French Interpreting in Tbilisi and French Localization for Georgian Businesses

French interpreter at the notary and for property purchases

Georgian law requires an interpreter for any party to a notarial act who does not speak Georgian, and French buyers of property in Tbilisi, Batumi and the wine regions of Kakheti are a steady presence in our notary's office at Agmashenebeli 117. The interpreter is part of the appointment: you receive the bilingual Georgian-French draft of the sale agreement, power of attorney, will or company charter in advance, the interpreter reads each clause with you at the signing, and the notary certifies the act in one sitting. We also accompany clients to the Public Registry for title registration, to banks for account opening and mortgage signing, and to the House of Justice for company and marriage registration.

For French retirees and second-home buyers, we additionally translate the Public Registry extract, the cadastral plan and the building permit into French so their French notaire or banker can review the purchase.

Consulate, administrative and court interpreting

French-speaking clients ask for interpreters at the French consulate for marriage transcription interviews and at the Georgian Public Service Development Agency for residence permit and citizenship interviews, where a Georgian-speaking interpreter ensures nothing is lost in the questions. In Georgian courts, civil and family matters involving French parties - divorce, custody, inheritance, contract disputes - require the parties to bring their own interpreter, and ours are experienced in the procedural vocabulary of both the Georgian and French legal systems. We also interpret at police statements, notary depositions and administrative hearings, and we translate the case file so what you read matches what is said.

Business negotiations, wine trade and conferences

Georgia's wine industry has deep ties with France - French consultants, négociants, importers, oenology programs and the Bordeaux and Burgundy trade fairs - and our interpreters are familiar with the vocabulary of viticulture, winemaking and wine commerce. We interpret at winery visits, tastings, contract negotiations with importers, and at Vinexpo and ProWein meetings joined remotely. Beyond wine, French companies in energy, water, construction, retail, banking and hospitality operate in Georgia, and French development agencies and NGOs run programs here; we provide consecutive interpreters for negotiations, audits and site visits, and simultaneous interpreting with equipment for conferences, trainings and government events, including Georgian-French-English three-way configurations and remote simultaneous interpreting through Zoom.

Medical, tourism and personal interpreting

French-speaking visitors and residents use Georgian clinics for dental work, diagnostics, IVF and surgery, and an interpreter at the consultation, followed by translation of the resulting records into French for the doctor at home, is a common request. Tourism operators host French groups in Tbilisi, Svaneti, Kakheti and along the Black Sea, and we supply French-speaking guides-interpreters for tours, cultural events and gastronomic experiences. For personal matters - school enrollment meetings, landlord negotiations, dealing with utilities and telecom operators - we offer hourly accompaniment in Tbilisi.

French localization of Georgian websites, wine, tourism and real estate

French-speaking markets - France, Belgium, Switzerland, Québec, and francophone Africa - are important for Georgian wine, tourism, real estate and increasingly for software and medical tourism. Localization for these markets goes beyond translation: adapting tone to French commercial conventions, converting units and prices, respecting French typographic rules, choosing between France and Québec spellings and terminology, and writing meta titles and descriptions that match what francophone users actually search. We localize websites, booking engines, wine catalogs and technical sheets, real estate listings, restaurant menus, mobile apps and e-commerce stores, working directly in your CMS, in JSON and XLIFF files or in design files, and we test the result on the live site. Native French editors do the final pass.

Proofreading French written by non-native speakers, and booking

Georgian organizations write a great deal of French: grant applications to the AFD, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and French foundations, academic articles, cultural project proposals, hotel and winery brochures, legal opinions for French clients. Native French editors polish that text so it reads as if written in Paris, removing the traces of Georgian or English sentence structure and correcting agreement, register and typography. We return tracked changes so your team learns from every edit.

To book an interpreter, send the date, place or meeting link, the subject and any documents to prepare from. Consecutive interpreting is billed hourly with a two-hour minimum on site in Tbilisi and no minimum beyond the first hour for remote sessions; simultaneous work is billed by half-day or day with two interpreters alternating. Same-day bookings are usually possible during office hours, and conferences should be reserved a week ahead.

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