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Certified Russian Transcript Translation

Приложение к дипломуАкадемическая справка

Russian transcript translations for WES and ECE preserve course titles, contact hours, credits, pass/fail entries, diploma-supplement structure, seals, and institution history across modern, Soviet-era, and post-Soviet records.

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Russian academic records

Courses, grades and table structure preserved

Course titles · hours/credits · pass/fail entries · diploma supplements

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WES · ECEMeets translation requirementsComplete, word-for-word English translation formatted to match the original

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What you get

What will I receive with my certified transcript translation?

You receive a complete English translation and a signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy. Send both with the source record; the English translation does not replace it.

  • A complete English translation of every page you send
  • Course order, grade columns, credits, terms, and legends kept easy to compare
  • Registrar notes, stamps, seals, signatures, and back-page text included
  • Names and school terms checked across your full set of files
  • A searchable PDF and free corrections for objective translation errors
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Three steps

How does Russian transcript translation work?

Upload your transcript, review the price, and approve the translation. We check the full file before we sign and stamp the certificate.

  1. 01

    Upload the complete record

    Send all pages, including backs with text or stamps. Add the grading legend and any instructions from the school or agency.

    We confirm the page count, price, and due date before payment.
  2. 02

    Translate and rebuild the academic layout

    A Russian specialist translates the courses, grades, hours, legends, registrar notes, seals, and certificates in the same order.

    Elena Sokolova
    Elena Sokolova
    A second reviewer checks names, numbers, columns, and the Cyrillic romanization against your passport.
  3. 03

    Review, certify, and deliver

    You review the translation before we certify it. We fix translation errors at no added cost, then send the final PDF with its signed and stamped certificate.

    Elena Sokolova
    Most 1–3 page orders are delivered within 24 hours.

One physical page means one billed page

There is no word cap or Russian-language surcharge. We confirm the delivery time for longer files before you pay.

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First-hand document experience

Real Russian academic record cases

Russian transcripts can combine five-point grades with зачёт marks, year-based Soviet layouts, and supplements that must match the diploma they belong to. A translator has to keep each course connected to the correct grade and hours while rebuilding the English layout. These real cases show the decisions involved.

Redacted pair of Russian справки об обучении from two universities after a transfer

Russia · Two linked records

A university transfer produced two linked справки with different layouts

We translated both records as one set and kept each university’s own form layout and grading system. Handwritten registration numbers and dates stayed marked as handwritten.

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Redacted Russian diploma supplement disclosing two prior university names

Russia · Renamed institution

The diploma supplement disclosed the university’s two prior names

We translated the renaming disclosure inside the приложение exactly as printed, so the evaluator could verify the institution chain across eras.

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Recent academic-record outcomes

What clients say about their transcript translations

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Pavel M.

Seattle, WA

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My Russian university transcript had specialized engineering course titles that previous translators got wrong. CertTranslate translated them with actual subject-matter understanding and WES accepted the packet.

Russia · Engineering transcript

WES accepted the packet

Elena T.

Houston, TX

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I had a Soviet-era diploma supplement that served as my transcript. They preserved the year-based course layout and the five-point grades exactly as printed. The evaluator had no issue with the format.

Soviet era · Diploma supplement

Year-based layout preserved

Andrey L.

Boston, MA

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My transcript and diploma needed to match for WES. CertTranslate translated both as a set and kept the course titles, name spelling, and institution name consistent across the documents.

Transcript + diploma set

Terminology matched across the set

Translation and evaluation are different services

Do I need translation or credential evaluation?

Choose certified translation when you need an accurate English version. Choose credential evaluation when a school or agency asks how your studies compare with a U.S. degree. Many people need both.

What CertTranslate provides

Certified translation

A certified translation is a complete English translation accompanied by the translator's signed statement that the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is competent to translate.

  • Covers courses, grades, credits, legends, notes, seals, and signatures
  • Keeps the source grading scale and school terms
  • Makes the English version easy to compare with the source

We translate your record. We do not change the credential or calculate a new GPA.

What a credential evaluator provides

Credential evaluation

A credential evaluation shows how your studies compare with the U.S. system. WES, ECE, and similar agencies issue this report.

  • Determines the U.S. equivalent of your credential
  • May calculate or report a U.S.-style GPA
  • Uses rules for your country, school, and program

CertTranslate does not issue evaluation reports. Check the file list from the school or agency handling your case.

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Before you order

What should I upload with my Russian transcript?

Upload every transcript page, including backs, continuation pages, and grading legends. This helps us quote the right price and produce a complete translation.

