University of Puget Sound: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Puget Sound requirements in detail

The translation has to arrive from the translator

Puget Sound's rule is about who sends as much as who translates: every document must be in English and reach the university directly from the issuing institution or from an official translating service (first-year international).

The resources page adds that materials must come from an institution and not a personal email, that exam boards forward school certificate results themselves, and that the School Report must be completed in or translated into English (resources).

In practice: ask your school to send the official transcript to admission@pugetsound.edu or by mail, and ask eVerbary, in the order notes, to email the certified translation directly to the Office of Admission. Uploading the translation yourself would not meet the rule.

Transfer and graduate applicants

International transfer applicants send an official transcript from every college attended, plus the high school transcript if they have less than one year of college credit; all in English and sent directly (international transfer).

Once admitted, they need a NACES or AICE-approved evaluation for any credit earned outside the US before Puget Sound issues its own transfer credit evaluation, which is why it suggests applying by March 1 for fall.

Graduate applicants to the MPH, occupational therapy, physical therapy and education programs follow the same document rule (international graduate). Physical therapy asks every non-native English speaker for TOEFL or IELTS, with no Duolingo.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school transcript and school certificate results
• School Report, if completed in another language
• College transcripts from every institution attended
• Degree certificates, for a graduate application
• Bank documents for the Verification of Finances form

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 Puget Sound

• Puget Sound does not take translations from applicants.

  Ask us in the order notes to email the certified translation directly to the Office of Admission (admission@pugetsound.edu for first-year; transfer@pugetsound.edu handles transfer questions), and have your school send its transcript itself (Puget Sound: resources for international applicants).

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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