Arabic to English
Certified Diploma Translation, Arabic to English
A certified Arabic to English translation of a diploma costs $24.95 per page, where one page is up to 250 words of the source document. A typical diploma runs 1 to 2 pages, so most orders come to $24.95 to $49.90. Certified orders are delivered in 2 to 3 business days as a PDF containing the complete translation and a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy from the qualified professional translator who completed or reviewed the work, prepared for official use including USCIS filings.
Pricing
Exact prices, shown before you pay
Most diplomas fit within one page of 250 source words; a reverse side or an attached degree supplement with seals and annotations can add a second. Certified translation is $24.95 per page, so a typical order of 1 to 2 pages comes to $24.95 to $49.90. The exact total is measured from your document and shown before payment.
Standard
$19.95 per page
3 to 5 business days
A professional translation with digital delivery.
Certified
$24.95 per page
2 to 3 business days
A certified translation accepted for official use.
Premium
$39.95 per page
1 to 2 business days
A certified translation, translated first.
One page is up to 250 words.
Requirements
What reviewers require for a certified diploma translation
- USCIS requires a full English translation of the entire diploma, which the translator certifies as complete and accurate, together with the translator's certification that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)).
- The degree title must be rendered literally in English, not converted into a claimed US equivalent; equivalency determination is the role of a credential evaluator, and a translation that asserts an equivalent degree can conflict with the evaluation.
- The holder's name and all dates must be copied exactly as they appear on the diploma, with name transliteration kept consistent with the passport spelling used elsewhere in the same filing.
- Portions of the diploma that cannot be read (worn seals, faded ink) are marked as illegible in the translation rather than guessed; this is standard professional practice for certified translations.
Common reasons translations get rejected
- The translation is submitted without the translator's signed certification of completeness, accuracy, and competence, which fails the 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requirement and is a common trigger for a USCIS Request for Evidence.
- Only the main text is translated while seals, stamps, Latin phrases, or the reverse side are omitted, so the translation is not complete and can be rejected as a partial or summary translation.
- The translator converts the degree title into a US equivalent (for example rendering a foreign first degree as a specific US degree), which conflicts with the credential evaluator's findings and undermines the file.
- The name spelling on the translation does not match the passport or the petition, creating an identity inconsistency across the filing.
- An English-language diploma version issued by the school is submitted to WES in place of an independent translation; WES states it cannot accept English versions of documents in place of a translation.
Good to know
About Arabic-language diplomas
Egyptian school leavers hold the General Secondary Education Certificate (شهادة إتمام الدراسة الثانوية العامة, Thanaweya Amma). University degrees are a bachelor's (بكالوريوس) in fields such as science, engineering, commerce and medicine, or a licence (ليسانس) in arts, law and humanities, with an overall grade (التقدير العام) of excellent (امتياز), very good (جيد جدا), good (جيد) or pass (مقبول), sometimes with honours (مع مرتبة الشرف). Saudi and Gulf certificates use ممتاز for excellent and a GPA out of 5 or 4. Degree certificates from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and the Gulf often carry authentication stamps from the university, the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A translator translates grade words literally (very good, not B) and translates every stamp.
When WES asks for translations, it requires an exact, word-for-word translation of the official document by a professional translator, and an English version issued by the school does not replace a translation of the Arabic original; WES also lists translations of photocopies and translations made by applicants among those it cannot use. Many Arab universities issue separate English-language certificates, so an applicant may need both the English version and a translation of the Arabic original, depending on the evaluator's list of required documents. A translator works from the official document and translates seals, signatures and notes as well as the text.
Official Arabic-language civil records come from each country's civil status (civil registry) authority, usually part of the interior ministry. In Egypt this is the Civil Status Organization (مصلحة الأحوال المدنية, Maslahat al-Ahwal al-Madaniyya) of the Ministry of Interior, which issues the national ID card, birth, death, marriage and divorce records, and family and individual registry extracts (قيد عائلي, qaid a'ili, and قيد فردي, qaid fardi). Comparable bodies are Jordan's Civil Status and Passports Department (دائرة الأحوال المدنية والجوازات), the civil status and national card directorates of Iraq's Ministry of Interior, Lebanon's Directorate General of Personal Status (المديرية العامة للأحوال الشخصية), Saudi Arabia's Civil Affairs (الأحوال المدنية), and in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia the civil status office (الحالة المدنية, état civil) of the commune or town hall. Marriages and divorces are usually concluded before a religious official or court (a ma'zoun in Egypt, sharia or church courts in Jordan and the Levant, adouls in Morocco) and then registered with the civil authority.
Egypt issues birth certificates in two forms, a handwritten certificate from the Health Office (مكتب الصحة) of the district where the birth was registered, and a computerized certificate (شهادة ميلاد مميكنة, shahadat milad mumayakana) printed by the Civil Status Organization of the Ministry of Interior from the national civil registry database. Computerized birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are printed at civil status offices and self service kiosks from the same database, and they show the 14 digit national number (الرقم القومي, al-raqam al-qawmi). An older handwritten certificate and a newer computerized printout of the same birth can differ in layout and spelling, so a translator translates the document actually supplied and does not merge the two.
How it works
From upload to certified delivery
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Step 2
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A qualified professional translator translates your document.
Step 3
Reviewed for accuracy and certified
Your translation is reviewed for accuracy and certified with a signed certificate of accuracy.
Step 4
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You receive your certified translation, ready for official use.
Questions
Common questions
- Does USCIS require my diploma to be translated by a certified translator?
- No individual certification credential is required. Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), USCIS requires a full English translation with the translator's signed certification that the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is competent to translate. Every Eagle Translate certified order includes a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy carrying the name and signature of the qualified professional translator.
- Will you translate my degree title into its US equivalent?
- No. A certified translation renders the degree title word for word. Deciding what your degree equals in the US system is the job of a credential evaluator such as WES or ECE, and a translation that asserts an equivalent degree can conflict with that evaluation.
- I need a WES evaluation. What does WES expect from the translation?
- WES requires an exact word-for-word English translation prepared by a professional translator, submitted alongside the original-language document. WES does not accept translations done by the applicant, and it cannot accept an English version issued by your school in place of an independent translation.
- Do the seals, stamps, and signatures on my diploma get translated?
- Yes. Everything visible on the document is rendered or described, including seals, stamps, and signature blocks. Anything genuinely unreadable is marked as illegible rather than guessed.
- My diploma was issued in Egypt. What should I know before ordering?
- Egyptian school leavers hold the General Secondary Education Certificate (شهادة إتمام الدراسة الثانوية العامة, Thanaweya Amma). University degrees are a bachelor's (بكالوريوس) in fields such as science, engineering, commerce and medicine, or a licence (ليسانس) in arts, law and humanities, with an overall grade (التقدير العام) of excellent (امتياز), very good (جيد جدا), good (جيد) or pass (مقبول), sometimes with honours (مع مرتبة الشرف). Saudi and Gulf certificates use ممتاز for excellent and a GPA out of 5 or 4. Degree certificates from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and the Gulf often carry authentication stamps from the university, the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A translator translates grade words literally (very good, not B) and translates every stamp.
A translation error is ours to fix
If your certified translation is rejected because of a translation error we made, we correct it at no charge, and if the corrected translation is rejected again for that same error we refund what you paid for it. Our Refund Policy sets out the conditions and what it does not cover. Your documents are encrypted and kept confidential from start to finish.
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