North Hennepin Community College: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about NHCC

NHCC requirements in detail

Which diploma NHCC wants from your country

NHCC publishes a short list of the documents it treats as a US high school diploma equivalent (Diploma Equivalencies).

For Mexico it is the upper-secondary Bachillerato; for Colombia the Bachiller certificate; for Ecuador the Bachillerato; for Congo the Diplôme d'État; for Vietnam the upper secondary graduation diploma.

China needs both the senior middle school graduation certificate and the National College Entrance Exam report, and Ethiopia both the school leaving and the higher education entrance exam reports.

If your country is not listed, NHCC asks you to write to international@nhcc.edu.

Whatever the document, NHCC wants it in English or professionally translated, uploaded with the original version (International admissions). Translate the exam reports in full, with their scores, when your country's list names two documents.

Two pages, the same rule

The admissions page and NHCC Procedure 3.4.1 agree on the translation in different words: "professionally translated" on one, transcripts "authorized by a certified translator" on the other (procedure).

The procedure also asks for official transcripts from every high school, college, university and English-language program attended, and official exam results where an exam completes secondary school.

For the bank statement, the procedure sets a limit of four months old at submission, and an update if admission is deferred.

Credit for university courses abroad is reviewed only after a NACES evaluator mails an officially stamped course-by-course report.

NHCC names ECE, WES and SpanTran and says the agencies are independent of the college (International admissions). WES requires a professional translator; ECE accepts any word-for-word translation.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school diploma or the country equivalent on NHCC's list
• Secondary exit exam reports (for example China, Ethiopia, WAEC countries)
• College or university transcripts, for a course-by-course evaluation
• Bank statements for the Financial Certificate

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 NHCC

• Upload the diploma or certificate with its translation through the academic records link on the international admissions page, in the same step as the original (International admissions).

• Immigration documents and the financial certificate with bank statements each have their own upload link on the same page.

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.

Frequently asked questions