DePaul University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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When you need no translation at all

DePaul's freshman page is one of the few that tells you when a translation is not needed. If your school or testing agency issued the transcript or exam results in English, you send them as they are.

It names countries where that is typical, among them India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Ethiopia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel, and accepts the English transcript as official without a native-language version (International freshman admission).

Students from any other country send official transcripts in the native language with word-for-word English translations, and also need proof of English proficiency. Word for word means every page, including stamps, the grading key and notes on the back, so count them when you order.

Transfers: evaluation first, stamped course descriptions later

If you studied at a university abroad, however little, DePaul wants a course-by-course evaluation from Educational Perspectives, Educational Credential Evaluators or One Earth International Credential Evaluations.

You apply to the agency, pay its fee and send your records; the agency then sends the evaluation, your university transcripts and their translations to International Admission (International transfer admission).

Students at an international transfer partner institution send only their transcript.

After admission, the Transfer Articulation Center (TrAC) may ask for official course descriptions or syllabi of the courses taken abroad, with official word-for-word English translations stamped by the translation service, sent to trac@depaul.edu (International transfer admission).

A certified translation from a professional service comes with a signed certificate of accuracy; if you are unsure whether that meets TrAC's "stamped" wording, ask trac@depaul.edu before you order.

Graduate applicants: DePaul evaluates for free

DePaul's graduate colleges run their own free course-by-course evaluation for coursework completed outside the US, usable for DePaul admission only.

You upload complete academic documents for every post-secondary level, in the original language with English translation as needed, and the $75 international application fee must be paid before the evaluation starts (Liberal Arts and Social Sciences).

The College of Computing and Digital Media says the same: official credentials in the original language with English translations (CDM).

If you opt out, the agency list depends on the college.

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences names One Earth, ECE and Educational Perspectives and accepts a general evaluation with degree and GPA (Liberal Arts and Social Sciences: graduate international admission); the College of Education adds WES or any other NACES member and wants a course-by-course report (College of Education: graduate international students).

Educational Perspectives accepts translations from a reputable agency or a certified, professional translator (EP); ECE accepts any complete, word-for-word translation, even your own (ECE); One Earth usually lets applicants translate their own records (One Earth).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts and leaving exam results, every page
• Final transcripts or proof of completion (A-Levels, WAEC, Bachillerato and similar) before enrolling
• University transcripts and degree certificates, for the evaluation
• Course descriptions or syllabi requested by TrAC after admission

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 DePaul

• First-year applicants send transcripts, exam results and their English translations by email to international@depaul.edu, through Naviance, Parchment or SCRIP-SAFE, or by mail to International Admission; originals mailed in can be returned if you ask in a cover letter (International freshman admission).

• Graduate applicants upload documents and translations in the online application for DePaul's free evaluation (Liberal Arts and Social Sciences: graduate international admission); transfers send translations to the evaluation agency, and course description translations to trac@depaul.edu when asked (International transfer admission).

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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