St. Petersburg College: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about SPC

SPC requirements in detail

What each evaluation agency asks for the translation

WES asks for an exact, word-for-word translation by a professional translator, such as a certified translation agency, and does not accept translations made by applicants.

Educational Perspectives accepts translations by a reputable translation agency or a certified professional translator, and also sells its own.

ECE accepts complete, word-for-word translations in the same format as the original, including your own, and for $85 translates internally for its report without giving you a translation.

The Evaluation Company says an outside translator must be certified by the American Translators Association. If you choose TEC, eVerbary can assign an ATA-certified translator on request (see below).

Electronic or sealed: how the report reaches SPC

SPC accepts any current NACES member, but only four send electronically: ECE, Educational Perspectives, The Evaluation Company and WES.

With any other member, the official evaluation must arrive unopened, mailed or dropped off by the agency (International students: study in the US). The evaluation's purpose must say higher education or study in the US.

The same evaluation replaces the foreign transcript: SPC does not ask you to send it the original record from abroad. Translate every page, stamp and grade of your high school diploma and transcripts before you open the agency file.

Residents and transfer students with foreign records

The high school rule applies to everyone seeking a degree, not only F-1 students: a NACES document evaluation, completed for educational purposes and sent by the agency to SPC (transcripts).

Applicants who earned an associate or higher degree from a US college generally do not need high school transcripts.

College work from outside the US is optional. If you want it on your SPC record, order a course-by-course evaluation and fill out SPC's form to start the review; transfer credits are posted about 10 business days after your admissions checklist is complete (Admissions: transcripts).

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school diploma or leaving certificate, for the document evaluation
• High school transcripts or mark sheets
• University transcripts and degree certificates, for a course-by-course evaluation
• Bank statement or bank letter, for F-1 applicants

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 SPC

• For transcripts and diplomas, the translation goes to the NACES agency with your records, not to SPC; the agency sends the evaluation to SPC, electronically if it is ECE, EP, TEC or WES (International students: study in the US).

• F-1 applicants send the Statement of Financial Ability and the bank statement with its certified English translation with their application documents (International students: study in the US). 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 SPC, 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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