Kean University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Kean requirements in detail

What each evaluation agency asks for the translation

IEE does not accept translations made by the applicant, a notary public or an uncertified translator, and generally accepts translations from a university or embassy in your home country (IEE).

WES asks for an exact, word-for-word translation by a professional translator (WES).

ECE accepts a complete, literal, word-for-word translation, including one you make yourself, or translates for its report only under an $85 waiver (ECE).

The Evaluation Company takes outside translations only from ATA-certified translators, or translates in-house after your evaluation application is complete (TEC).

Global Credential Evaluators accepts translations from the issuing university, the Ministry of Education or an ATA-certified translator (GCE).

Josef Silny asks that translations made in the US come from ATA-certified translators (JS&A). If you choose one of these, see the ATA section below.

An evaluation even for a high school transcript

Many universities read foreign secondary records themselves.

Kean does not: international first-year applicants must send a course-by-course evaluation, including a GPA, of the official high school transcript or mark sheet (International freshmen applicants).

The agency needs the translation before it can evaluate a record that is not in English, so the order is translation, then evaluation, then the agency mails the report to Kean (Submit application items).

Transfers follow the same pattern for their university transcripts (International transfer applicant).

Graduate applicants send official transcripts first, and Admissions decides whether it needs an evaluation (International graduate applicants); Physician Assistant Studies is the exception that always asks for WES (Physician Assistant Studies admission requirements).

Preferred vendors and their speed

Kean links its own application forms for IEE and The Evaluation Company, whose evaluations are guaranteed within five days of receiving your documentation, at a discounted rate (International transfer applicant).

The five days start when the agency has everything, including the translation, so having it ready before you apply to the agency saves time.

TEC's rule on translators (ATA-certified only) is stricter than IEE's (certified translators).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts or mark sheets, for the first-year evaluation
• Secondary school leaving certificates and national exam results
• University transcripts, for the transfer or graduate evaluation
• Degree certificates and diplomas

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 Kean

• The translation goes to the evaluation agency with your records, following that agency's instructions; the agency then mails its official evaluation to Kean's Office of Admissions (Submit application items).

• You apply through Kean's online application or the Common Application (International freshmen applicants); other supporting items are uploaded in the CougarApp Portal (Submit application items).

If you need a translator certified by ATA

Some offices accept only a translator who is personally certified by the American Translators Association (ATA). eVerbary assigns one on request, for the languages ATA certifies into English:

To order it, ask for a free quote and write in the notes that the translation is for Kean, which program it is for, and that you need a translator individually certified by ATA, plus anything else the office asks for (notarization, delivery by email to the office).

We confirm the price and the translator before you pay. ATA does not certify other languages into English, so no translator anywhere holds ATA certification for them.

For those languages we provide a notarized certified translation instead, at $44.95 per page plus notarization ($34.90 per order); ask the office to confirm it accepts that, and write its answer in the quote notes.

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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