Certified School Diploma Translation
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Your credentials, recognized
You earned the diploma — now an admissions office, a NACES member credential evaluator, an employer, or USCIS needs to read it in English. A foreign diploma usually requires a certified English translation before an application can move forward, and an incomplete or uncertified one gets sent back.
What’s included
- A complete English translation of your diploma or degree certificate — institution, program, dates, seals, and signatures accounted for
- A signed certificate of accuracy accepted for official submission
- Priced from $26.00 per page
How ordering works
- Choose your language pair and add-ons — special language pair (+$10.40), notarization (+$39.00), mailed physical copy (+$26.00), or rush 24-hour turnaround (+$7.80)
- Pay securely online — your total is confirmed at checkout
- Receive your certified translation, ready to submit
The next application, unblocked
Your name and credentials are translated consistently, so the diploma matches the rest of your file. Need an academic transcript translated too? See academic credential translation, or request a quote with your full document set — most quote requests are answered the same business day.
Diploma, transcript, or both
Most applications need both, and they are different jobs. The diploma is a short document whose value is in the institution name, the qualification, and the seal. The transcript is dense - course titles, credit or contact hours, and a grading scale that has to be reproduced exactly as issued.
The distinction matters because of who reads them: university admissions offices, NACES-member credential evaluators, professional licensing boards, employers, and USCIS for education-based petitions.
The line a translator must not cross
A certified translation renders what the document says. It does not convert your grades into a US GPA, and it does not assert what your qualification is equivalent to. That judgement belongs to a credential evaluator, and a translation that makes it anyway is overstepping what a translator can certify - which is precisely the kind of thing that gets an application questioned.
So the grading scale is reproduced as the institution issued it, and the equivalence question is left to the body qualified to answer it. If you need that opinion as well, see academic credential translation for how translation and evaluation fit together.
What makes academic documents fail
- Incomplete transcripts. Every course, grade, and credit line belongs in the translation; a summary is not a certified translation.
- Seals and registrar signatures dropped because they were decorative-looking. They are part of the document’s authenticity.
- Institution names “helpfully” localised. The issuing institution’s name is rendered as issued, because the evaluator will verify it against a register.
- Name inconsistency with your passport and other filing documents.
What you receive
A complete English translation of the diploma or transcript, grading scale reproduced as issued, with a signed certificate of accuracy accepted by universities, NACES-member evaluators, licensing boards, and USCIS.
By document language
What counts as “the diploma” is not the same everywhere. These pages cover the document set, the naming, and the omission that most often holds a file up, for the languages we are asked about most:
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Credentials & registrations
- USCIS Acceptance Guarantee
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a special language pair?
The base price covers our standard languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and German. A special language pair is any other language — for example Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Haitian Creole, Tagalog, Swahili, or Amharic. We support 300+ languages, so if yours isn't on the standard list, just select the Special language pair add-on at checkout. Not sure which applies? Contact us and we'll confirm before you pay.
Will this work for a NACES credential evaluation?
Yes — evaluators (including NACES members) generally require a certified English translation of your diploma alongside the original. We provide the certified translation; the evaluation itself is performed by the evaluator you choose.
Do you translate transcripts too?
Yes. If you also need an academic transcript translated, request a quote and include it — see academic credential translation for multi-document evaluations.
How fast is delivery?
Most diplomas are delivered within a few business days; rush options are available on request.
Will this work for a NACES credential evaluation?
Yes. NACES-member evaluators require a complete, certified English translation alongside the original document - the translation is an input to the evaluation, not a substitute for it. The certification format is the one evaluators, registrars, and USCIS expect.
What is the difference between translation and credential evaluation?
They are two different services and you often need both. Translation renders your diploma or transcript into certified English. A credential evaluation is a separate professional opinion on what your qualification is equivalent to in the US system, issued by a NACES-member body. We provide the translation the evaluator requires - see academic credential translation for how the two fit together.
Do you translate transcripts and grade tables as well?
Yes, including grading scales, credit or contact hours, and course titles. Transcripts are usually the harder document: the grading scale has to be reproduced accurately rather than converted to a US GPA, because converting it is the evaluator's job and doing it in the translation oversteps what a translator can certify.
Does the translation need to be notarized?
USCIS requires a *certified* translation - the translator's signed statement of accuracy - not a notarized one. A notary only verifies the identity of the person signing; it says nothing about accuracy. If the office receiving your diploma does require notarization, add the notarization option when you order.
Is there a USCIS-approved translator list?
No. USCIS does not license or pre-approve translators and no "approved translator" list exists. What matters is that the certification meets the standard in 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3): a complete English translation plus a signed statement that it is accurate and that the translator is competent to translate.
Do you translate the stamps, seals, and handwritten notes?
Yes, and it matters more than people expect. The translation has to be *complete* - every element of the diploma is accounted for, including registrar stamps, seals, and marginal annotations. An omitted stamp is one of the most common reasons a filing comes back.
Can I use Google Translate instead?
No. Machine translation output is not a certified translation, has no competent translator attesting to it, and reliably mishandles seals, stamps, and name transliteration. It is not appropriate for an official filing.
How do you keep names spelled the same as on my other documents?
Transliteration is handled deliberately and consistently across a document set. Tell us at ordering how any name must appear in English and we match it, so every document in your filing reads the same way to a reviewer rather than looking like a mismatch.
Reviewed by Artjom Dudarev, Senior Project Manager — updated