Arabic Transcript Translation
Arabic transcript translation to English for a credential evaluator, a university admissions office, a licensing board or an employer. We translate the كشف درجات and بيان درجات from universities and schools in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan and the Gulf, with every course, mark and grade descriptor carried over as the issuing institution printed it.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for Arabic academic transcript records
What an evaluator reads on an Arabic كشف درجات
An Arab university transcript may be a year-by-year list of marks out of 100 or a semester list with credit hours and a GPA, and the translation has to show which, because an evaluator converts them differently.
Egypt: marks, تقدير and the year system
An Egyptian بيان درجات from a public university lists each subject with its mark, its maximum and a تقدير: ممتاز, جيد جداً, جيد, مقبول, and for a fail ضعيف or ضعيف جداً, with a cumulative تقدير عام for the degree. Most faculties still run on the year system, where a student passes a whole year at once, while newer programs use credit hours (ساعات معتمدة). The translation keeps the mark, the maximum and the descriptor, and never invents a GPA the transcript does not carry.
Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Gulf
Saudi and many Gulf transcripts use a GPA out of 5 with letter grades A+ to F, and the descriptors ممتاز مرتفع, ممتاز, جيد جداً مرتفع, جيد جداً. Jordanian universities use a GPA out of 4 or a percentage with the same descriptors, and the Jordanian توجيهي certificate reports a single average. We state the scale the transcript names so an evaluator does not read a 4.2 on a 5-point scale as impossible.
Syria, Iraq and secondary school certificates
Syrian and Iraqi transcripts list marks out of 100 with a yearly average, and the Iraqi وثيقة includes the student's standing and whether a subject was passed in the first or second sitting (الدور الأول والثاني). A Syrian or Egyptian secondary certificate gives a total out of a fixed maximum and a branch, علمي or أدبي, that decides which faculties the student could enter. Each of those lines goes over with its own label.
Who is asking for your Arabic academic transcript translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Credential evaluators
WES, ECE and similar services ask for a word-for-word certified translation of each page, sent alongside the official transcript.
ECFMG and medical boards
Medical graduates send transcripts through ECFMG, which asks for an English translation of every document that is not in English.
Schools and universities
Admissions offices and school districts accept a certified translation they can read next to the original. A PDF is usually enough; ask for a hard copy if they want one.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Arabic academic transcript.
Send the official copy
An evaluator wants the sealed transcript from the registrar, not a self-printed grade list. Order the translation from the same copy the school issues.
Include the grading legend
The scale, the pass mark and the credit system are usually printed at the foot or on the back. Send that part too so it is translated with the grades.
Expect more than one page per sheet
A transcript sheet holds far more than 250 words. The quote counts words, not sheets, so a two-sheet transcript may price as four or five pages.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Arabic academic transcript translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the academic transcript is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
Arabic Academic Transcript FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Does WES accept your translation of an Arabic transcript?
- WES, ECE and the other evaluators accept a certified word-for-word translation as long as it is complete and the original is also sent, and most of them want the transcript itself to come from the institution in a sealed envelope or through its own verification route. Our translation goes with your copy; check the evaluator's page for your country, since the sending rules differ for Egypt, Iraq and Syria.
- Do you convert the marks into a US GPA?
- No. A certified translation reproduces the transcript; the conversion is the evaluator's or the university's job, and they want to see the original scale. We translate the marks, the maximum, the descriptors and any ranking as printed, and add a note describing the grading scale only where the transcript itself prints one.
- The transcript is stamped by the Ministry of Higher Education and the Foreign Ministry. Do you translate the stamps?
- Yes, every one. Egyptian transcripts often carry the university seal, the Supreme Council of Universities stamp and a Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation; Iraqi ones a تصديق from the ministry. Each stamp is translated with its office, date and reference number, because the evaluator uses them to confirm the document came through official channels.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other Arabic documents we translate
Academic transcript translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's academic transcript records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Certified translations before you order.