How to Translate a Mexican High School Diploma and Report Card into English
Channel: Texan Translation
Date: 2022-05-25

This is the first in a series of four webinars, taught by certified translator Marco Hanson, on how to translate common, authentic, official documents from Latin America for use in the US. The American Translators Association approved the series for one hour of CEP (continuing education points) to certified members who attended the live session. The documents translated in this video are from Mexico, and are comparable to a diploma and grade report, which the client needed as part of an application to study at a community college in Texas. (All names, dates, and other identifying details were changed in Photoshop to protect the privacy of the client.) Marco talks through the entire process of setting up and translating both pages, demonstrating techniques for finding terminology and choosing accurate, idiomatic renderings in English. One of the major challenges in preparing certified translations of academic documents is that educational systems vary between countries, and there is rarely an exact equivalent between their credentials, degrees, certificates, courses, majors and other details.