Texas Board of Nursing: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about Texas BON

Texas BON requirements in detail

Which CES provider, and who translates for it

The Board's provider table names TruMerit for its licensure report, ERES for its nursing license evaluation, JS&A for its boards of nursing application and TEC for its Nursing Course Analysis (BON-approved Credential Evaluation Service providers).

The provider you pick decides who may translate.

TruMerit's CES Professional Report wants nursing transcripts in English, translated by the school, and translates them itself for a fee if the school cannot (TruMerit); only the secondary school diploma may be translated by you or someone you choose.

JS&A's application for boards of nursing asks for "professional, certified English translations" (JS&A: application for boards of nursing), and its services page adds that outside translations made in the US must come from ATA-certified translators (JS&A: services and translations).

TEC, which lists Texas among the boards that accept its Nursing Course Analysis (The Evaluation Company: nursing services), accepts an outside translator only if ATA-certified, or translates after your application is complete (The Evaluation Company: avoid delays).

What the CES report has to show

For endorsement, the Board says the CES report verifies that your program included theory and clinical instruction in medical-surgical, geriatric, maternal/child, pediatric and mental health nursing (RN endorsement instructions, internationally educated, V5.2026).

Your transcript and course descriptions are what the provider reads to confirm those five areas, so every page, including hours and clinical rotations, needs to be translated in full.

Exam applicants also face a time window: a first-time international applicant must have worked as a nurse in the four years before applying or be within four years of graduation (Applications: graduates and NCLEX examinations).

Where the Texas pages differ

Older Texas guidance named CGFNS, ERES and IERF.

The current CES provider page, last updated July 1, 2026, names TruMerit, ERES, JS&A and TEC and notes that IERF stopped taking new applications on August 15, 2021 (BON-approved Credential Evaluation Service providers), so an IERF report is no longer an option for a new applicant.

JS&A's own pages also differ: its FAQ says most translations by professional translators are acceptable, subject to review, and that it refuses translations by applicants (JS&A: FAQ), while its services page requires ATA-certified translators for outside translations made in the US. An ATA-certified translator satisfies both.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Nursing school transcripts, with theory and clinical hours
• Nursing diploma or degree certificate
• Course descriptions for the five clinical areas Texas checks
• Nursing license or registration from the country of education
• Secondary school diploma, which TruMerit also lets you have translated by anyone you choose

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 of up to 250 words, 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 Texas BON

• For JS&A, the translation goes with your signed application to JS&A, while your school sends the transcript, degree, course descriptions and charts directly (JS&A: application for boards of nursing).

  For TEC, provide the certified translations up front with your online application (The Evaluation Company: avoid delays).

• The provider then sends its CES report to the Texas Board of Nursing; the Board does not accept a copy from you (Applications: graduates and NCLEX examinations).

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 Texas BON, 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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