Wayne County Community College District: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about WCCCD

WCCCD requirements in detail

A set report for each level

WCCCD does not leave the choice of report to you.

For secondary school credentials not in English, it wants an ECE General Evaluation or a WES Document-by-Document Evaluation; for college transcripts, an ECE Course-by-Course or a WES Comprehensive Course-by-Course Evaluation, and the agency must mail the college evaluation directly to the address on the admission application (admission requirements).

SpanTran is the third accepted agency; the page links to its WCCCD application.

The application itself is paper: original signatures on the International Student Application and the Statement of Financial Support, an original bank letter on letterhead, everything hand-delivered or mailed to the International Programs Office on Fort Street.

WCCCD verifies financial documents with the issuing banks before deciding, and it does not accept scanned or faxed copies (International students: admission requirements).

What each evaluation agency asks for the translation

WES wants an exact, word-for-word translation by a professional translator, such as a certified translation agency; it does not accept translations by applicants and does not translate documents itself.

ECE asks for complete, word-for-word translations in the same format as the original, lets applicants prepare them, and sells a Translation Waiver under which it translates internally for the report without delivering a translation to you.

The Evaluation Company, which now runs SpanTran, accepts an outside translator only if certified by the American Translators Association, or translates with its own team.

If you choose SpanTran, eVerbary can assign a translator individually certified by ATA on request: ask for a free quote and say it is for a SpanTran evaluation for WCCCD. See also translation for WES.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school transcript and leaving certificate, for the general or document-by-document report
• University transcripts and degree certificates, for the course-by-course report
• Mark sheets and grading scales that come with the transcripts
• National examination certificates, where an exam completes secondary school

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 WCCCD

• For WCCCD, the translation is not handed in with the application: it goes to ECE, WES or SpanTran with your records (WES, for example, takes it in your WES account), and the agency mails the evaluation to WCCCD (International students: admission requirements, WES).

• The application, English test scores and financial documents go on paper to the International Programs Office, 801 W. Fort Street, Detroit (International students: admission requirements).

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.

Frequently asked questions