Dear tolmar,

I'm glad to hear your recommender is delighted to help you. It is important that you do not give the impression you had an opportunity to alter the recommendation in any way. Two options come to mind for your situation:

1) Your recommender can find a local translation service or trusted colleague on his own, thus keeping you out of the process and maintaining the integrity of the recommendation. Perhaps there is someone at his office that can help him? You can always reimburse him for any expense; it is just important that you not be involved in the actual translation.

2) You can send the recommendation in a sealed envelope, with the recommender signing his name over the seal, to a translation service in the US. You would then instruct the service to send the original letter with the translation directly to the school. Your recommender notes on the online application that a hard copy letter will be sent directly to the school. This process will also ensure the integrity of the recommendation. However, some schools force you to only submit letters online so just check the school's requirements.

Schools will specify a length requirement if they have one. Generally speaking, recommendation letters should be 1-3 pages.

Regards,
Lisa