Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Sample translation: a Congolese secondary school transcript

This is what an order looks like when it is delivered, with a fictitious student. The PDF starts with the signed certification page, and the translation follows the original line for line: every abbreviation is explained, stamps, seals and signatures are noted in brackets, and the grid stays the same, so an admissions officer or a credential evaluator can match it without guessing.

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What to notice

• Two school years in the same grid as the original: every subject, grading period, exam and total, so each grade can be read against its maximum.
• The French rating abbreviations are translated (TB becomes VG, Very good), and every abbreviation is explained in a translator's note at the foot of the same page, including one the original never defines.
• Dates are written the US way (the original's 02/07/2015 is February 7, 2015).
• The photo, seals and signatures are noted in brackets where they appear.

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Worth knowing about TTUHSC

TTUHSC requirements in detail

No central rule: each school names its agencies

TTUHSC's schools set their own requirements.

Health Professions asks anyone who took courses outside the US for an official course-by-course evaluation sent directly by the agency and covering every foreign institution attended; it does not mandate a company, lists WES, Foreign Credentials Service of America, IACEI and Global Credential Evaluators, and refuses evaluations from FCCPT (Health Professions).

The School of Nursing's undergraduate programs (Traditional, Accelerated and RN to BSN) accept course-by-course evaluations from WES, IACEI, TEC, FCSA, GCE and IEE, with TTUHSC portals at TEC and IEE, and ask you not to send international transcripts to the school itself (Nursing).

Where the nursing pages differ

For graduate nursing programs, an evaluation is needed only when the degree that qualifies you (a BSN for the MSN or BSN to DNP, an MSN for post-master's options) is from outside the US.

The international page lists TEC, Josef Silny, ERES and TruMerit (the CGFNS Credentials Evaluation Service Academic Report) (international page); the transcripts FAQ says an official CGFNS Academic Report is required (transcripts FAQ). Ask the School of Nursing which applies before you order.

What each evaluation agency asks for the translation

WES wants a word-for-word translation by a professional translator and does not accept your own. FCSA, in Austin, accepts certified translations from most professional agencies, and for Spanish documents even your own.

IEE accepts certified translators but not the applicant.

TEC, IACEI and GCE accept outside translations only from translators certified by ATA (GCE also from the university or ministry); for those, eVerbary can assign an ATA-certified translator on request through a free quote naming the agency and TTUHSC.

Documents applicants usually translate

• University transcripts and mark sheets
• Degree certificates (BSN, MSN or other qualifying degree)
• Course descriptions, if the agency asks for them

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 TTUHSC

• Send your translation to the agency with your documents, using the TTUHSC portal where the agency has one (TEC and IEE for Nursing). The agency sends the official course-by-course evaluation to the school (Health Professions, Nursing).

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 TTUHSC, 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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