Academic transcripts
Academic transcript translation into English
For students, graduates and skilled migrants who need to translate a university, college or school transcript to English. We carry across your official transcript in full, subject by subject, delivered digitally, with NAATI certification as an option.
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Where it is asked for
Who asks for a translated transcript
A transcript is usually asked for alongside the degree certificate, often years after it was issued.
University admission
Universities commonly ask for a transcript when you apply to study, seek credit for earlier subjects or enter a postgraduate course. A transcript shows which subjects you completed and the marks you earned, not only the award at the end.
Migration skills assessments
Assessing bodies commonly ask for transcripts as part of a skills assessment for migration. For a file that goes to Home Affairs, the department puts it plainly: “All documents not in English must be translated into English. Translators in Australia must be accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.”
Source: Home Affairs, translating documents (page last updated 16 September 2026)
Employer checks
Employers commonly ask for a transcript to check a qualification before an offer. A clear English version lets a hiring manager read the record without guessing at subject names or a foreign grading scale.
What a careful job includes
What your translated transcript carries
A transcript is a dense table. Every cell matters, and nothing may be tidied away.
Every subject, mark and credit
Each subject name is translated line by line, with its code, mark, credit points and the term or year it was taken. Nothing is summarised and no line is skipped, including failed, repeated or withdrawn subjects.
The grading scale and its key
Most transcripts carry a key on the back or in the margin that explains the grading scale. We translate that key in full and keep it with the record, so a reader in Australia can see what each mark means on the original scale.
Grades that do not map to Australian ones
A percentage, a grade-point average, a letter grade or a written descriptor does not always have an Australian equivalent. We render each grade faithfully with the original scale shown beside it. We never convert grades to Australian ones; that judgement belongs to the university or assessing body reading the record.
The award classification
If the transcript states an award classification, honours division, distinction or class rank, it is carried across exactly as written. Where an English label alone could mislead, the original term is kept beside it.
Stamps, seals and signatures
Marginal notes are translated where they sit. Stamps and seals are marked where they appear, with their wording translated. A registrar’s signature is marked [signed], and a seal with no readable words is marked [seal], because a translation describes a signature or an embossing instead of copying it. The transcript keeps its own page order.
Consistent terms across a multi-year record
A transcript can run to several pages issued at different times. We keep subject names, faculty names and grading terms identical across every page, romanise your name to match your passport spelling, and convert dates with the original calendar kept alongside.
For a visa or citizenship file translated in Australia, Home Affairs’ wording points to a NAATI-accredited translator, which is the NAATI certification option. See how NAATI translation works for what the option includes. Skills assessing authorities each set their own rule, so read yours before you choose; four of them are quoted on translating documents for a skills assessment. Home Affairs’ citizenship page (page last updated 24 July 2026, checked 18 September 2026) says every translation should include the translator’s full name, address and telephone number, and their qualifications and experience, in English. Our NAATI option carries the translator’s name, practitioner number, certification statement and digital stamp, but not the translator’s own address or telephone number, so for a citizenship file, check with Home Affairs before you order. Transcripts usually travel with the degree certificate, so see our degree certificate translation page too, and our citizenship document translation page if the file is a citizenship application.
Pricing
The full price on screen before you order
Translation is $39.99 per page into English, delivered digitally. Add NAATI certification for $59.99 per page, prepared by a NAATI-certified translator with a digital stamp carrying a scannable QR code.
A transcript often runs to several pages, each priced the same; the order page shows the delivery options. For the certificate that goes with it, see degree certificate translation, or browse every document type on our services page.
Questions
What people ask about translating an academic transcript
Only if the body reading it asks for that, and each body sets its own rule. The University of Sydney tells international applicants to have documents translated “by a government-accredited translator such as NAATI, or your school’s registrar or equivalent department”. Where a body names NAATI, choose the certification option, at $59.99 a page on top of the translation. Where nobody has asked for certification, Standard at $39.99 a page may be enough. For skills assessing authorities, see degree certificate translation.
Not for Engineers Australia, which says who must do it. Its guide to preparing a migration skills assessment says “All translations must be completed by an authorised translator”, with “the translator’s registered ID, name and contact details on each copy”. A translation you made yourself has no registered ID to show. On our NAATI option, the translator’s name and practitioner number sit on every translated page. Engineers Australia also lists contact details, so send us its wording and ask whether our file carries everything it lists before you order. The wider question is covered in can you translate your own documents.
For a translation made in Australia, Ahpra says “the translator must be accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)”. It does not accept translations by relatives, friends, acquaintances or volunteer agencies, and it turns away ‘extract translations’ of transcripts, asking for “a full translation of these documents”. It also says translators work from the original or a notarised photocopy, and that you submit “the original signed statement in English”. Our NAATI option is made from the photos you upload and delivered as a PDF with a digital stamp, so ask Ahpra whether that suits before you order.
