Tagalog College Application Translation
Tagalog college application translation for students in the Philippines applying to US colleges, and for the families filing their financial aid papers. Philippine school records are mostly in English already. What needs translating is the writing and paperwork in Filipino: a sample essay, a contest certificate, a teacher's letter, a barangay certificate of income.
- 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 Tagalog college application records
What in a Filipino application is actually in Filipino
Admissions offices read Philippine report cards without help. The pieces in Filipino are the ones that show a student's voice and a family's finances.
Writing samples and published work
Some colleges and summer programs accept a graded writing sample, and a Filipino student's best work may be a sanaysay, a tula or a maikling kuwento written for Filipino class or the school paper. We translate the piece and keep the original title beside the English, and a poem goes in with the Filipino text next to ours. A piece that placed at a Division Schools Press Conference or won a Palanca Kabataan prize goes with its certificate.
Buwan ng Wika and contest certificates
Every August schools hold Buwan ng Wika, and the certificates from it are in Filipino: Sertipiko ng Pagkilala, Unang Gantimpala sa Talumpati, Sabayang Pagbigkas, Balagtasan. A US reader does not know that a Balagtasan is a debate in verse or that Sabayang Pagbigkas is choral recitation. The translation gives the place won, the level (paaralan, distrito, dibisyon, rehiyon) and a bracketed note on what the event is, so the activity list on the Common App means something.
Financial aid papers from the barangay
For the CSS Profile or a college's own international aid form, a family with informal income has no payslip to attach. What they have is a Sertipikasyon from the Punong Barangay stating the household is low income, and a sworn statement from a parent giving yearly earnings from a sari-sari store, a tricycle or a farm. We translate the yearly figures exactly as the parent stated them.
Who is asking for your Tagalog 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 Tagalog 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 Tagalog 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.
Tagalog College Application FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Can you translate my Filipino essay to use as my personal statement?
- We can translate it, but the personal statement is meant to be your own writing in English, and a college reading a translation is reading the translator's sentences. Use the translation as a draft to rewrite in your own words. Submit a certified translation only where a college asks for a writing sample and accepts translated work.
- My teacher wrote her recommendation in Filipino. Is that a problem?
- No. We translate the letter and certify it. Most colleges want recommendations uploaded by the teacher through the portal, so the usual route is that the teacher submits the Filipino original and our English translation together. Check each college's instructions on who may upload a translation.
- What does a typical application set cost?
- Each page of up to 250 words is $25. A contest certificate is one page, a barangay certificate one page, a parent's sworn statement one or two. A long essay or a set of poems is counted by words, so upload the files and you see the price before you order.
- 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 Tagalog 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.