Rhode Island Board of Pharmacy (Department of Health): 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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Two places a translation can come up

Most of the foreign-language paperwork goes through the FPGEC: transcripts and degree to ECE, your license to NABP.

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).

The second place is Rhode Island itself. Both the limited license and the pharmacist license applications ask for a copy of your birth certificate (216-RICR-40-15-1, Pharmacists, Pharmacies, and Manufacturers).

If yours is not in English, ask the Department whether it wants a translation with the copy; we translate birth certificates with the certification included, and can add notarization ($34.90 per order) if the Department asks for it.

Timing the internship

Rhode Island is strict about order.

A foreign graduate may apply for the limited (intern) license only after obtaining FPGEC certification, and hours worked before that license is issued are not credited (§1.5.9, §1.5.10 and §1.5.12).

A foreign intern may hold the limited license for the first year without a registered Social Security number, at the preceptor's discretion; renewal requires one (§1.5.11).

When the hours are done, the intern files the Department's verification of practical experience before applying for the exam (§1.5.12).

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
• Birth certificate, for the Rhode Island applications
• 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 Rhode Island Board of Pharmacy

• FPGEC translations go by mail with your FPGEC paperwork: education records to ECE and license documents to NABP (ECE, FPGEC).

  Rhode Island applications go to the Department of Health, Three Capitol Hill, Room 103, Providence, RI 02908, on its forms (216-RICR-40-15-1, Pharmacists, Pharmacies, and Manufacturers).

• 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 whether they are for the FPGEC or for the Rhode Island Department of Health.

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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