Niagara University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Niagara University requirements in detail

High school records: a translation, no evaluation

For first-year applicants, Niagara's rule is the translation itself: every transcript sent to the undergraduate admission office, from high school, secondary school or college, must be official and translated into English for review (international admissions).

The page names no evaluation for secondary records, so a first-year applicant with only a high school record sends the official transcript and its English translation.

If you ask for the English test waiver on the basis of English-medium schooling, the school's letter stating it is a document Niagara reads too, and needs translating if it is not in English.

College credit and graduate study: NACES course-by-course

College or university transcripts from outside the US are a different case.

Undergraduate transfers and graduate applicants need a course-by-course credit evaluation from a NACES-verified vendor; for graduate admission it must be a comprehensive course-by-course report, MBA applicants may choose document-by-document instead, and the foreign degree must come from an accredited institution and equal a US bachelor's (International admissions, graduate requirements).

The vendor sets its own translation rule.

WES wants an exact, word-for-word translation by a professional translator or service (WES); ECE accepts any complete, literal translation and sells an $85 waiver under which it translates for the report (ECE). One certified translation can go both to Niagara and to the vendor.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts and diploma
• College or university transcripts, for the NACES course-by-course evaluation
• Degree certificate, for graduate applicants
• Letter confirming English-medium instruction, for the test waiver
• Bank statements for the I-20

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 Niagara University

• Official transcripts and their English translations go to Niagara's undergraduate admission office; the NACES vendor sends its course-by-course evaluation of college transcripts to Niagara (International admissions).

  Graduate applicants follow the graduate admissions requirements page (Graduate program application requirements).

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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