University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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UH Hilo requirements in detail

Undergraduates: certified translations, no agency

UH Hilo reads international records itself.

First-year applicants have the registrar send an official transcript and, where the country requires it, qualifying exam certificates; admission is based on above-average performance, 75% or a 2.7 GPA on a 4.0 scale (international transcripts, instructions).

Transcripts not in English need a certified English translation. If you attended a three-year high school, UH Hilo may also ask for your junior high school transcript, so translate that record too.

Transfer applicants with 24 or more college credits send official college transcripts, translated if needed; with fewer credits, they are judged as high school seniors and send secondary records as well (UH Hilo Admissions: international student instructions).

For credit, your college sends course descriptions, in English or with a certified English translation (UH Hilo Admissions: international transcripts).

Where UH Hilo's pages differ

UH Hilo's application instructions list high school and college transcripts as an "official copy in English" (instructions), while its international transcripts page asks for a certified English translation of transcripts not in English (international transcripts).

If your school cannot issue an English version, the transcripts page describes the route a certified translation takes; ask Admissions if unsure.

Graduate applicants: an agency evaluation as well

Since fall 2008, every UH Hilo graduate applicant with international transcripts sends them for professional evaluation by ECE, International Consultants of Delaware, IERF, Foundation for International Services or WES (UH Hilo Admissions: international transcripts).

The transcript in the original language, with an English translation if the school provides one, goes directly to UH Hilo, and transcripts printed in other languages must be accompanied by an official translation.

Each agency has its own translation rule; see translation for credential evaluation.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school transcripts and, for three-year high schools, junior high records
• Qualifying exam certificates required in your country
• College or university transcripts
• Course descriptions, for transfer credit

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 UH Hilo

• Official transcripts go from each school directly to the UH Hilo Admissions Office by mail (UH Hilo Admissions: international transcripts). eVerbary can email the certified translation directly to Admissions on request, 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 UH Hilo.

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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