Oregon 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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Worth knowing about Oregon Board of Pharmacy

Oregon Board of Pharmacy requirements in detail

Why your translations go to NABP, not to Oregon

Oregon's rule names two educational requirements for a foreign graduate, FPGEC certification and US practice hours, and then sends you to the exam, score transfer or reciprocity rules (OAR 855-115-0015(4)).

Neither step asks Oregon to read a foreign-language document: the FPGEC process reviews your education and license, and the hours are earned and certified in the United States.

The FPGEC wants an official word-for-word translation, seals and stamps included, by an official translator or a professional translation service in any country, with the translator's original signature and date on every page, an accuracy attestation and proof of credentials; it refuses self-translations, photocopies and electronic submissions (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements, FPGEC Bulletin: Attestation and photo identification).

Order through a free quote and say the translation is for the FPGEC, so we confirm the format before you pay.

Hours, timing and the pending exam rule

Pharmacy practice abroad does not count toward the 1,440 hours, and neither do US hours worked before your FPGEC certification (Permanent order BP 16-2023, Division 115 Pharmacists, incl. OAR 855-115-0015).

The Board also tells applicants not to send an application or documents other than transcripts until the exams are passed, and to finish licensure before the earliest passing score expires (Apply for pharmacist license).

A rulemaking notice filed on October 9, 2026 proposes adding the Uniform MPJE and changing exam fees, with a hearing on November 24, 2026 (Notice of proposed rulemaking: MPJE and Uniform MPJE, filed 10/09/2026). Check the Board's page for the jurisprudence exam that applies when you test.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Pharmacy school transcripts, for the ECE report inside FPGEC
• Pharmacy degree certificate or diploma
• Pharmacist license or registration from your country, for NABP
• Marriage certificate or court order, if your name changed

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 Oregon Board of Pharmacy

• Translations go with your FPGEC paperwork, by mail: education records to ECE and license documents to NABP (ECE, FPGEC). Your Oregon application is filed online through the Board's eGov portal after the exams (Apply for pharmacist license).

• eVerbary can mail the translations to you in sealed, signed envelopes: choose the hard copy at checkout with your address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that they are for the FPGEC.

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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