Issues with translations ! Plz help!

Applying to College
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<p>Hello everybody !</p>

<p>I am an international student who intends to apply to some ivies and other top schools. As you may know there are numerous issues when it comes to translating the reports and everything, but here is my situation: I dowloaded the material that must be completed by teachers and counselor, translated it myself (none of my teachers knows english) and handed in for completion. </p>

<p>At this point an interesting situation arises: once I get the reports back, am I going to be allowed to translate some answers (for example short ones) and copy them on the report I am going to send to the universities? Or do I have to get an official translation of EVERY SINGLE word my teachers/counselor writes? You realize that a comprehensive translation (more than 10 pages) would cost me around €500 ($750) which is an impressive amount for me. Besides, I haven't translated the reports entirely (i.e. the part where I am required to fill in remains untranslated), so they are half in English, half in Italian. </p>

<p>An enormous thanks for your time and help !</p>

<p>stefanm</p>

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<p>I’m not sure about the translation issue, but a concern I would have is the fact that you have “more than 10 pages” of material from your teachers and counselor; it seems fairly long and you have to be careful because if they are all saying the same stuff (and given translations are never really very exciting I find), admissions officers will be reluctant/annoyed at having to read it all…≥</p>

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<p>Thanks for your answer ! What I meant by “10 pages” was the total amount of reports for all universities (about 4 pages per university- 2 teachers reports and a secondary school report). I do really hope my teachers won’t write the same old silly stuff and yes, I agree translations won’t sound as natural as they do in Italian… however, there’s not much I can do about it…</p>

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<p>stefanm -</p>

<p>Have you asked this question at the International Students Forum? Click on “Discussion Home” in the upper left of this screen and then scroll down to find it. You should get some useful ideas there.</p>