Case study
France · Abbreviations
The transcript used only ministry abbreviations
Each abbreviation was expanded from the French ministry system it belongs to, so IQAS could match every course.
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DiplômeLicenceDiplôme d'ingénieur
French diploma translations for WES and ECE cover credentials from France, Québec, Francophone Africa, and Haiti while preserving the original award—Licence, Master, Doctorat, or Diplôme d’ingénieur—plus ECTS credits, mentions, and seals.
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French academic records
Degree title and document structure preserved
Licence · Master · engineering degrees · ECTS · mentions
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Signed and Stamped Certificate of Accuracy
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WES · ECEMeets translation requirementsComplete, word-for-word English translation formatted to match the original
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What you receive
What will I receive with my certified diploma translation?
Your final package includes a copy of the source document, the complete English translation, and a signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy. The certificate states that the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is qualified to translate it.
- Original degree title kept without guessing a U.S. equivalency
- Every visible date, seal, signature, and registry entry translated or described
- Names checked against the passport and transcript you provide
- Formatting matched to the original for line-by-line review
- Translated by a professional French translator and checked again
- Review the translation and request corrections before certification
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Before you order
What should I upload with my French diploma?
Upload every academic page you have. We identify the diploma, relevé de notes, and country-specific records, then confirm the page count, price, and delivery time before you pay.
01 · Always start here
Diplôme — front and back
Upload both sides, with every seal, ministry stamp, and signature — grande école awards and university diplomas alike.
02 · Commonly reviewed with it
Relevé de notes or transcript
The course record with ECTS credits and mentions — evaluators map each line beside the diploma during review.
03 · Depends on your set
Attestation de réussite or apostille pages
The attestation can stand in before the physical diploma arrives. Francophone-African and Haitian sets may add legalization pages.
Real French academic translations
Real French academic translation cases
Each case shows what was unusual, how we translated it, and what the evaluator or licensing board needed to see.
Lebanon · Parallel languages
French and Arabic shared every line of the record
Each line pair was translated once, by meaning, and the French side reconciled against the Arabic before certification.
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France · Stamps in full
Every stamp on the French letter, translated in full
Each stamp on the French mission letter was rendered for the USCIS filing — never waved off as decorative.
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How does French diploma translation work?
Upload your documents first. We confirm the pages, price, and delivery time before you pay. You can review the translation before we certify it.
- 01
Upload your diploma and related documents
Send a PDF, scan, or phone photo. Include both sides of the diploma, the relevé de notes, and any attestation or apostille pages.
We confirm the pages, total, and delivery time before payment - 02
We translate and check every detail
Degree title, grande école wording, ECTS and mentions, seals, and ministry references are checked against the source and your passport spelling.
Professional French translator · separate quality check
- 03
Review and receive your certified translation
Request free corrections before certification. After approval, you receive the complete English translation and a signed, stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy.
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One physical page is billed once.
We do not split a dense page into two or three billed pages.
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What clients say about their diploma translations
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Mathilde B.
Washington, DC
“My Master diploma from a grande école had a format another service tried to simplify. The diplôme d’ingénieur label, ECTS credits, and seal were preserved exactly.”
France · Grande école, diplôme d’ingénieur
WES accepted first submission
Emmanuel K.
Houston, TX
“My Cameroonian university diploma was in French with ministry stamps that needed careful labeling. Every seal was identified correctly.”
Cameroon · Ministry stamps
Evaluation went through
Marc-Antoine L.
Chicago, IL
“I needed my Quebec baccalauréat translated for a U.S. licensing board. They understood it differs from a French one and kept the terminology accurate.”
Québec · Baccalauréat
Board accepted it immediately
Country-specific diploma review
How do French diploma requirements differ by country?
A French LMD degree, a Québec award, and a Francophone-African diploma are structured differently. Choose the system where you studied to see what we check.
