Certified Translations for ECFMG
An ECFMG file starts with the medical school record: the diploma, the transcript and the certificate showing the internship was completed. Each is translated in full into English and certified with a signed translator statement, from $54 per document, and the terminology is checked rather than guessed.
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For USCIS, US courts, WES, ECFMG and CGFNS.
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What an ECFMG File Needs Translated
Medical school documents are structured differently in every country, and the officer reading them is comparing your record to a standard they know well. The translation has to make the structure obvious without moving anything.
What the Translation Covers
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The Diploma: The award, the degree title in Latin where the university issued it that way, the date of conferral and the signatures, all rendered in full.
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Clinical Rotations: Rotation names, departments and hours kept as recorded, including the local terms for specialties that have no direct US equivalent.
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Clinical Terminology: Anatomy, pharmacology and specialty names are translated by a linguist who works on medical records, not by a general translator with a dictionary.
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Internship and License: Completion certificates, house officer years and any local medical council registration, each translated as its own document.
Before You Order
The medical school, not the applicant, decides what the record says, so send what was issued rather than what you remember.
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The Full Transcript: All years of study, including the pre-clinical years, because a partial transcript invites a query that costs more time than the pages did.
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The Reverse Side: Many medical transcripts print the grading key on the back, and the officer needs that key in English to read the front.
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Name Consistency: The name on the diploma is the one that has to match your passport and your application, so flag any difference before we start.
A syllabus or course catalog is only translated when the receiving body has asked for it.
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How a Medical Credential Order Runs
Three documents, one price, returned together so the set reaches ECFMG as one file rather than three separate emails.
Send the Medical Record
Attach the diploma, the transcript and the internship certificate, with each page photographed flat and in focus.
- Diploma and transcript, all years
- Internship completion certificate
- Any council registration you hold
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Receive the Certified Set
All three documents come back as one PDF, each with its translation and the signed statement naming the linguist.
- A translation per document
- One signed statement per translation
- The source pages for the file
Document Types
Medical Diploma
The degree, the conferral date and any Latin title, translated in full.
Medical Transcript
All years, including the pre-clinical and clinical stages.
Clinical Rotations
Rotation names, departments and hours kept as recorded.
Internship Certificate
House officer and internship completion certificates.
Specialist Certificate
Board and specialist qualifications, with the awarding body named.
Medical School Syllabus
Curriculum and course hours, where the receiving body asks for them.
Council Registration
Local registration and license to practice, with validity dates.
Nursing Credentials
Where a file covers both professions, the nursing documents are handled too.
Can't find your specific document type?
We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
Most frequently requested languages we translate
These are the languages our clients ask for most often, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“Extremely good service! Needed 2 documents to be certified translated for the same day and after paying they send me the translations within 2 hours!! I want to give a shoutout to Mark for his amazing customer service and timing of response.”
Justin Summers
“My wife uses her birth surname on the certificate and her married name on the passport, and both were shown with the date of the change.”
Lars B.
“The annotation about my late registration was translated in full, which explained the date difference the caseworker had queried on my first application.”
Maria C.
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates medical diplomas, transcripts and internship certificates for ECFMG applicants from our New York base, with a signed statement from a translator who works on clinical documents. Send the record and you get a fixed price before any work starts.
The translation has to come with a statement from the translator confirming that it is complete and accurate, and our certificate supplies that in the standard form we have used for ECFMG submissions for years. Where an applicant is given different wording by ECFMG, we follow their instruction.
A diploma starts at $54 per document at DHCTranslations. A transcript covering five or six years is charged at $0.12 per word after the first 400 words. The diploma, transcript and internship certificate are each priced as a document.
The diploma is usually returned by DHCTranslations the same business day when the order is confirmed before 4pm ET. A full transcript takes one to two business days depending on length, and the set is delivered together with a single date given in the quote.
The medical diploma or degree certificate, the complete transcript including clinical rotations, the internship or house officer certificate, and any specialist board certificate. A syllabus or course catalog is only needed where the receiving body has asked for one.
Yes. Many medical degrees are conferred with a Latin title and a Latin citation, and both are translated rather than left in place, with the original wording shown alongside so the officer can match the two.
Usually yes, because the translation describes the document rather than an application. Programs and state boards sometimes ask for a statement dated within a set period, and in that case we reissue the certificate with a current date without retranslating the record.
Mention it before we start. The translation reflects what the document says, and where a school has been renamed or merged, a short translator's note recording that fact prevents the officer assuming the record belongs to a different institution.
Yes, and they are handled by the same medical linguists. These are different from credential documents in one important way: a patient record is often needed for a court, an insurer or a disability claim, so tell us who is reading it and we prepare the certification accordingly.
It can, and ours is not. The US desk works from our New York headquarters with in-house translators, so an ECFMG applicant who needs an answer in Eastern time is dealing with a team in the same business day rather than waiting for a reply from abroad.
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