When you need a diploma or transcript translation
You need a certified translation when a university, credential evaluator, immigration office, licensing board, or employer asks for an academic record in a language other than the one it was issued in. Common paths include university admissions in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and the EU; credential evaluations through WES, ECE, ECCTIS/UK ENIC-NARIC, CIMEA, DOATAP, or YÖK; employment verification; and immigration filings with USCIS, UKVI, IRCC, or Schengen consulates.
If the office asks for a "certified translation", a "translation with certificate of accuracy", or an "official translation", that is this service.
If your diploma was originally issued in Latin, see our dedicated Latin diploma translation service, built around Latin formulary and abbreviations and delivered on the same 24-hour terms. Every other academic record is here, in one place.
What we translate
Academic and professional records, translated as one coherent file — each to the standard its issuing institution and receiving office actually require.
Diplomas and degree certificates
The record of the award itself.
- High school, bachelor, master, and PhD diplomas
- Degree certificates and certificates of graduation
- Diploma supplements
- Diplomas issued in Latin — see the Latin diploma service
Transcripts and grade records
The evidence behind the award.
- Academic transcripts, grade reports, and records of completed courses
- Certificates of enrollment
- Syllabus sets, when an evaluator asks for them
- Grading legends and scale tables, kept exactly as issued
State-issued school records
Records issued by a ministry rather than a school.
- Greek Lykeio transcripts and school-leaving certificates
- Italian Ministry of Education reports and pagella extracts
- Turkish YÖK documents
- Equivalent national records in any of our ten languages
Professional and vocational credentials
Qualifications from a licensing board, guild, or professional body.
- Medical, nursing, and allied-health licenses
- Trade and vocational certifications
- Notary commissions and professional memberships
- Regulatory and continuing-education certificates
Diploma and transcript: why both together
The diploma states a conclusion
One page, few words, every one load-bearing: the institution, the degree, the field, the date, the signatures, and the seal. Because it is short, an error here tends to be visible — a registrar catches a wrong degree name immediately, which is inconvenient but at least it is caught.
The transcript states the evidence
Many pages, densely repetitive: course titles, credit values, grades, the scale those grades sit on, terms, resits, and a legend explaining the whole in small print at the foot of the last page. Because it is long, an error here tends to be invisible — one loosely rendered course title travels through the entire evaluation before anyone queries it.
Why both together
Your name, the institution's name, the degree title, and every recurring term must read identically across the two documents. A registrar comparing them side by side notices a discrepancy before they notice anything else — so we ask for both together where both exist.
If your diploma was originally issued in Latin — Ivy League, pontifical and Catholic, Irish, British, or continental European foundations — it is handled by our dedicated Latin diploma translation service, with Three-Tier Philological Review. Delivery is within 24 hours at no additional charge, as it is for every diploma on this page.
Academic documents by country of issue
The same record has a different name in every education system. Whatever yours is called, send it as issued: we translate it, and tell you before you order if it is not the document your office asked for.
| Issued in | Documents we commonly translate |
|---|---|
| Greece | Πτυχίο (degree certificate), Απολυτήριο Λυκείου (Lykeio leaving certificate), university transcripts |
| Türkiye | Lise and lisans diplomas, transkript (transcripts), YÖK documents |
| Italy | Diploma di laurea, diploma di maturità, pagella scolastica, Ministry of Education reports |
| Germany | Abiturzeugnis, Bachelor- and Masterurkunde, Zeugnis, Diploma Supplement |
| France | Diplôme, relevé de notes, baccalauréat |
| Spain and Portugal | Título universitario, certificación académica; diploma, histórico escolar |
| Russia | Диплом, приложение к диплому, аттестат |
| Latin-formulary institutions | Diplomas and degree certificates issued in Latin — see the Latin diploma service |
What we check in every academic record
- The name must match your passport. This is the single commonest cause of a rejected or delayed submission, on any of these documents. A Greek Δημήτριος may be Dimitrios, Demetrios or Dimitris; a Russian Дмитрий is Dmitry, Dmitriy or Dmitri depending on which transliteration standard was used; a Turkish İ becomes a dotless I in systems that cannot render it. We render your name as your passport spells it and note the original form, so the receiving officer can see the two documents describe one person rather than guessing.
- Grades are translated, never converted. A 1,0 from a German university stays 1,0 in our rendering, with the scale shown exactly as the institution states it. Converting a grade is an act of evaluation, and a transcript silently rewritten into a foreign scale can no longer show the evaluator what you were actually awarded.
- The legend is part of the transcript. The grading key usually sits in small print at the foot of the last page, and it explains every grade above it. Send it, and we translate it.
- One loose course title travels a long way. A transcript is long and repetitive, so an error in it tends to be invisible. Recurring terms — course titles, credit values, degree names — are rendered the same way across the whole record and across the diploma it belongs to.
- Everything on the sheet is content. Seals, embossed stamps, signatures, reference numbers, and any wording on the reverse of a diploma are all translated or noted. A translation that renders only the readable middle of a page is an incomplete record, and it is refused as one.
- The document may not be what you were asked for. A diploma, a degree certificate, a diploma supplement, and a transcript are different papers, and offices ask for them by name. If what you hold does not look like what the office described, tell us — we would rather say so before translating than after.
How it works
Order in one continuous flow through your order portal. You are notified as soon as the certified document is ready, and the receiving office can verify it independently by its order code.
