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The institution that reads your file decides what it needs in translation — and quite often, for an English-speaking applicant, the answer is less than you feared.

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Visa · studies · credential evaluation · marriage · trade

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Seven applications, seven rulebooks

Before you order

The instruction that counts is the body’s own, not ours.

Every procedure publishes its own requirements, and they change. We translate and we certify that the translation is accurate; the decision on your file belongs to the body that receives it. Read their instruction first, then send us the list.

Why not one general list?

Because they do not check the same thing. UKVI wants four details on the translation itself. A credential evaluator wants a literal translation that converts no grade. A French town hall wants recent civil-status records. And IRCC reads English and French alike, so a Cameroonian file for Canada often needs no translation at all.

The same GCE certificate is untouched for the UK and needs French for Campus France — at MINESUP or the Bonanjo language centre, as Campus France Cameroon requires. That is why every page starts from the institution, not from the document.

Administrative desk: date stamps, forms and index cards laid side by side

Every administration has its own list. No two of them quite match.

What foreign bodies require

These organisations publish their translation requirements. Here they are, as written on the date we checked them — and, opposite, what Verbatim delivers: a complete translation with a signed and stamped statement of accuracy. Accepting a file remains their decision, not ours.
Translation requirements published by foreign organisations, set against the format Verbatim delivers.
OrganisationWhat it requiresOur format
WESCanada, United StatesAn “exact and word-for-word” translation, produced by a professional translator — never by the applicant. For a Canadian evaluation, a document already in English or French needs no translation at all.Matches
ECEUnited StatesA word-for-word translation laid out like the original. Any document in a language other than English must be translated, unless you buy their translation waiver.Matches
ICASCanadaA literal translation, “not an interpretive translation”, sent together with the original. ICAS does not require a certified translator, but reserves the right to ask for one if the translation is found wanting.Matches
UK ENICUnited KingdomCertified translations from a professional translator. Their waiver service covers French, though: a French document can often go through with no translation at all.Matches
IRCCCanada — immigrationDocuments written in English or French are filed as they are. In any other language: the translation, an affidavit from whoever made it, and a certified copy of the original.Matches
Campus France CamerounFrance — studiesRecords issued in English are translated at MINESUP or the Bonanjo language centre. That is not work Verbatim can do in their place.Not us
uni-assistGermany — universitiesA translation made under oath, or by a department of the institution that issued the qualification. uni-assist explicitly rules out non-certified translations from standard agencies: ours is one of them.Not us
HomologaciónSpain — degree recognitionA sworn translation recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or made through a diplomatic mission. Our statement of accuracy does not stand in for that route.Not us
Universitaly, CIMEAItaly — universitiesIt depends on the university: a French-language degree often goes through without an Italian translation, and where one is required it takes the sworn or consular route. Check with the institution before ordering anything.Check first

We describe a published requirement, not a decision: any organisation is free to answer as it sees fit, and rules change without notice. Check them at the source before ordering.

Consulted on 24 September 2026. Official instructions change: when they differ from this page, they prevail.

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