Certified Translation for Educational Credential Evaluation
A certified translation for a credential evaluation renders your diploma or transcript into English, formatted for the evaluator, licensing board, or employer reviewing it. Cloud Translate delivers it at $18 per page in 24–48 hours, with a 100% acceptance guarantee on the translation.
Why Choose Cloud Translate
- Certified translations formatted for WES, ECE, SpanTran, licensing boards, and employers
- 100% acceptance guarantee on the translation, free revisions if a document is ever rejected on translation accuracy
- $18 per page standard, flat and transparent, no quote requests, no hidden add-ons
- 24–48 hour standard turnaround, with expedited options for close deadlines
- Every translation double-checked by a second linguist before delivery
Common Situations
Credential evaluation comes up in a few different contexts, each relying on the same translated documents:
- Applying for a professional license (nursing, engineering, teaching, and others)
- usually needs a credential evaluation, and the certified translation it's built on, to prove your foreign degree meets the licensing board's requirement.
- Applying to graduate school or a job that requires proof your foreign degree is equivalent to a U.S. one
- needs the same evaluator-formatted translation of your diploma and transcript.
- An employer or USCIS requiring a degree-equivalency evaluation for an employment-based petition
- often needs a credential evaluation to establish that a foreign degree meets a 'U.S. bachelor's degree or equivalent' requirement.
- Pursuing an employment-based immigration category that requires an advanced-degree equivalency
- usually needs the underlying diploma and transcript translated and formatted for the evaluation service the petition relies on.
Documents You'll Likely Need to Translate
Nearly every credential evaluation is built on these two documents:
- Diploma Translation — The core document nearly every credential evaluation is built on.
- Academic Transcript Translation — Needed for a course-by-course evaluation, and often for a document-by-document one too.
Who Actually Requires This: Evaluators, Licensing Boards, Employers & Sometimes USCIS
Credential evaluation is used more broadly than university admissions alone. The organizations that request it include third-party evaluators like WES, ECE, and SpanTran; state professional licensing boards for fields like nursing, engineering, and teaching; employers verifying a candidate's foreign degree; and, for certain employment-based immigration categories, USCIS itself, which can require a credential evaluation to establish that a foreign degree meets a 'U.S. bachelor's degree or equivalent' requirement.
Translation vs. Evaluation — What We Do and Don't Provide
Certified translation: a signed Certificate of Accuracy attached to a faithful rendering of your diploma or transcript. This is what we provide. Credential evaluation: a separate service that reviews the translated document and issues a report determining U.S. degree equivalency, whether document-by-document or course-by-course. We don't issue that report ourselves, but we format the translation to match what the evaluator you need requires.
Sample certified translation documents
Your certified translation is delivered as a digital PDF with an official Certificate of Translation Accuracy, signed and stamped by the translator and Cloud Translate. We apply basic formatting to keep it readable, but we do not replicate the design of your source document.
The certification includes:
- A statement confirming the translation is complete and accurate.
- The document description and language pair.
- The translator’s signature and qualifications.
- Cloud Translate’s signature, stamp, letterhead, and contact information.
How It Works
From upload to certified PDF in four steps.
Upload your diploma and transcript, and tell us your evaluator, licensing board, or employer if you have one.
Get a free quote and choose standard, expedited, or same-day delivery.
A translator experienced with academic documents completes the translation; a second linguist checks it for accuracy.
Receive your certified PDF by email, ready to submit to your evaluator or board, with notarization and hard-copy mail available.
01 — Send us your document
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Questions & Answers
Frequently asked questions.
What people ask before ordering a translation for educational credential evaluation.
How long does a certified translation for a credential evaluation take?
Most diploma and transcript translations are completed within 24–48 hours. Expedited and same-day delivery are available when an evaluation, licensing, or petition deadline is close.
Will WES, ECE, or another evaluator accept my translated documents?
Yes. We format the translation to match what your specific evaluator, WES, ECE, SpanTran, or another, requires, alongside the signed Certificate of Accuracy every translation carries.
Do you perform the credential evaluation itself?
No. Evaluators like WES and ECE determine U.S. degree equivalency and issue the evaluation report, that's a separate service, not a translation. We provide the certified translation those services require; we don't issue the equivalency report ourselves.
What's the difference between a document-by-document and a course-by-course evaluation, and does that change what I need translated?
A document-by-document evaluation confirms your degree and its U.S. equivalent; a course-by-course evaluation also converts individual courses and grades. Either way, we translate your diploma and transcript in full so the evaluator has everything it needs.
Do I need this for an immigration petition, like H-1B or an employment-based green card?
Often, yes. Employers and USCIS sometimes require a credential evaluation to establish that a foreign degree meets a 'U.S. bachelor's degree or equivalent' requirement for certain visa categories and employment-based petitions.
Can my school or the evaluator translate the documents for me?
No. Evaluators require an independent, certified translator, not the issuing school, the evaluator itself, or a relative. A self-interested translation is typically rejected.
What documents are typically needed for a credential evaluation?
Most evaluations need a diploma and an academic transcript. Tell us which evaluator and evaluation type you need, and we'll confirm exactly what to submit.
How much does it cost to translate documents for a credential evaluation?
Standard certified translation is $18 per page. Expedited is $28 per page for a close deadline. Notarization is a $9 per-document add-on, if your evaluator or licensing board requires it.