West Virginia 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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Worth knowing about West Virginia Board of Pharmacy

West Virginia Board of Pharmacy requirements in detail

The letter from your home regulator

Unlike Oregon or Virginia, West Virginia credits internship experience abroad: up to one third of the hours, either through an accredited school's experiential program or on a letter of credit or certification from the board of pharmacy or other regulatory body where you trained (15CSR1 §4.10).

That letter will usually be in the language of your country, and it goes to the West Virginia Board, not to NABP.

The rule does not say how a foreign-language letter must be presented (15CSR1, Licensure and Practice of Pharmacy).

Ask the Board before you send it, and have it translated by a professional service with the certification included; write the hour totals and dates in the order notes so the translation keeps them exactly as issued.

The FPGEC part

For certification, 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).

Order through a free quote and say the translation is for the FPGEC, so we confirm the format before you pay.

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
• Letter from your home pharmacy regulator certifying internship hours
• 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 West Virginia Board of Pharmacy

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

  The certification of foreign hours, with its translation, goes to the West Virginia Board with your internship records; the license application is filed online (Pharmacist application information).

• eVerbary delivers a certified PDF, 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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