevada takes the exam application itself, online, and sends an Authorization to Test to NASBA once you are eligible (CPA exam instructions: foreign education). The NIES report therefore goes to the Board's office in Reno, not to CPAES.

To sit, you need a bachelor's degree with an accounting major, or 18 semester credits above the introductory level: 6 in financial accounting and 3 each in cost accounting, auditing, federal income tax and business law (CPA exam education requirement). The evaluation has to show those subjects course by course.

Translation for NIES, and the license later

NIES wants verbatim translations in the original format, typed, signed and dated, with the translator's contact details, and a complete file within 90 days of applying (NIES). Its own translation service is suspended until further notice (NIES credential language translation).

For the certificate, Nevada also asks that the evaluation list each course's US semester-credit equivalent and include course descriptions (Licensing requirements). Translating your syllabi at the start avoids a second round later.

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts or mark sheets, for the course-by-course evaluation
• Degree certificates and diplomas
• Course descriptions or syllabi, which the license evaluation must include
• Records of business law and federal tax courses

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 Nevada Board of Accountancy

• The translation goes to NIES, NASBA International Evaluation Services, 150 Fourth Ave. N., Suite 850, Nashville, TN 37219 (NIES); NIES mails the evaluation to the Nevada State Board of Accountancy (CPA exam instructions: foreign education).

• 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, Nevada.

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 Nevada 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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