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Georgetown University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language
Georgetown undergraduate admissions asks applicants with credentials in another language for English translations of their original transcripts, sent with the originals, and says your high school may do the translation without requiring it. Georgetown University accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary. The Graduate School names a professional translator or translation company as acceptable and rules out friends and family; the WES or NACES evaluation some graduate programs want is separate, and we do not provide it.
High school may translate
Optional; translations always travel with the originals.
No friends or family
Graduate rule: the institution or a professional translator.
Four years
Secondary credentials from the whole secondary school experience.
Georgetown requirements at a glance
| What Georgetown asks for | |
|---|---|
| Translation (undergraduate) | English-language translations of the original transcripts, accompanied by the originals; the high school may translate (source). The Bulletin asks for complete, translated, official transcripts (source). |
| Who may translate | Undergraduate: not restricted. Graduate: the institution, or a professional translator or translation company; not friends or family (source). |
| Certification (graduate) | A signed statement with the translator's name, signature and date, completeness and accuracy, the origin country and language, and the translator's qualifications (source). |
| English version first (graduate) | If your institution issues an English version, use it; otherwise provide a certified or notarized translation with a copy of the original (source). |
| Evaluation | Undergraduate: none mentioned. Graduate: WES ICAP or another NACES evaluation strongly encouraged, and required by some programs (source). |
| Exam systems | A-Level, IB and French Baccalaureat results come directly from your school, and later from the testing agency (source). |
| Deadlines | Early Action November 1, Regular Decision January 1 (source); transfer materials by March 1 (Bulletin). |
| Does it accept eVerbary? | Yes. Georgetown's Graduate School accepts a translation by "a professional translator / translation company" (application information), and undergraduate admissions asks for English translations without limiting who makes them (international applicants), so a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary meets both. Policy checked on October 13, 2026. |
Checked on October 13, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on Georgetown's own page before you submit.
What the Graduate School wants the certification to say
Georgetown's Graduate School is unusually precise. For transcripts not in English, it first asks for an English version issued by your institution; only if the institution does not provide one do you supply a certified or notarized translation with a copy of the original (application information). The translation must come from the institution or a professional translator or translation company, and translations by friends or family members are not accepted.
The signed certification has to cover the translator's name, signature and date, the completeness and accuracy of the translation, the country and language of origin, and the translator's qualifications. Our translations come with a signed certificate of accuracy on letterhead; eVerbary is an ATA corporate member (#273062). Check the certificate against Georgetown's list before you upload it with the original-language transcript.
Transcripts uploaded with the application count as unofficial. Georgetown asks you not to send official transcripts until you have an offer, and it can withdraw an offer if the final official transcript does not match the one you uploaded (source).
Undergraduate: four years, translated, with the originals
Undergraduate applicants send credentials from their entire secondary school experience, normally four years, and translations must be accompanied by the original documents (source). Georgetown's page says translation may be done by your high school; that is an option, not a requirement. International transfer applicants are welcome from two-year, four-year and international institutions (transfer applicants), and the Bulletin asks international students for translated, official transcripts of all secondary and university credentials (source).
Where Georgetown's pages differ
The McCourt School of Public Policy's international applicants page first says a third-party evaluation of international transcripts is not required but strongly recommended, and further down says applicants who studied outside the U.S. are required to submit evaluated transcripts. We have not resolved that difference; ask McCourt admissions before you apply. Its translation rule matches the Graduate School's: an English version from the institution, or a certified or notarized translation.
Documents applicants usually translate
- Secondary school transcripts for all four years
- Leaving certificates and national exam results
- University transcripts and degree certificates, for transfer and graduate applicants
- Course and grade records to send to WES or another NACES agency, if your graduate program requires an 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 Georgetown
Undergraduate applicants send the translation with the original transcript; exam results such as A-Levels or IB come directly from the school (source).
Graduate applicants upload the original-language transcript, the translation and the signed certification to the application, or a WES or NACES evaluation with the transcripts as one document (source).
What we do not do
eVerbary is a translation service, not a credential evaluation service: we do not issue evaluations, US equivalencies or GPA conversions, and we cannot send documents on behalf of the school that issued them. For Georgetown that means we translate and certify your transcripts and diplomas; a WES ICAP or other NACES evaluation, where a graduate program requires one, comes from the agency.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- 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.
Sources
Georgetown University's own pages, read on October 13, 2026. Enrollment figure: Open Doors 2025 fact sheet for District of Columbia (IIE), leading institutions in District of Columbia in 2024/25: number 2, with 4,186 international students.
- International applicants (Undergraduate Admissions)
- Transfer applicants
- Bulletin: undergraduate admissions
- Graduate School: application information
- McCourt School: international applicants
Frequently asked questions
Can my high school translate my transcripts for Georgetown?
It may, but it does not have to. Georgetown asks for English translations accompanied by the originals (source); a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary also qualifies.
Can a friend translate my documents for a graduate application?
No. The Graduate School accepts translations from the institution or a professional translator or translation company, not from friends or family (source).
What must the graduate translation certificate include?
Translator name, signature and date; completeness and accuracy; origin country and language; and the translator's qualifications (source).
Do I need a WES evaluation for Georgetown graduate programs?
It is strongly encouraged and required by some programs; check your program's requirements (source).
Should I mail official transcripts with my graduate application?
No. Upload copies; official final transcripts are requested only after an offer of admission (source).
Will eVerbary convert my grades to a US GPA?
No. The translation reproduces the grades and the grading scale exactly as they appear. A GPA conversion is credential evaluation, which the institution or an evaluation agency does.
Translating documents for Georgetown?
Upload a scan of your transcript or diploma and see the price and delivery time before you pay.