Certification and what you receive
- A complete, word-for-word translation with a signed statement of accuracy
- The EnLatin stamp and a unique order-linked verification code
- Three-level QA: translator, reviser, and finalizing senior philologist
- ISO/IEC 27001 handling: encrypted transfer and storage, deletion 45 days after delivery
Where these documents get used
Each receiving authority has its own emphasis, but none of them evaluate our translation on its own terms — they evaluate your original against their own requirements, and expect the translation to match it exactly.
| Receiving authority | What they usually need | What EnLatin provides |
|---|---|---|
| USCIS & immigration filings | Complete, certified translation with signed statement | Word-for-word rendering with statement of accuracy and verification code |
| Employers & licensing boards | Certified translation of the credential or license | Complete rendering of the license, its scope, and its issuing authority |
| Universities & credential evaluators | Certified, literal, complete translation of the academic record | Word-for-word rendering with the grading scale preserved exactly as issued — the detail that decides an evaluation |
Requirements differ between authorities and change without notice. Check the instructions for your own file rather than relying on any summary, including this one. For a fuller breakdown by office, see our certification guide by receiving authority — and if yours has given you a written requirement, send it to us and we will tell you plainly whether we can meet it.
Credential evaluator guidance
Credential evaluators do not evaluate our translation; they evaluate your original credentials against their own standards. What they need from us is a certified, literal, complete translation that matches the original layout and preserves every grade, credit, and seal exactly as issued.
| Evaluator / region | What they usually need | What EnLatin provides |
|---|---|---|
| WES, ECE — U.S. and Canada | Certified, literal, complete translation | Word-for-word rendering with statement of accuracy and verification code |
| ECCTIS / UK ENIC-NARIC — UK | Certified translation; sometimes direct submission from the institution | Certified translation plus guidance on submission format |
| CIMEA — Italy | Certified translation for academic recognition | Italian-English or other pair with consistent terminology |
| DOATAP — Greece | Certified translation of Greek Lykeio transcripts and degrees | Greek-English translation preserving the Greek grading structure |
| YÖK / university equivalency — Türkiye | Certified diploma and transcript translation | Turkish-English or other pair with name matching identity documents |
Requirements differ between evaluators and change without notice. Check the instructions for your own file rather than relying on any summary, including this one — and if the office has given you a written requirement, send it to us and we will tell you plainly whether we can meet it.
How pricing and delivery work
Certified translation is priced per page at the standard rate of €22.50, confirmed at checkout before any charge. A diploma or degree certificate is usually a single page; transcripts run longer, and volume discounts apply automatically from three pages onward, reaching 25% at seven or more pages — which most transcripts reach on their own.
Diplomas and degree certificates are delivered within 24 hours at no additional charge, in any language we support. Transcripts and other records are delivered on the tier you choose at checkout, from same-day to five business days, with your binding deadline calculated from payment confirmation.
The signed statement of accuracy, the EnLatin stamp, and the verifiable order code are included as standard — certification is never an added charge. Where a sworn translation or an apostille is required by your destination, we will say so before you order.
The scope of our undertaking
We translate the diploma, transcript, or credential you already have — requesting or replacing the underlying document belongs to the issuing institution, ministry, or licensing board.
Your document is translated exactly as it stands. If it contains an error — a misspelled name, a wrong date — we translate what it says and flag it to you. The correction is the issuing authority's to make, and a translation that quietly fixed it would not match the document you are submitting alongside it.
Apostilles and notarial acts come from the competent authority in the country that issued the original — we translate the document once they are attached.
Our undertaking is precise: a translation whose quality or certification form is refused is corrected or refunded. Requirements differ by country and by department, and some require a sworn translation or a notarization or apostille in addition. We will tell you which applies to your destination before you order rather than after. If a translation is refused because of the quality or certification form of our work, send us the authority's written reason within thirty days and we will correct it or refund it.
Grades are rendered exactly as the record states them, never converted to another scale. Converting a grade is an act of evaluation, not translation: a 1,0 from a German university stays 1,0 in our rendering, with the scale shown exactly as the institution states it. A transcript silently rewritten into a foreign scale is a damaged document, and the evaluator can no longer see what you were actually awarded. Any correction to the original record must come from the issuing school.
How to prepare your file
- Send the complete document — every side that carries printing, including the reverse of a diploma and any continuation sheet or attached page.
- Include stamps, seals, revenue stickers, and any apostille already attached. All of it is part of the record.
- Send the spelling of your name exactly as your passport shows it. This is the most useful thing you can give us, and it prevents the commonest reason submissions are queried.
- Tell us the receiving office and country, and your deadline, so we can confirm whether certification alone is sufficient.
- For transcripts, send the record as a separate file in page order, not merged into the diploma image — and include the grading legend wherever it appears. It is usually in small print at the foot of the last page, and it is the key to every grade above it.
Why EnLatin
EnLatin is certified to ISO 17100:2015 for translation services (TÜV SÜD, certificate No. 9931000357) and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for information security management (TÜV NORD, certificate No. 44121231258). We have been translating official documents for twelve years across ten languages. Every diploma, transcript, and credential is read by three sets of eyes — translator, reviser, and finalizing senior philologist — before it is stamped with a unique verification code that any receiving authority can check at enlatin.net/verify. Founder Konstantin Er, PhD in philology, oversees the Latin desk — parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial kept in Latin by Catholic dioceses fall within its scope — and each language pair is assigned to a translator qualified in it.
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Not sure whether what you are holding is what the office asked for? Send us a photograph and we will tell you, before you order. salve@enlatin.net