Los Angeles Community College District: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about LACCD

LACCD requirements in detail

What each evaluation agency asks for the translation

AP 4051 asks for an evaluation, not a translation, so the translation rule is the agency's.

On the LACCD-approved list, WES wants a word-for-word translation by a professional translator, uploaded in your WES account, and does not accept translations made by applicants.

ECE wants a complete, literal, word-for-word translation in the same format; it lets applicants translate their own documents and sells an $85 waiver under which it translates internally for its report only.

IERF, in Culver City, wants a literal, word-for-word translation in the same format as the original, and FCSA accepts certified translations from most professional agencies.

ACEI, in Beverly Hills, also on the list, takes translations made in the US only from translators certified by the American Translators Association. If you choose it, ask eVerbary for a translator individually certified by ATA (see below).

Foreign credit under AP 4051

District procedure AP 4051, printed in the Los Angeles City College catalog, lets students petition for credit for college work done outside the US with a comprehensive, detailed, course-by-course evaluation from a service approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

The credit can satisfy the LACCD General Education Plan, except Area B1 (American Institutions), and the LACCD competency requirement, except Written Expression.

The procedure does not apply to Associate Degrees for Transfer, IGETC or CSU GE-Breadth. If you plan to transfer to a UC or CSU, ask a counselor before ordering an evaluation, because the courses it covers may count only toward a local LACCD degree.

F-1 admission: each college's own list

LACCD's nine colleges each publish their own international application.

Of the pages we read, only East Los Angeles College states that all documents must be translated into English; it takes them scanned by email for admission evaluation and charges the application fee in the SIS portal.

LA Harbor asks for high school proof only from applicants under 18 and for transcripts of any college attended; LA Mission accepts photocopies unless otherwise indicated; LA Southwest wants official and/or original documents.

If your records are not in English and your college's page does not mention translation, ask its international office before you submit whether it wants an English translation with them.

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts and degree certificates, for the AP 4051 course-by-course evaluation
• High school transcripts and diploma, if you are under 18 or your college asks for them
• Bank statements and financial documents for the F-1 application
• Any other record your evaluation agency asks for

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 LACCD

• For credit, the translation goes to the evaluation agency with your documents (WES, for example, takes uploads in your WES account: WES: translation requirements); the agency's course-by-course report then goes to your college for the AP 4051 petition (Los Angeles City College catalog 2024–2025 (AP 4051)).

• For F-1 admission, send the translation with the original as your college asks: at ELAC, scanned by email to the international department (East Los Angeles College: international application).

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 LACCD, 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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