Tennessee 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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Where Tennessee's rule and instructions differ

Rule 1140-01-.05(3), revised March 2024, asks a foreign graduate to pass the equivalency exam, the Test of Spoken English and any other NABP requirement (Rules of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy, chapter 1140-01).

The Board's current instructions name the TOEFL iBT instead, together with the FPGEE (Tennessee Board of Pharmacy: instructions to obtain a foreign graduate license); both point to the same step, FPGEC certification.

The hours rule has a ceiling and a floor.

Foreign graduates complete 500 hours of internship in Tennessee within six consecutive months (Rules of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy, chapter 1140-01); the instructions add that up to 1,200 hours from any US state count, and that someone with all 1,700 hours in Tennessee needs no extra 500 (Tennessee Board of Pharmacy: instructions to obtain a foreign graduate license).

A licensed pharmacist moving from another state still needs FPGEC certification with an FPGEE score of 75 for reciprocity (Tennessee Board of Pharmacy: instructions for obtaining a reciprocal license).

Translations for the FPGEC

Tennessee does not collect your foreign transcripts; ECE and NABP read them inside FPGEC certification.

The FPGEC wants an official word-for-word translation, seals and stamps included, with the translator's original signature and date on every page, an accuracy attestation and proof of credentials; license documents need a translation from a credentialed translator (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements, FPGEC Bulletin: Submit Documentation (license and registration)).

Order through a free quote and say it is for the FPGEC, so we confirm the format before you pay. Internship hours count only on the Board's affidavit forms, signed by a pharmacist in good standing (1140-01-.04); those are English forms and need no translation.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Pharmacy school transcripts, for the ECE report inside FPGEC
• Pharmacy degree certificate
• 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 Tennessee Board of Pharmacy

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

  Tennessee receives the copy of your FPGEC certificate with the application; the Declaration of Citizenship is mailed to the Board office at 665 Mainstream Drive, Nashville, TN 37243 (Tennessee Board of Pharmacy: instructions to obtain a foreign graduate license, Tennessee Board of Pharmacy: instructions for obtaining a reciprocal 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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