Licence · Master · Doctorat
Diploma Translation from France
Also issued with: Grandes écoles confer the diplôme d’ingénieur
- Degree system
- LMD — licence, master, doctorat
- Engineering
- Diplôme d’ingénieur (CTI-accredited)
- Watch for
- Mention and ECTS preserved
French university degrees follow the LMD cycles with ECTS credits and a mention (Très bien, Bien, Assez bien). Grandes écoles confer their own engineering and business degrees outside the university template.
We keep the degree label tied to its track — a licence is a degree, never a “license”, and a grande école award is not forced into a university frame.
Baccalauréat (université)
Quebec Diploma Translation
Also issued with: Not the same credential as the French baccalauréat
- False friend
- Baccalauréat = university degree
- Language
- French-language records
- Watch for
- Terminology across the packet
A Québec baccalauréat is a university degree, while the French baccalauréat is the secondary-school leaving credential — the same word, two different levels.
We translate each with its system context and keep the wording consistent with the rest of your academic packet.
Diplôme · Attestation
French-Language Diplomas from Africa and Haiti
Also issued with: Cameroon, Senegal, and Haiti most often
- Countries
- Cameroon · Senegal · Haiti
- Records
- French-language ministry systems
- Watch for
- Legalization chains and local wording
Diplomas from Cameroon, Senegal, Haiti, and other Francophone systems use French as the language of record but follow their own ministry structures and legalization chains.
We keep the local institutional wording instead of normalizing it to metropolitan French, and we translate every stamp in the authentication chain.
Studied in another Francophone system? These are the systems we see most often, but we translate French-language diplomas from every country.
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How much can a 250-word page cap add to your price?
A diploma may contain only a few words, but a transcript, registry page, or supplement can be dense. A provider with a 250-word cap may bill one physical page as two or three pages.
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$24.95 per physical page, regardless of word count
Typical capped provider
Re-counts the same document in 250-word billing units
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Matched formatting, certification, and free corrections for objective errors
Your quote is based on physical pages. We confirm the page count and final total before payment.
Physical pages in your document
100 sparse600 dense
Typical — a diploma, registry page, or short supplement
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1 page × $24.95 — flat, no word cap
typical 250-word-cap provider$49.90
380 words ÷ 250 = 2 billed pages × $24.95
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Frequent problems we correct
What can cause questions during credential review?
These four issues can make a diploma difficult to compare with the original. We check for each one before certification.
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“Licence” is mistranslated as a license or permit
How we handle it: A French licence is the LMD first-cycle degree. We translate it as the degree it is and never as an occupational license.
02
A grande école degree is forced into a university template
How we handle it: We keep the diplôme d’ingénieur and other grande école awards labeled as issued, with their accreditation context intact.
03
ECTS credits or the mention are dropped
How we handle it: Credit values and the mention (Très bien, Bien, Assez bien) are preserved exactly — evaluators use both.
04
Francophone-African or Haitian wording is normalized away
How we handle it: We keep the issuing system’s own institutional terms instead of rewriting them into metropolitan French conventions.
The standard behind these checks
AcceptReady™ is CertTranslate's published standard for certified translations: complete word-for-word translation, mirrored page layout, signed and stamped Certificate of Accuracy on letterhead, and matched to the receiver's published requirements.
How to check each one yourselfIf a field is unreadable, we do not guess. We ask for a clearer image or identify the limitation in a translator note.
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French diploma translation questions, answered
Clear answers about WES, ECE, grandes écoles, ECTS, price, delivery, notarization, and seals.
How much does a French diploma translation cost?+−
Certified French diploma translation starts at $24.95 per physical page. One physical page is billed once, even when it contains more than 250 words. We confirm the page count and total before payment.
How long does a French diploma translation take?+−
Most 1–3 page orders are delivered within 24 hours, included in the standard price. Twelve-hour Rush and six-hour Super Rush are also available. If the documents are longer or difficult to read, we confirm the delivery time before work begins.
Will WES accept my French diploma translation?+−
WES requires an exact, word-for-word English translation when a translation appears in your personal Required Documents list. We provide it with a signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy. WES makes the final decision. If it requests a translation-related correction, we revise it free; if the translation is still rejected for that reason, we refund the translation cost.
