California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State): Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Sacramento State requirements in detail

Sacramento State reads your records itself

Unlike many CSU campuses, Sacramento State's International Admissions evaluates all foreign credentials in-house, and says an agency evaluation is neither required nor recommended for first-year and transfer applicants; if you send one anyway, it must come from WES, ACEI or ECE (undergraduate applicants).

That makes the translation the document admissions actually reads.

First-year applicants send the high school transcript, which needs at least a 3.0 or an 80% average, with the diploma; transfers send every post-secondary transcript, and those with fewer than 60 semester units send the high school records too.

The catalog asks for yearly records from each college attended showing the hours per course and the grades, and for secondary school records, all with a certified English translation.

Translate the grading scale and the hours or credits column along with the grades, so in-house reviewers can calculate the equivalence.

Graduate applicants: native language plus an agency translation

The graduate page asks for all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, marksheets and grading scales, submitted in the native language together with an English translation through a translation agency, and suggests asking your home university first whether it issues both.

The degree certificate goes with the transcript once you have graduated; a provisional certificate is accepted.

In-house review covers most degrees, but a third-party evaluation from WES, ECE or ACEI is recommended for a 3-year foreign degree, and the MS in Computer Science and the MS in Computer Science (Software Engineering) require one: a WES ICAP course-by-course evaluation, an ECE course-by-course evaluation with insignia, or an ACEI report (International graduate applicants).

Documents are due two weeks after each program's application deadline.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school transcript and diploma
• University transcripts or yearly marksheets, with hours and grades
• Grading scales
• Degree certificate or provisional certificate
• Bank statements for the financial affidavit, 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 Sacramento State

• Undergraduates upload clear scanned PDFs of the records and their translations to International Admission Documents after applying in Cal State Apply; unofficial copies speed up the decision, and official documents are requested at enrollment (International undergraduate applicants).

• Graduate applicants email documents, including transcripts in the native language and the agency translation, to intldocs@csus.edu by the document deadline (International graduate applicants). On request, we can email your translation directly to the office.

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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