  1. 01 · Transcript

    Both sides of the приложение or справка

    Include every page and back side — Soviet-era supplements often carry year-based course lists across both sides of the sheet.

  2. 02 · Grading details

    Grading legends and hour or credit notes

    Add any legend explaining the five-point scale, зачёт marks, academic hours, or post-Bologna credit units your record uses.

  3. 03 · Related documents

    Diploma and recipient instructions

    Add the diploma the supplement belongs to, so names and the institution stay consistent, plus any checklist from your evaluator or board.

Issuing systems

How do Russian-language transcripts differ by system?

These records share Russian as the document language, but the grading scale, credit structure, and institutional conventions change by country and era. We follow the terms and scale printed on your record.

Приложение к диплому

Russian Transcript Translation

Also issued with: Also: академическая справка for unfinished studies

Typical scale
5-point + зачёт
Lowest pass
удовлетворительно (3)
Record may show
ECTS on newer records

Modern records list courses by semester or year with five-point grades, зачёт marks, and credit or academic hours. Post-Bologna records add бакалавр or магистр labels and sometimes ECTS.

We preserve the grading legend, the registrar seal references, and the full course list in the original order.

Приложение к диплому

Soviet-Era Transcript Translation

Also issued with: The supplement often serves as the transcript

Typical layout
Courses by year
Course load
Academic hours, not credits
May show
Renamed or defunct institutions

Soviet-era supplements list courses by year, count academic hours instead of credits, and may reference institutions that no longer exist under the same name.

We keep the year-based structure and legacy terminology as printed. A translator’s note clarifies context where helpful — it never modernizes the record.

Приложение к диплому

Kazakhstani Transcript Translation

Also issued with: Bilingual Russian–Kazakh records appear

Typical scale
5-point family
Language
Russian, often with Kazakh
May show
Kazakh regulatory references

Russian-language records from Kazakhstan use similar grading but carry Kazakh institutional naming and regulatory references. Post-independence records are often bilingual.

We keep the Russian academic terminology intact while making the country context clear for the evaluator.

Приложение к диплому

Belarusian Transcript Translation

Also issued with: Scale depends on the record’s era

Scale
Printed scale preserved
Pass mark
Per the record’s legend
May show
Belarusian institutional naming

Belarusian academic records often appear heavily in Russian, with institutional naming and regulatory references from the Belarusian system. The grading scale differs by era.

We translate the legend printed on your record and keep institutional naming as issued, consistent across the diploma and transcript set.

Issued somewhere else? Upload your transcript and we will identify the record type and grading system before you pay.

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The real price of a dense page

How much can a 250-word page cap add to a transcript price?

A 250-word cap can turn one dense transcript page into two or three billed pages. CertTranslate charges for the physical pages you upload, not the number of words on them.

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Before you submit

What can cause questions during transcript review?

Questions usually start where the English version loses the record’s own system: a grade label, an era, a romanization, or a page of the supplement. We rebuild the structure and check these details before certification.

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Grade labels like отлично are replaced with U.S. letter grades

How we handle it: We translate the grade labels exactly as issued and include the printed legend. The evaluator applies its own equivalency framework.

02

A Soviet-era record is silently modernized

How we handle it: Year-based layouts, academic hours, and specialist-era terminology stay as printed — we never project бакалавр-era terms onto a legacy record.

03

The romanized name differs from the passport or diploma

How we handle it: We match the Cyrillic-to-Latin romanization of your name to the passport and keep it identical across the transcript and diploma set.

04

The back side of the supplement is missing from the scan

How we handle it: We check for course lists continuing on the reverse and ask for the missing side before you pay.

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 yourself

Start with the full record: send all pages and the instructions from the school or agency. If a name, grade, or date is unreadable, we ask instead of guessing.

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Common questions

Russian transcript translation questions, answered

These answers cover price, delivery, evaluation requirements, grading scales, and the files you should send.

How much does a certified Russian transcript translation cost?+

Certified Russian transcript translation starts at $24.95 per physical page. A page is one physical page of the source document. CertTranslate never re-counts a dense page as two.

How long does Russian transcript translation take?+

Most 1–3 page orders are delivered within 24 hours — included in the price. We confirm the timing for longer or hard-to-read transcripts before you pay.

Does WES require a translation of my Russian transcript?+

WES asks for translations when school records are not issued in an accepted language. Send the translation with the source record, and follow the WES file list for your country and credential.

