Bosnian-Georgian Translation Services in Tbilisi - For Bosnia and Herzegovina's Entities, Cantons and Courts

Bosnian and Georgian: two small countries on the road to the EU

Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have more in common than distance suggests: both emerged from the wars of the 1990s with displaced populations and unresolved territories, both are EU candidates, both have large diasporas in Germany, Austria and Italy, and both export wine, water and hospitality. The practical connections are modest but steady. Bosnian citizens travel to Georgia visa-free and Georgians to Bosnia the same way; Bosnian and Georgian students attend each other's universities on Erasmus+ and bilateral exchanges; Bosnian companies in wood, furniture, metal processing, construction and food trade with Georgian partners and Georgian wine and mineral water reach Sarajevo and Banja Luka; Bosnian footballers and coaches work in Georgian clubs and Georgian players in Bosnian ones; Bosnian and Georgian NGOs cooperate on post-conflict and EU integration programs; and Bosnian-Georgian marriages produce the civil status paperwork that follows. Bosnia's diaspora in Western Europe also meets Georgia's there, and documents move between the two through Germany and Austria.

Bosnia's document system reflects its constitution. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and Brčko District each run their own registries, courts and ministries, and the Federation's ten cantons run their own too, so a rodni list from Tuzla, a diploma from Banja Luka and a company extract from Brčko come from different systems with different forms and, in Republika Srpska, often in Cyrillic. Court interpreters (sudski tumači, or stalni sudski tumači) are appointed by cantonal ministries of justice in the Federation, by the Ministry of Justice of Republika Srpska and by the Brčko District judicial commission, and their stamped translation is the official form throughout the country; none has ever been appointed for Georgian. Georgia has the notarized translation. Our Bosnian team at David Agmashenebeli Ave 117 - Georgian sworn translators trained in Sarajevo, native Bosnian editors and a partner sudski tumač in Sarajevo for English-bridge re-certification - navigates all of this.

Translation directions, scripts and the three-name language

• Georgian → Bosnian: birth, marriage and death certificates, conviction certificates, diplomas and transcripts, court decisions, Public Registry extracts, medical records and contracts leaving Georgia for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Notarized in Tbilisi and apostilled, prepared for sudski tumač re-certification where required.
• Bosnian → Georgian: pasoši and lične karte, vozačke dozvole, rodni, vjenčani and smrtni listovi, uvjerenja o državljanstvu, uvjerenja o nekažnjavanju, diplome and uvjerenja o položenim ispitima, izvodi iz sudskog registra, punomoći, ugovori o radu and bank statements entering the Georgian system, always notarized in Georgia. Passports and driving licenses are translated from a photo without a visit.
• Bosnian ↔ English: direct translation for companies working in English and for university admissions.

Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are mutually intelligible standards of one language, and Bosnia's constitution names all three as official; a document from Sarajevo is in Bosnian, from Mostar often in Croatian, from Banja Luka in Serbian and frequently in Cyrillic, and all are accepted everywhere in the country. We read both scripts, translate into the Bosnian standard by default and into Croatian or Serbian when the recipient expects it, and we keep the vocabulary of Bosnian administration - općina, kanton, matična knjiga, JMBG - consistent. Bosnian names are transliterated into Georgian by consistent rules aligned with the passport, with č, ć, đ, š and ž handled uniformly and the JMBG reproduced exactly.

Which certification Bosnian authorities accept

Details are on the notarized and certified Bosnian translation page.

Pricing and turnaround for Bosnian-Georgian translation

Bosnian is priced at the standard per-page tariff (1,800 characters with spaces) with fixed prices for passports, lične karte, vozačke dozvole, rodni and vjenčani listovi and uvjerenja. Residence and nostrification packets are quoted as a bundle. Notary fees, apostille state fees, sudski tumač re-certification and courier charges are itemized separately.

• Passport, lična karta, vozačka dozvola, one uvjerenje or list: 1-2 hours, notarized.
• Residence permit file for Bosnia or Georgia: same day or next day.
• Nostrification or university packet (diploma, dodatak diplomi, nastavni plan): 1-3 business days.
• Contracts, company documents, court files: 2-4 business days.
• Apostille on a Georgian document: add 1-5 business days; sudski tumač re-certification: a few days plus courier.

Ordering from Tbilisi, from Bosnia or from anywhere in Georgia

Clients in Tbilisi send a photo on WhatsApp or Viber for a quote within 15 minutes and bring the original to Agmashenebeli 117, near Marjanishvili Metro, where the translation is notarized while they wait. Passports and driving licenses are translated from the photo alone and delivered by courier, without a visit. Clients in Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla, Mostar or Zenica who need a Georgian document usually have the original with family or a partner in Georgia; we collect it, translate, notarize, apostille and ship by DHL with tracking, which reaches Bosnia in three to four days. Clients in Batumi, Kutaisi and elsewhere send originals by courier and receive the finished documents back while our regional offices are being renovated. Enquiries are answered in Bosnian or English.

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