<p>Has any international got experience in this respect? Do I need to provide the admissions staff with translations of my official transcript or will the transcript (in German, by the way) be enough?</p>
<p>So far, I got to know that Harvard requires the teacher/counselor recommendation(s) to be translated, but does this actually affect transcripts as well? I do not hope so...</p>
<p>bump. come ooon, anyone has to have made a corresponding experience…</p>
<p>Email or call Harvard admissions office. They will have the specifics on transcript translations.</p>
<p>Ultimately, clarify it with the Admission Office. But as a general rule, YOU are responsible to present your case in a best possible way, not anyone else. Period. that means YOU should do certain things, a lot of things, that may seem not necessary, not needed, but might/could help the admission people know you better and understand your circumstances… Again, you need to be proactive and that will help yourself in a way nobody can.</p>
<p>You have to provide translated transcripts for Cornell guys , but I don’t know about harvard .</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for the answers, everyone. Here’s what someone of the admissions office wrote on that topic:</p>
<p>""Hi *****,</p>
<p>We would prefer for the application to arrive translated as much as
possible (with the original German copy as well). We use Docufide, a
translation service, which you and your school can investigate further at
[Sign</a> In | Docufide by parchment](<a href=“http://www.docufide.com%5DSign”>http://www.docufide.com) .</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Harvard College International Admissions"</p>
<p>Just wanted to clear things up. So guess what? As you said, I am solely responsible for it, as I am the one who hopefully benefits in the end (or not, lol). Looks like these translations are going to cost quite a bit :).</p>
<p>What if you have another official translator to translate it?</p>