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Southern Oregon University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language
Yes: SOU accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary.
Who may translate: Not stated
- $24.95 per page
- Usually 24 h for 1–3 pages
- Signed certificate of accuracy, PDF
- See the price before you pay
How we know · policy checked on October 26, 2026
Southern Oregon University asks international first-year, transfer, graduate and second-degree applicants for official transcripts including an English-language version, and does not say who must produce it.
Southern Oregon University accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary.
SOU calculates your GPA itself from the official documents and asks for no outside evaluation; it does not accept scans, photocopies or opened documents, so plan how the translation will travel with the transcript.
SOU at a glance
Does it accept eVerbary? Yes
SOU's international admissions page asks for official transcripts "including an English-language version" without restricting who makes it (international admissions); a certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary is an English-language version. Policy checked on October 26, 2026.
- Translation
- Required ("English-language version")
- Who may translate
- Not stated
- Credential evaluation
- None; SOU calculates the GPA
- Price
- $24.95 per pageUp to 250 words, certification included
- Delivery
- 24 hoursStandard for one to three pages
- Grades
- As recordedNever converted to a US GPA
Checked on October 26, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on SOU's own page before you submit.
Worth knowing about SOU
English version
Required with transcripts at every level of study.
No scans, no copies
Opened or photocopied documents are refused.
SOU computes the GPA
No evaluation agency needed.
SOU requirements in detail
Translation
Official transcripts including an English-language version, for first-year, transfer, graduate and post-baccalaureate applicants (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
Who may translate
Not stated.
Format
Transcripts are not accepted as faxes, scans, photocopies or opened documents, and are not returned (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
Evaluation
None required: SOU calculates the GPA from your official documents, considering your national education system (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
GPA minimums
First-year: 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. Graduate: 3.0 in the last 90 quarter or 60 semester credits (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
Graduate applicants
Two applications, international and departmental; contact the program coordinator (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
An English version with paper originals
SOU uses the same sentence for every applicant type: submit official transcripts "including an English-language version" (international admissions).
For first-year applicants that means the high school record, whatever your country calls it: transcripts, mark sheets, A-Level results or a secondary leaving certificate.
Transfer, graduate and second-bachelor's applicants send official transcripts from prior universities with the same English version.
SOU also refuses faxes, scans, photocopies and opened documents.
If your school does not issue an English version, ask SOU's international admissions office how it wants a separate translation delivered. eVerbary can email the translation directly to the office, or mail it in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy at checkout with the office's address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that it is for Southern Oregon University.
How SOU reads the grades
Southern Oregon calculates your GPA itself on receipt of the official documents and weighs the characteristics of your national system of education and the level you completed (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
The minimum is 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for first-year applicants and 3.0 over the last 90 quarter or 60 semester credits for graduate applicants.
Because SOU does the conversion, the translation must keep every grade and the grading scale exactly as on the original; a translation never converts them.
Need a certified translation for SOU?
$24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages. See the price before you pay.
Documents applicants usually translate
- High school transcripts, mark sheets or leaving certificate
- A-Level or national exam results
- University transcripts and degree certificates
- Grading scale or legend
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 SOU
Apply online, then send the official transcripts and the English-language version to SOU; scans and opened envelopes are not accepted (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
Graduate applicants also complete the departmental application required by their program (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
What we do not do
eVerbary is a translation service, not a credential evaluation service: we do not issue evaluations, US equivalencies or GPA conversions, and we cannot send documents on behalf of the school that issued them.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- 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
What does SOU mean by an English-language version?
SOU asks for official transcripts including an English-language version and does not say who makes it (Southern Oregon University: international admissions). A certified translation from a professional service such as eVerbary is one.
Can I upload a scan of my transcript?
No. SOU does not accept faxes, scans, photocopies or opened documents (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
Do I need a WES or ECE evaluation for SOU?
No. SOU calculates your GPA itself from the official documents (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
What GPA does SOU require?
2.5 on a 4.0 scale for first-year applicants; 3.0 in the last 90 quarter or 60 semester credits for graduate applicants (Southern Oregon University: international admissions).
Will eVerbary convert my grades to a US GPA?
No. The translation reproduces the grades and the grading scale exactly as they appear. A GPA conversion is credential evaluation, which the institution or an evaluation agency does.
Sources
Southern Oregon University's own pages, read on October 26, 2026.
Translating documents for SOU?
Upload a scan of your transcript or diploma and see the price and delivery time before you pay.