Can I translate Recommendation Letters?

[Esat936]

<p>I go to an international school where only half of the teachers speak English well. I already have letters from my English/History teacher and school director/guidance counselor, who are both native speakers. I wanted to get my 3rd letter from my Calc teacher, but he speaks limited English. I was also thinking about getting someone from my ECs to write a letter, but the potential writer has absolutely no English.</p>

<p>Would it be valid for me to send the original Recommendation with an English translation? </p>

[skieurope]

<p>You will need to send a translation, but you cannot do it yourself. It can be translated by an English teacher, or by a native speaker in the administration.</p>

<p>As an example, Dartmouth says:

We recognize that many of our international students attend schools where English is not spoken in the classroom. For these classes we recommend that those recommendations be translated by an English teacher or an English-proficient official before they are submitted with your application. For ALL translated documents, however, we will ask that the translator sign and date the documents, so that we know they have been translated. Also, We reserve the right to check for accuracy in these translations. We verify translations in various ways once the documents have been submitted to us.

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<p>As for getting an additional recommendation over what is required, I would do that only if the add’l rec will add substantially to your application.</p>