Washington Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission: 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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What Washington reads itself

Boards such as Texas and California leave the foreign documents to FPGEC.

Washington's rule asks the applicant for FPGEC certification and, separately, for official transcripts or a diploma that shows the pharmacy degree awarded (WAC 246-945-162(2)).

Those are foreign-language documents sent to the Commission, and the packet's note covers them: translate before you send copies (Pharmacist License by Exam for Foreign Graduates application packet, June 2026).

The Commission does not say who may translate, whether the translation must be certified or whether it needs a notary (Pharmacist License by Exam for Foreign Graduates application packet, June 2026).

Our certified translation includes a signed statement of accuracy; if the Commission later asks for notarization, it costs $34.90 per order.

Send the copy of the original together with its translation so the Commission can match them.

The FPGEC part

For FPGEC, the rule is stricter: 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; no self-translations and no photocopies of translations (FPGEC Bulletin: Documentation Requirements).

One order can cover both uses: ask through a free quote for the FPGEC format, and the same translation can then be copied for Washington.

A Canadian pharmacy degree also counts as foreign training in Washington: the Commission tells Canadian graduates to use the foreign graduate application (Apply for a pharmacy professions license).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Official pharmacy transcripts or diploma, for the Commission and for FPGEC
• Pharmacist license or registration from your country, for NABP
• Birth certificate, if the Commission asks you to prove your legal name
• Marriage certificate or court order showing a name change

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 Washington Pharmacy Commission

• Mail the application with the fee to the Department of Health, P.O. Box 1099, Olympia, WA 98507-1099, and documents sent later to Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission Credentialing, P.O. Box 47877, Olympia, WA 98504-7877 (Pharmacist License by Exam for Foreign Graduates application packet, June 2026).

  FPGEC translations go with your FPGEC paperwork to ECE and NABP (ECE, FPGEC).

• eVerbary delivers a certified PDF you can print and copy, and can also 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).

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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