Stetson University: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Stetson requirements in detail

Undergraduate: translation and evaluation together

Stetson's international application lists three items in one line: secondary school transcripts, English translations, and a professional equivalency evaluation of these transcripts (undergraduate catalog).

The catalog names no agency for first-year applicants, so pick one whose translation rule matches the translation you order: WES, for example, accepts a word-for-word translation from a professional translation service.

For credit from a university abroad, Stetson asks for a certified equivalency evaluation and decides the transfer credit once everything arrives.

Graduate programs: TEC and an ATA-certified translator

For graduate study, Stetson ties the translation to the grading system: international transcripts must be translated if their grading differs from the US system, and the official translation and a course-by-course evaluation with GPA computation go to the Office of Graduate Admissions (graduate catalog).

The catalog gives a Stetson-specific application at The Evaluation Company, which accepts outside translations only from translators certified by the American Translators Association; otherwise its own team translates. eVerbary can assign an ATA-certified translator on request (see below).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts and leaving certificate
• University transcripts and degree certificates
• Bank statement for proof of funding, if not in English
• Grading scale printed with the transcripts

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 Stetson

• Undergraduate applicants send the transcripts, translations and evaluation to the Office of Admission (admissions@stetson.edu; the Common App is accepted); graduate applicants send the official translation and evaluation to the Office of Graduate Admissions (Undergraduate admissions catalog, Graduate program admissions catalog (PDF)).

• 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 Stetson, 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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