Bates Technical College: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about Bates

Bates requirements in detail

Language, not only location, triggers the evaluation

Bates asks for a course-by-course Foreign Transcript Evaluation from students transferring credits from colleges outside the US, and also from students whose transcripts are not in English (international students).

Its International Credits guide then asks you to bring two things to the Registration Office front counter at the Downtown Campus: the officially sealed evaluation report and the official international transcript, translated into English (International Credits guide).

Sealed evaluations may also be mailed to the Registration Office in Tacoma.

So the translation is used twice: by the agency to write the report, and by Bates next to the report. One certified translation serves both; keep a copy for the counter.

The recommended agencies and their translation rules

Bates recommends ECE, Josef Silny & Associates, FIS and WES and accepts any NACES member (Bates Technical College: International Credits guide (PDF)).

WES wants a word-for-word translation by a professional translator or service and not one by the applicant. ECE accepts complete, literal translations, including the applicant's own, or sells an $85 Translation Waiver.

Josef Silny & Associates accepts outside translations in the US only from translators certified by the American Translators Association, which eVerbary can provide on request through a free quote.

Documents applicants usually translate

• College or university transcripts from abroad
• Degree or diploma certificates
• Any transcript issued in another language, even from a US-style school
• Passport copies and financial documents for the F-1 application

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 exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA.
• A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload.
• $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.

Uploading the translation to Bates

• International applicants email documents to international@batestech.edu, or mail them to International Programs, 1101 S. Yakima Ave., Tacoma (Bates Technical College: international students). eVerbary can also email the translation directly to that address on request.

• For credit, the translation goes to the agency with your records; then the sealed report and the translated transcript go to the Registration Office, followed by a Request for Credit Evaluation Form (Bates Technical College: International Credits guide (PDF)).

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 upload it with the copy of the original wherever the institution asks for it.

Frequently asked questions