University of West Florida: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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UWF requirements in detail

Undergraduate: an evaluation with GPA for every record, and a translation

UWF does not use a simple document-by-document report for high school.

International undergraduates send official copies of all secondary and college work to an approved company for a course-by-course evaluation with GPA calculation, and ask the agency to send both the report and the official transcripts to UWF (International admissions: completing your application).

Transcripts not in English must include a translation in addition to the evaluation. Translate the full high school diploma and every year of grades.

The approved list is The Evaluation Company, Ucredo, ECE, IEE, Scholaro, Josef Silny, ACEI and Atlas; TEC, IEE and Scholaro offer a discount through UWF's links and Atlas a $15 code (International admissions: completing your application).

ECE accepts complete, word-for-word translations. TEC, Josef Silny and ACEI ask for ATA-certified translators, which eVerbary can assign on request.

Graduate School: certified translations and stricter delivery

The Graduate School accepts only original documents or officially signed and certified photocopies, and every document not in English must have a certified translation (Graduate School: international students).

The evaluation must be course by course with a GPA from every institution attended, including ones where you took only a few classes, and must reach UWF from the agency, by mail or electronically, before the application deadline. The school may reject an evaluation it believes is not accurate.

Its agency list is wider: any NACES member, plus Ucredo, Josef Silny, IEE, TEC, Scholaro, VeriONCE, FIS, Atlas, ECE and Educational Perspectives.

Some departments do an internal evaluation instead, so ask yours first (Graduate School: international students). Check that your agency can evaluate your degree; UWF gives the Bologna bachelor's as an example some do not.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcripts and diploma, for the course-by-course evaluation
• University transcripts and degree certificates
• Mark sheets and grading scales
• Immunization records, if not in English (they need a translation)

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 UWF

• Undergraduates: the translation goes to the evaluation company with your records; the agency sends the evaluation and official transcripts to UWF Undergraduate Admissions (International admissions: completing your application).

• Graduate applicants: the agency submits the evaluation; certified translations accompany the original or certified documents you provide (Graduate School: international students). 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 UWF, 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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