It can, if you are eligible. TIS National lists “Academic transcript” among the documents its Free Translating Service accepts, as long as it includes the subject names and the marks awarded. Most of its translations are extract summaries of up to 100 words, and transcripts get longer extract summaries. You can ask for a full translation with “reasonable evidence”, such as an education provider or skills assessment provider stating that a full text translation is required. Its eligibility page also says “Document translations required for visa or citizenship applications” are not eligible. Check TIS National’s eligibility tests on our free translating service eligibility page before you pay anyone, us included.
Each side of the transcript that carries text, a stamp or a seal is one page at $39.99, plus $59.99 a page if you add NAATI certification. Check the backs before you count. Where the grading key is printed on the back, that side is a page too, and we translate the key in full so the marks can be read. The order page takes up to four pages; for a longer transcript, send an enquiry and we price it before you pay. A four-page transcript is worked through on what a NAATI translation costs.
An academic transcript is the official record of your studies, issued by the school, college or university: the subjects you took, the marks or grades, any credit points, and the terms or years they were taken. Institutions call it different things, such as an academic record, a statement of academic record or, in India, a marksheet. A degree certificate is a separate document, because it records the award rather than the subjects; see degree certificate translation. A course outline is not a transcript either. TIS National’s free service, for one, says under academic transcripts that “university syllabi are not accepted”.
Yes. A school record is translated the same way as a university transcript: every subject and mark, the grading key, and the wording on the school or exam board’s stamps. That covers school transcripts and board marksheets, such as India’s Class 10 and Class 12 marksheets. The per-page price is the same as for a university transcript. Photograph every side that carries text, a stamp or a seal, order online, and the translation comes back by email as a PDF.
No. World Education Services, whose credential evaluations are processed in the United States and Canada, says of translating documents: “we do not currently provide this service.” It asks for exact, word-for-word translations by a professional translator, which you can upload to your WES account. Its list of what it cannot accept includes “Translations of photocopies”, and we translate from the photos or scans you upload, so check with WES whether that suits your file before you order. WES also says translation is not necessary in most cases. The required documents list in your WES account shows whether it applies to you. If WES does want a translation, choose the NAATI certification option.
From the institution that issued it, not from a translator. Many Australian universities issue certified transcripts digitally through My eQuals, which describes itself as New Zealand and Australia’s “official tertiary credentials platform”. A certified transcript and a certified translation do different jobs. The first comes from the institution and stands behind the record itself. A NAATI-certified translator’s statement stands behind the translation only, and we do not check whether the original is accurate or valid. For a transcript issued overseas, ask that institution or the body you are applying to how a certified copy is provided; the translation is a separate step.
Employers commonly ask for a transcript to check a qualification, but a translation does not prove the transcript is genuine. We translate what your transcript says, line by line, and do not check whether the original is accurate or valid. What a translation gives an employer is a record they can read, with subject names and the grading scale in English. On the NAATI option, a copy of the transcript the translator worked from is stamped and attached in the same PDF, so the employer can lay the two side by side.
The wording alone will not always tell you, so check two things. First, the table: lay the translation beside the original and confirm every row is there, each mark sits on the line of its subject, failed or withdrawn subjects are included and the grading key is translated. Second, who stands behind it. A NAATI stamp’s QR code and NAATI’s online directory show whose credential it is; see how to check a NAATI translator. A Standard translation is done by a translator or with AI translation tools; on the NAATI option, the translator we place your order with does the translation and applies their own stamp.
Normal delivery is within 3 days and included in the price. Urgent, 12–24 hours, adds $49, and ASAP, within 4 hours where a translator for your language is available, adds $99. We do not deliver on Sundays: a delivery that would fall on a Sunday arrives on the Monday. Each surcharge is charged once per order, so a four-page transcript pays the same as a one-page one. A transcript longer than four pages is quoted by email with its own delivery window. The windows are estimates, and we tell you as soon as we know if one is going to be missed. If you have a lodgement date, tell us before you order.
No. A translation puts your transcript into English as it stands: each grade stays on its original scale, and the translator does not convert marks into an Australian grade point average or say what a subject is worth. The grading key is translated in full, so a reader can see how the scale works. Judging your studies against another standard is the work of an assessing body or a credential evaluator, which reads the translation beside your original. Degree certificate translation covers what skills assessing authorities ask for.
NAATI stopped issuing accreditation in 2018, so a form that asks for a “NAATI accredited translator” today means one who holds current NAATI certification. That is who prepares the certified option: a NAATI-certified translator for your language direction — a Certified Translator or Certified Advanced Translator, or a Recognised Practising Translator where NAATI does not test the language. Their practitioner number is on the translation and you can check it in NAATI’s online directory.
Yes. We translate your official transcript in full, line by line: every subject, mark and credit, plus the grading key and the wording on stamps and seals. The NAATI option is available too: a NAATI-certified translator prepares the translation, with a digital stamp carrying a scannable QR code.