Lab Results, Prescriptions and Medical Histories - Every Value, Unit and Drug Name Exactly as Written

Laboratory results: values, units and reference ranges

Laboratory reports - hematology, biochemistry, coagulation, hormones, tumor markers, serology, microbiology, genetics - are tables of analyte, result, unit and reference range, and their translation is a matter of exactness rather than language: the analyte names must be rendered by the terms the target country's laboratories use (which differ between countries and between conventions within a country), the values reproduced with the decimal separator converted correctly, the units preserved (mmol/L and mg/dL are not interchangeable, and we do not convert unless asked), the reference ranges reproduced as the issuing laboratory printed them (ranges differ between laboratories, and a translated range that differs from the source misleads the reader), and flags for abnormal results preserved. Georgian laboratories issue reports in Georgian with English analyte names in many cases; foreign reports arrive in every language and every format, from a structured PDF to a handwritten result. We translate laboratory reports with physician translators and a numerical reader in 1-2 hours, in a table that mirrors the source, and we translate the microbiology, genetic and histology reports whose findings are text rather than numbers with the pathologist's or microbiologist's terminology intact.

Prescriptions and medication lists

Prescriptions cross borders with patients, and the pharmacist or doctor who reads the translation must be able to identify the drug and follow the instruction without ambiguity. We render drugs by their international non-proprietary name with the prescribed brand in brackets, since brands differ between countries and a brand unknown in the destination is useless; we reproduce the strength, the form, the dose, the route, the frequency and the duration exactly, converting the source country's prescribing conventions (Latin abbreviations, "1-0-1" schemes, "b.i.d.", the Georgian and Russian conventions) into the target country's with the meaning unchanged; we preserve the prescriber's details, the date and the stamp, which pharmacies and customs check; and we translate the medication lists in discharge summaries and the letters that explain a patient's chronic medication for customs, airlines and foreign doctors. Prescriptions for controlled substances, which travelers must document, are translated with the certificates the destination's rules require, and pharmacist translators handle the pharmaceutical detail.

Medical histories, referrals and specialist reports

A medical history (anamnesis, "anamnezi", Anamnese, anamnèse, анамнез) - the patient's past illnesses, operations, allergies, family history, medication and the history of the present complaint - is written in prose by a clinician and read by another, and its translation must preserve the clinician's meaning, including the hedges, the negatives ("denies", "no history of") and the chronology. Referral letters from a Georgian doctor to a foreign hospital, and from a foreign doctor to a Georgian one, set out the history, the question and the request, and specialist reports - cardiology, neurology, oncology, psychiatry, ophthalmology, rehabilitation - set out findings and recommendations in the specialty's language. We translate these with physician translators, in the register the receiving clinician expects, with abbreviations expanded on first occurrence and terminology consistent across the patient's file, and we translate imaging reports - X-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, PET - in the terminology of the target country's radiology, keeping the radiologist's grading and measurement conventions.

Vaccination records, medical certificates and fitness documents

Administrative medicine produces short documents that enter non-medical procedures: vaccination records and immunization certificates for schools, universities, employers, immigration and travel; medical certificates of fitness to study, to work, to drive, to travel or to marry, required by universities (the form 086 of the post-Soviet systems), employers, the Public Service Development Agency, licensing bodies and foreign consulates; certificates of health for adoption, surrogacy and sports; medical examination reports for work permits, for foreign employment (the Gulf's GAMCA examinations, the seafarers' medical certificate, the aviation medical) and for insurance; and sick leave certificates and disability documents for employers, the Revenue Service and social agencies. We translate these in 1-2 hours, certified for schools and employers and notarized for authorities, with the examining physician's findings and the certificate's validity rendered exactly, and we know which format each Georgian and foreign procedure expects.

Insurers, immigration and courts

Laboratory results, prescriptions and histories enter administrative and legal procedures: insurers require the records behind a claim, with prescriptions and invoices matched; immigration and residence permit procedures in Georgia and abroad require medical examination results and, for some countries, specific test results (tuberculosis screening, HIV and hepatitis serology, drug screening) translated and often notarized; universities require vaccination records and health certificates; and courts in personal injury, family, employment and criminal cases require medical records as evidence, translated with the exactness a cross-examining lawyer will test. We translate for these readers with the same physician team, deliver the notarized translation the procedure requires, and format the file so that each translated document can be matched to its original.

Pricing, confidentiality and how to order

Laboratory reports, prescriptions and certificates are priced at fixed rates per document for standard formats and per page for long histories and specialist reports, with a modest supplement for rare languages; certified translations carry no notary fee, notarized ones the notary's fee per act. A laboratory report, a prescription or a certificate is translated in 1-2 hours; a full medical history the same day. Medical records are handled under our non-disclosure agreement by the medical team only, stored encrypted and deleted from working systems after delivery on request.

To order, send the documents as PDFs or clear photos on WhatsApp, Telegram or email, and tell us the doctor, pharmacy, insurer, university or authority and the country; the quote arrives within 15 minutes with the certification level the reader requires. Certified translations are delivered by email; notarized ones by scan when the notary signs and by collection at Agmashenebeli 117, near Marjanishvili Metro, or courier anywhere.

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