Hindi college application translation for the documents a US college, a scholarship committee or an international student office asks for that happen to be in Hindi. The application form itself is in English; what we translate is the income certificate for financial aid, the migration certificate, the gap-year affidavit, a teacher's recommendation and the parents' sponsorship papers.
An Indian student applies in English, but the proofs behind the application come from a tehsil office, a village school or a notary, and those write in Hindi.
Income certificate and the I-20 financial file
The आय प्रमाण पत्र from the tehsildar or the SDM states the family's annual income for the financial aid form and the CSS Profile, and a US college cannot read it as issued. Parents who farm support the Form I-20 with land records, the खतौनी from the lekhpal, and with fixed deposit receipts from a district cooperative bank printed in Hindi. Each page is translated with its seal and serial number, and the amount is kept in rupees as written, with no conversion to dollars.
Migration certificate and gap-year affidavit
The board's प्रव्रजन प्रमाण पत्र, the migration certificate, releases the student from the UP, MP or Rajasthan board so another institution can admit them, and some US universities ask for it with the marksheets. A student who took a year off after Class 12 is often asked for a gap affidavit, sworn on stamp paper before a notary in Hindi, stating what they did. We translate the affidavit text, the stamp paper value and the notary's register entry, so the admissions office reads it as the sworn statement it is.
Recommendation letters from Hindi-medium teachers
A teacher at a Hindi-medium school in Bihar or Uttar Pradesh writes the recommendation in Hindi on the school's letterhead, with the principal's seal. Admissions offices usually take a certified translation uploaded with the original. The translation keeps the teacher's phrasing, including honorifics and the school's own name for the class, and renders the letterhead and the seal, so the letter reads as the teacher wrote it and not as a summary.
Who is asking for your Hindi college application translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Universities and admissions offices
Admissions offices 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.
Applicants to US medical programs send transcripts and diplomas through ECFMG, which asks for an English translation of every document that is not in English.
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Hindi college application.
01
Send the whole packet in one order
Transcripts, the diploma, recommendation letters and the grading scale travel together. One order keeps the names, dates and course titles consistent across every page.
02
Separate the records from your essays
Admissions offices want official records translated word for word. Essays and statements are usually written in English by the applicant, so upload only what the school will read as evidence.
03
Count on more than one page per sheet
A transcript or a course description holds a lot of text. The quote counts words, not sheets, so a dense sheet may price as two or three pages.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Hindi college application 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 college application is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Which documents in an Indian college application are usually already in English?
The passport, the CBSE or ICSE marksheets, the transcript from most central universities, a balance certificate from a nationalized bank, and the TOEFL or SAT reports. You do not need to translate those. What is in Hindi is what a tehsil, a panchayat, a Hindi-medium school or a cooperative bank issued, and only those pages need an order.
Can you translate my parents' affidavit of support or a sponsorship letter?
Yes. A sponsorship affidavit from a parent or an uncle in India is usually sworn in Hindi on stamp paper, with the deponent's name as S/o or W/o, the relationship to the student and the promise to fund the course. The international student office wants it readable alongside the bank evidence, and we translate it in full, including the notary's stamp and the serial number of the stamp paper.
The college wants attested copies. Does your translation replace the attestation?
No. An attested copy is a photocopy signed and stamped by the school, the board or a gazetted officer to say it matches the original. Get the attestation first, then send us the attested copy. We translate the attestation stamp with the rest of the page, so the college can read both the document and the proof that the copy is true.
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.