Portuguese College Application Translation
Portuguese college application translation for a Brazilian student applying to a US college or university: the histórico escolar, the declaração de matrícula or conclusão, the ENEM boletim, cartas de recomendação from teachers and the documents an international office asks for before issuing an I-20. We translate each one and certify it for admissions.
- 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 Portuguese (Brazil) college application records
Applying from a Brazilian school on a US timetable
The Brazilian school year runs February to December, so a student applying for a US fall intake is still in the terceiro ano when the deadline falls, and the documents reflect that.
Declaração de matrícula and the partial histórico
Because the ensino médio ends in December, a Regular Decision applicant sends a declaração de matrícula from the school stating the year the student is in, plus a histórico parcial with the first two years and the bimestres completed so far. The certificado de conclusão follows in January or February, and the final histórico after it. We translate each as it arrives, and the final record can be ordered on its own, so you pay for each document only once.
The ENEM boletim de desempenho
The ENEM, run by INEP, gives a score per area: Linguagens, Ciências Humanas, Ciências da Natureza, Matemática and the redação, each on its own scale. Some US universities take ENEM scores in place of a standardized test, and admissions readers ask what the numbers mean. The boletim is downloaded from the INEP portal; we translate the areas and the headings and keep the scores and the inscrição number as printed.
Cartas de recomendação and the novo ensino médio
Brazilian teachers write recommendation letters in Portuguese on school letterhead, often countersigned by the coordenador pedagógico, and the translation carries the letterhead, the titles and the signature line. Students who finished under the novo ensino médio have a histórico that lists a formação geral básica and an itinerário formativo, a track the student chose, which US readers have not seen before. The translation names the track and its hours so the record is not read as an incomplete course.
Who is asking for your Portuguese (Brazil) 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.
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
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.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Portuguese (Brazil) college application.
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.
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.
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 Portuguese (Brazil) 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.
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.
Portuguese (Brazil) College Application FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Which documents are translated first?
- The histórico escolar and the declaração de matrícula or conclusão are what the admissions office reads. Then the recommendation letters, the ENEM boletim if you report it, and the parents' financial documents for the I-20, such as a bank declaração and the declaração de imposto de renda, which the international student office wants in English before it issues the form. Send the pages the deadline asks for and add the rest later.
- My teachers wrote their letters in Portuguese. Can they still be confidential?
- Yes. You or the teacher can upload the letter, and the certified translation goes to the email you give at checkout, which can be the counselor or the teacher. The translation shows the teacher's name, position and school as signed and notes any stamp. If the college uses the Common App, the teacher uploads the English version with the original, and the student does not have to see either.
- I finished high school in the US and want to study in Brazil. Where do I start?
- The Brazilian university will ask for your high school diploma and transcript in Portuguese, and before that the state Secretaria de Educação has to issue a declaração de equivalência de estudos recognizing your US schooling as ensino médio. That office asks for apostilled originals with a tradução juramentada, which is outside what we offer. Exchange programs, language schools and private colleges often take a certified Portuguese translation, notarized if needed, so ask admissions first.
- 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 Portuguese (Brazil) documents we translate
College application translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's college application records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Certified translations before you order.