Notre Dame of Maryland University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about NDMU

NDMU requirements in detail

High school, course by course

NDMU asks for more than a diploma equivalency: the evaluation of your secondary record must be course-by-course and include the grades and coursework for the last four years of high school, together with any university studies abroad (international application requirements).

Translate every year of the secondary record, the high school diploma and any university transcripts before you open the agency file.

What the agencies ask for the translation

NDMU's portal link goes to The Evaluation Company, which accepts outside translations only from translators certified by the American Translators Association; eVerbary can assign one on request (see below).

Any other NACES member is also acceptable: WES wants a word-for-word translation by a professional translator or translation service, not by the applicant, and ECE accepts complete, word-for-word translations, including your own, and sells an $85 translation waiver.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts, last four years, with grades
• Secondary school diploma or leaving certificate
• University transcripts and degree certificates
• Bank statements for the financial statement, if not in English

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 NDMU

• The translation goes to the NACES agency with your records; the agency sends its course-by-course report to NDMU (International students admissions information).

• On request we can email the translation directly to the admissions office.

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 NDMU, 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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