Tennessee Board of Dentistry: 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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Tennessee Board of Dentistry requirements in detail

What the Tennessee limited license asks for

Tennessee's limited license is the route the Board describes for a dentist who graduated from a non-ADA-accredited program and then finished an ADA-accredited advanced specialty program (Application instructions for licensure as a dentist).

The applicant asks the foreign school to mail an official transcript of the equivalent degree directly to the Board, and asks ECE to send a course-by-course evaluation report showing the equivalent of four years of US dental study (Limited and limited educational licensure requirements for dentist, PH-3592, Application instructions for licensure as a dentist).

The license limits practice to ADA-accredited institutions, dental education programs or federally designated health professional shortage areas, and proof of employment there is needed at application and at each renewal (Application instructions for licensure as a dentist).

Applicants who failed the National Board or a regional exam three times must first complete a remedial postgraduate course at an ADA-accredited school (Limited and limited educational licensure requirements for dentist, PH-3592).

Translations for ECE

ECE requires an English translation of every document issued in another language unless you buy its $85 translation waiver, in which case ECE translates only for its own report and you get no translation document (ECE documentation requirements).

If the foreign transcript or diploma will also go to a US specialty program, an employer or another board, a certified translation you keep is reusable; the waiver is not.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Dental school transcripts or mark sheets, for the ECE course-by-course report
• Dental diploma or degree certificate
• Internship or rotation certificates the school issued
• License verification from a dental council abroad

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 Tennessee Board of Dentistry

• The translation goes to ECE with your records, under ECE's instructions; ECE sends the report directly to the Tennessee Board of Dentistry, 665 Mainstream Drive, Nashville, TN 37243 (Limited and limited educational licensure requirements for dentist, PH-3592, ECE).

• eVerbary can mail the translation to ECE in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy at checkout with ECE's address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that it is for the Tennessee Board of Dentistry evaluation.

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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