Greek-Georgian Translation Services in Tbilisi - For Greece, Cyprus and One of Georgia's Largest Diasporas

Greek and Georgian: a diaspora, a homecoming and decades of paperwork

Georgians began going to Greece in the 1990s, and today the Georgian community in Athens, Thessaloniki, Crete and the islands is one of the largest Georgian diasporas anywhere - domestic and care workers who became permanent residents, their children who grew up Greek, construction and hospitality workers, students, and families who move between the two countries. Alongside them are the Pontic Greeks of Georgia, from Tsalka, Tetritskaro and Tbilisi, who resettled in Greece as ομογενείς and whose Soviet-era Georgian and Russian documents still underpin citizenship, pension and inheritance files decades later. In the other direction, Greek shipping companies use Poti and Batumi, Greek tourists and investors visit, Greek Orthodox ties bring clergy and pilgrims, and Cypriot companies structure Georgian investments.

Greece reformed its translation certification in 2021, replacing the Foreign Ministry's translation service with the Register of Certified Translators (Μητρώο Πιστοποιημένων Μεταφραστών), alongside the long-standing right of Greek lawyers to certify translations; Cyprus created its Register of Sworn Translators in 2019. Georgia has the notarized translation. Our Greek team at David Agmashenebeli Ave 117 - Georgian sworn translators with Greek university training, native Greek editors, and partner certified translators in Athens and Nicosia - connects these systems, and reads the Soviet-era documents that the ομογενείς files depend on.

Translation directions for Greek

• Georgian → Greek: πιστοποιητικά γέννησης and γάμου, the Georgian conviction certificate (ποινικό μητρώο equivalent), diplomas and αναλυτικές βαθμολογίες, Georgian court decisions, Public Registry extracts, Soviet-era archive documents for ομογενείς files, medical records and contracts leaving Georgia for Greece or Cyprus. Notarized in Tbilisi and apostilled, prepared for certified translator re-certification where required.
• Greek → Georgian: διαβατήρια and ταυτότητες, διπλώματα οδήγησης, ληξιαρχικές πράξεις, ποινικό μητρώο, πτυχία, πιστοποιητικά ΓΕΜΗ, καταστατικά, πληρεξούσια, συμβάσεις εργασίας and τραπεζικές κινήσεις entering the Georgian system, always notarized in Georgia. Passports and driving licenses are translated from a photo without a visit.
• Greek ↔ English and Greek ↔ Russian: direct translation for shipping and corporate files, for Cypriot company structures, and for Russian-speaking ομογενείς whose documents are in Russian.

Transliteration between the Greek and Georgian alphabets follows consistent rules aligned with the ELOT 743 Latin form in Greek passports, so a name is spelled the same on every document.

Which certification Greek and Cypriot authorities accept

Details are on the notarized and certified Greek translation page.

Pricing and turnaround for Greek-Georgian translation

Greek is priced at the standard per-page tariff (1,800 characters with spaces), with fixed prices for passports, ταυτότητες, driving licenses, civil status certificates and short βεβαιώσεις. Ομογενείς citizenship packets and DOATAP packets are quoted as a bundle. Notary fees, apostille state fees, re-certification in Greece and courier charges to Greece or Cyprus are itemized separately.

• Passport, ταυτότητα, δίπλωμα οδήγησης, one certificate: 1-2 hours, notarized.
• Residence permit or family reunification file: same day or next day.
• Ομογενείς or citizenship packet (Soviet-era records, archive extracts): 2-4 business days.
• DOATAP packet (diploma, αναλυτική βαθμολογία, syllabus): 1-3 business days.
• Apostille on a Georgian document: add 1-5 business days.

Ordering from Tbilisi, from Greece 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 Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion or Nicosia who need a Georgian document usually have the original with family in Georgia, or need us to obtain it from a Georgian archive - a common request for ομογενείς files; we collect it, translate, notarize, apostille, arrange re-certification and ship by DHL with tracking. Clients in Tsalka, Batumi, Kutaisi and the regions send originals by courier and receive the finished documents back while our regional offices are being renovated. Enquiries are answered in Greek.

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