Does ECE require a certified diploma translation?+−
ECE uses different rules from WES. ECE offers a paid Translation Waiver and may accept a word-for-word translation prepared by the applicant when the waiver is not purchased. Check your ECE order before buying a separate translation.
Can you translate my French diploma and transcript together?+−
Yes. Translating the diploma and relevé de notes together keeps the student name, institution, degree title, and course terminology consistent. Whether you need both depends on the evaluator. Upload every academic document you have, and we will identify which pages need translation before you pay.
Is diploma translation the same as credential evaluation?+−
No. CertTranslate translates the academic documents into English. WES, ECE, or another evaluator decides the U.S. equivalency of the degree. We preserve the original credential wording and do not invent a U.S. degree or GPA conversion.
How do you handle grande école diplomas versus university degrees?+−
A grande école confers its own awards — the diplôme d’ingénieur under CTI accreditation, for example — outside the university LMD template. We keep the award labeled as issued, with its accreditation context, and never force it into a generic university frame.
Is a Quebec baccalauréat the same as a French baccalauréat?+−
No. A Québec baccalauréat is a university degree, while the French baccalauréat is the secondary-school leaving credential. We translate each with its system context so the evaluator reads it correctly.
Should I upload the back, seals, stamps, and signatures?+−
Yes. Upload the front and back, including every seal, stamp, signature, registry entry, and attached apostille. We translate or describe every legible element that appears on the document.
Do I need a certified or notarized diploma translation?+−
A certified translation includes the translator’s signed statement that the translation is complete and accurate. Notarization only verifies the identity of the person signing that statement. Add notarization only when the organization receiving your diploma asks for it.
Is there a 250-word cap per page?+−
No. One physical page stays one billed page, even when the diploma, transcript, or supplement is unusually dense.
Evaluator reference
Common French degree titles
These descriptions show how each degree fits into its local education system. The evaluator—not the translator—decides its formal U.S. equivalency.
| Original degree | Place in local system | Typical duration | Translation note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence | LMD first cycle | 3 years / 180 ECTS | A degree — never translated as a “license” |
| Master | LMD second cycle | 2 years / 120 ECTS | University master’s degree |
| Doctorat | LMD third cycle | 3+ years | Highest academic award |
| Diplôme d’ingénieur | Grande école engineering degree | 5 years | CTI-accredited; kept as issued |
| DUT / BUT / BTS | Technical credentials | 2–3 years | BUT is the 3-year successor to the DUT |
Document glossary
Common French diploma terms, explained
These terms explain why the diploma, course record, and attestation may need to be translated as separate documents.
- Licence
- The LMD first-cycle university degree (180 ECTS) — not an occupational license.
- Diplôme d’ingénieur
- Grande école engineering degree conferred under CTI accreditation.
- Grande école
- Selective institution conferring its own degrees outside the university LMD template.
- Mention
- The honors grade — Très bien, Bien, Assez bien — preserved exactly on the translation.
- Crédits ECTS
- European credit values that evaluators cross-check; kept as displayed.
Common destinations
Where can you use a certified diploma translation?
The documents you need depend on where you are submitting the translation. These examples show what each reviewer checks and what people commonly send with a diploma.
WES / ECE
Credential evaluation
Evaluators compare the English diploma with the original and usually review the transcript in the same file.
Commonly sent
Diploma + relevé de notes + attestation
University
Admissions
Admissions teams use the translation to confirm your degree, field, institution, and graduation date.
Commonly sent
Diploma + transcript or academic supplement
Licensing
Professional board
Nursing, engineering, teaching, and other boards may need both the academic award and professional registration.
Commonly sent
Diploma + transcript + license or registration evidence
Employer / I-140
Employment verification
An employer or immigration counsel may use the credential to document the degree claimed for the role or petition.
Commonly sent
Diploma + any evidence named in the request
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