Haitian transcript translation to English for a US high school placing a student from Haiti, a college admissions office, a credential evaluator such as WES or Josef Silny, or a nursing board. A Haitian transcript is a bulletin scolaire from the school, a relevé de notes from the Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle (MENFP) for the official exams, or a university relevé, all in French.
Written for Haitian Creole academic transcript records
Bulletins, official exam results and university relevés
Haiti issues grades at three levels from three different offices, and a US registrar needs to know which one each page is.
The school bulletin
A school issues a bulletin each trimester or étape with the subjects of the Haitian curriculum: Français, Créole, Mathématiques, Sciences expérimentales, Sciences sociales, Anglais, Espagnol, Éducation physique. Marks are out of 10 or out of 100 depending on the school, with a moyenne, a rang in the class and a mention, signed by the directeur. The subject Créole is the one place the language appears on the page, and teacher comments are sometimes written in it.
MENFP relevés for the official exams
The ministry, not the school, grades the examens officiels: the 9e année fondamentale exam and the baccalauréat. The relevé de notes lists each subject with the candidate's score and the moyenne générale, gives a candidate number and the exam centre, and is stamped légalisé. The ministry now sends relevés by email through its platform, and the printout looks less official than it is, so the translation records the ministry's header, the stamp and the candidate number.
University relevés and the missing credits
The Université d'État d'Haïti issues relevés by academic year, with marks per course and no credit hours, and its faculties sign them one at a time, so a Faculté des Sciences relevé looks nothing like one from the École Normale Supérieure. Private universities such as Université Quisqueya and Université Notre Dame d'Haïti print crédits beside each course. A licence runs four years and ends with a mémoire de sortie, which appears as a line with its own mark. We translate course titles literally and keep each faculty's layout so an evaluator can total the years.
Who is asking for your Haitian Creole 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.
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.
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Haitian Creole academic transcript.
01
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.
02
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.
03
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 Haitian Creole 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.
The bulletin marks are out of 10. Do you convert them to a GPA?
No. A certified translation is literal, and a mark of 6.5/10 stays 6.5/10 with the school's own moyenne and rang. Credential evaluators and admissions offices convert using their own tables for Haiti, and a translation that guessed at a letter grade would be rejected. If the bulletin prints the school's passing mark or scale key, we translate that too, because it is what the evaluator uses.
My school closed or was destroyed. Is the MENFP relevé enough on its own?
For the bac years, usually yes, because the ministry graded the exam and can reissue the relevé through its platform. For the earlier secondary years, an evaluator may still want bulletins, and families often have copies at home or at a church school that kept records. Send whatever you have; we translate the relevé now and add the bulletins as they turn up, each priced per page.
Do you translate a US high school transcript into French for a school in Haiti?
Yes. Families moving back, students returning after a few years in Florida, and people who were removed to Haiti need their US transcript in French so a lycée or the MENFP can place them in the right year or grant an équivalence. We translate the transcript with its grading key and credit totals, and add a notarized copy if the school asks.
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.