Some schools will be able to process your original-language transcripts without requiring a translation. This will depend on the language in which the transcripts were issued and the resources available to the school.

Most commonly, schools do require English translations. If your institution does require this of you, remember to ask if they need to be certified translations.

Julie Soper, International Admissions Advisor, University of Nebraska at Omaha

SKYPE ID: juliesoper PH: 402.554.2293

http://world.unomaha.edu

The answer is "perhaps." Schools require transcripts (besides legal requirements) in order to know if you are qualified for the program you want to study. The process of evaluating transcripts provides answers to questions like, "have you graduated from an appropriate prerequisite school or program?" "Do you have the courses and grades we require go enter/continue in a program?" "Is you previous school a legitimate institution?" For some questions the evaluator must know exactly what the courses were, and your grades, and sometimes even the course content, and usually the school you attended. If the evaluator knows enough of your home language to answer these questions the transcript may NOT need to be translated. But if the evaluation is done by a committee, often the only language shared by all members of the committee is English and then the transcript MUST be translated -- by a certified translator. Your Aunt who has lived in the U. S. for ten years is not a satisfactory translator for most schools!!