Central New Mexico Community College: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about CNM

CNM requirements in detail

Phase two: financial documents in certified translation

CNM splits the application in two.

Phase one is the online application, English proficiency and the $50 fee, with uploads of your high school diploma and academic records; phase two, after an invitation letter, collects the I-20 documents (Global Education: apply, phase one).

CNM asks you not to send them until a Global Education staff member requests them (Global Education: apply, phase two).

For the proof of funds, every bank letter, statement, loan approval or scholarship letter not issued in English needs a certified professional translation, and the original must be dated within three months, on letterhead, signed or stamped by an official, and show the final balance (Global Education: apply, phase two).

Translate the sponsorship letter too if it is not in English. Because the three-month limit applies to the document, order the translation once the statement is issued; most orders are delivered within a few hours.

Credit for college work abroad

Transfer credit is evaluated by the CNM Records Office, and for international transcripts students must provide an official course-by-course evaluation by an approved NACES member (Transfer credit evaluation information).

The agency sets the translation rule: WES wants a word-for-word translation by a professional translator, and ECE accepts any complete, literal translation or translates internally for an $85 waiver. Courses from outside New Mexico need a C or better to be considered.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Bank letters or statements, if not in English
• Sponsorship letter and scholarship or loan letters
• High school diploma and transcripts
• College or university transcripts, for a course-by-course evaluation

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 CNM

• Financial documents and their certified translations go to CNM Global Education when a staff member asks for phase two (Global Education: apply, phase two). We can send the translation directly to the admissions office by email on request.

• For transfer credit, the NACES agency's course-by-course evaluation goes to the CNM Records Office (Transfer credit evaluation information).

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.

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