Diploma and Transcript Translation

Why does it demand special care?

The diploma and transcript are among the most sensitive documents in an Italian application, because they carry your academic history — your degree, your record, your standing. A wrong or careless translation can leave that history misread by the Italian university, and that tells directly on admission and on degree recognition. Course titles, grades, credit/ECTS information and the type of degree must all be rendered consistently, in terms the Italian system recognises. Because our office knows the Italian education system and its terminology, your diploma and transcript are translated with their correct equivalents — and your academic application stands on a solid documentary footing.

Course titles and the grading system

The most critical part of a transcript translation is carrying the course titles and the grading system across accurately. Turkish course titles need intelligible, consistent counterparts in the Italian system; the grading scheme and credit information must be converted correctly. A translator who knows the differences between the Italian and Turkish systems renders these meaningfully — while a mistranslated course title or grade can tilt an academic assessment against you. We know these fine points of academic document translation, and we translate course titles, grades and degree in the form Italian authorities will read correctly.

Which applications need it?

The diploma and transcript translation is required across Italian applications: university enrolment (high-school diploma for bachelor’s, bachelor’s degree for master’s, master’s for doctorate), MAECI and DSU scholarship applications, degree recognition (CIMEA/DoV) and assorted official procedures. These documents accompany almost every stage of an academic journey to Italy — and translated correctly once, they serve several applications together. How each application uses them is covered in our scholarships section.

The apostille and the right order

The right sequence for the diploma and transcript is usually: make the document officially certified, apostille it, then have the apostilled document — endorsement included — sworn-translated. That order gets the apostille into the translation and heads off any need to redo it later. We handle the apostille follow-up and prepare the translation in the correct sequence; the apostille process itself is covered in our guide library. A properly sequenced process gets your translation right in a single pass.

It serves degree recognition too

The translation is needed not only for university enrolment but for degree recognition — the CIMEA statement or the DoV — where Italian authorities assess your degree’s level and content. We prepare the translation to cover both the application and the recognition process, so one commission serves enrolment, scholarship and recognition together. For recognition itself, see the guide library.

Quality control

Before delivery, your translation goes through a careful check: your name, the school’s name, the degree type, the course titles and the grades are all verified. Proper names and numerical details — grades, credits, dates — are the critical points; in an official document even a small slip can cause trouble. That final check is what guarantees frictionless acceptance by Italian authorities, and it prevents the delays a documentary error would cost later. The care is not an extra; it is part of the service.

Translate once, use many times

A practical feature of Italian applications is that the different channels — university, scholarship, recognition — largely ask for the same diploma–transcript translation. One correctly commissioned translation therefore serves university enrolment, the MAECI and DSU applications and degree recognition together. We prepare it to cover all of those processes, so there is no commissioning a separate translation per application — an approach that cuts cost and effort alike, and puts every academic process in Italy on the same solid documentary base.

How it is delivered

When the translation is complete, it is delivered in the form your Italian procedure requires. Some procedures want the original (wet-signed and certified); others accept a digital or certified copy. We set the delivery format to your procedure and advise which form is needed. Keep the translation safe: the same one can be reused across applications for as long as it remains suitable. The right delivery format is what gets the document accepted without friction — and keeping your papers organised pays off at application and enrolment stage alike.

How do you get a quote?

Upload your documents through the online quote form and we’ll come back promptly with a firm price and delivery time. Digital copies are enough to start — nothing needs bringing in person — and quotes are free and carry no obligation. Our Ankara office prepares the document side of your Italian applications end to end.

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