Will my Russian transcript translation be accepted?+

Accepted — or your money back. If a school or agency rejects the translation for a translation-related reason, send us its notice and we will revise the file free. If it is still rejected for that reason, we refund the translation cost. The school or agency still decides whether your record meets its rules.

Do you convert Russian grades into a U.S. GPA?+

No. Five-point grades and зачёт marks stay exactly as issued, and we translate the legend that explains them. WES and ECE require the original grades and apply their own conversion tables.

Should I upload every semester and continuation page?+

Yes. Upload all terms, continuation sheets, grading legends, signed pages, and back sides that contain text or stamps. We translate the full record you provide.

Is my приложение к диплому the same as a transcript?+

Usually it serves as one. The приложение к диплому lists your courses, hours, and grades, and evaluators treat it as the transcript for a completed degree. An академическая справка covers incomplete or in-progress studies. We translate whichever record your institution issued.

How do you handle grades like отлично and зачёт?+

We translate each grade label exactly as issued — отлично as excellent, зачёт as pass — and include the grading legend printed on the record. We never swap them for U.S. letter grades; that mapping belongs to the evaluator.

Do I need notarization for WES or university admissions?+

Notarization is separate from certified translation. It only checks the identity of the person signing, so add it only when your school or agency asks for it.

Should I order my Russian diploma and transcript together?+

If the school or agency needs both, ordering them together keeps the student name, school, faculty, program, and degree terms consistent across both translations.

What if a grade, seal, or registrar note is hard to read?+

Upload the clearest scan you have. If we cannot read a detail safely, we ask for a better image or mark it as illegible. We do not guess.

Can I review the translation before certification?+

Yes. You can review the translation before we sign and stamp the certificate. We fix translation errors at no added cost, both before and after delivery.

Grading reference

How is the grading system shown on a Russian transcript?

We show grades exactly as they appear on the transcript. This table lists common scales, but the grading legend from your school is the final reference.

Issuing systemTypical scaleCommon pass markWhat stays visible
Russia (modern)5-point: отлично to неудовлетворительноудовлетворительно (3)Зачёт/незачёт for some courses; newer records may add ECTS
Soviet-era records5-point + зачёт3Year-based course lists, academic hours instead of credits
Kazakhstan5-point family3 (typical)Kazakh institutional references; bilingual records appear
BelarusPrinted scale preservedPer the record’s legendScale differs by era; Belarusian institutional naming

Russian academic terms

Common Russian transcript terms, explained

The same record can follow Soviet, transitional, or Bologna conventions. We keep the terms consistent and the key differences clear.

Приложение к диплому
The diploma supplement — the official course-and-grade record attached to the diploma; evaluators treat it as the transcript.
Академическая справка
An academic certificate issued for incomplete or in-progress studies.
Зачётная единица / кредит
A credit unit on post-Bologna records. Soviet-era records use academic hours instead.
Часы (chasy)
Academic or contact hours — the Soviet-era measure of course load, not equivalent to ECTS credits.
Зачёт / незачёт
A pass or fail mark used for some courses instead of a numeric grade.
Курсовая работа
A course paper or term project, often graded and listed separately.
Дипломная работа
The diploma thesis — the final qualifying work for the degree.
Бакалавр / магистр / специалист
Bachelor, master, and specialist degree levels — specialist is the legacy five-year degree.
Факультет / специальность
Faculty and specialty — kept consistent with the diploma.

Where your translation goes

Where will I submit the translated transcript?

Send the certified translation with the source transcript. Follow the current rules from your school, board, or agency.

WES / ECE

Credential evaluation

Each evaluator sets file rules by country, school, and credential. Check your account before sending the file.

What to prepare

Original transcript + certified translation + required documents

ADMISSIONS

University or graduate admissions

A university may ask for the transcript, diploma, and records sent directly by your previous school.

What to prepare

Transcript + translation + diploma if requested

LICENSING

Professional licensing board

Nursing, teaching, engineering, and accounting boards set their own rules for school records and delivery.

What to prepare

Transcript + translation + board checklist + evaluation if requested

USCIS / EMPLOYMENT

Immigration or employment evidence

A transcript can prove your school history. USCIS or an employer may also ask for the diploma, an evaluation, or other proof.

What to prepare

Original transcript + certified translation + requested evidence

Follow the instructions for your exact application

Upload the checklist or email you received. We will check the translation against it before you pay. The school, board, or agency makes the final decision.

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Upload every page of the приложение or справка, both sides, with the grading legend and any instructions you received. We will confirm the exact price and delivery time before you pay.

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