New Mexico Public Accountancy Board: 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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New Mexico Public Accountancy Board requirements in detail

The three-year degree problem

New Mexico requires the equivalent of a US bachelor's degree with at least 30 hours of accounting, no more than 3 of them in business law, and says plainly that a three-year bachelor's earned outside the US is not equivalent (New Mexico CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

Finance courses do not substitute for accounting courses (New Mexico CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

If your first degree took three years and you have further study, such as a master's, translate those transcripts along with the first degree so the evaluator can consider all of it in one report; whether the combination is equivalent is the evaluator's and the Board's decision.

Choosing the evaluator

NACES members' translation rules differ.

WES wants a word-for-word translation by a professional translator (WES); NIES wants an ATA member, verbatim and in the original format, and its own translation service is suspended until further notice (NIES credential language translation).

Some NACES members accept only ATA-certified translators; for those, see the ATA section below.

If you passed the exam elsewhere and are transferring grades for a New Mexico license, the Board's FAQ asks for a NACES-member evaluation (Board of Public Accountancy FAQs). A WES or other NACES report serves both steps.

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts or mark sheets from every institution attended
• Degree certificates and diplomas
• Transcripts of a master's or further study, if your first degree took three years
• Course descriptions for accounting courses, if the evaluator 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 New Mexico Public Accountancy Board

• The translation goes to the evaluator you choose, under its rules: WES takes uploads in your WES account (WES); NIES takes mail at NASBA International Evaluation Services in Nashville (NIES). The evaluator sends the report to CPAES (New Mexico CPA exam requirements, CPA Examination Services).

• eVerbary delivers the certified translation as a PDF for upload, 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 New Mexico 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 New Mexico Public Accountancy Board, 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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