Macedonian-Georgian Translation Services in Tbilisi - For North Macedonia's Courts, Registries, Universities and Wine Trade

Macedonian and Georgian: wine, football, EU integration and the diaspora

North Macedonia and Georgia have a modest but real relationship built on similar things. Both are wine countries - Tikveš and Kakheti, Vranec and Saperavi - whose producers meet at fairs and study each other's export strategies; both export football coaches and players, and Macedonian and Georgian clubs have hired from each other; both are EU candidates whose ministries, NGOs and think tanks compare notes in the same donor-funded programs on justice reform, public administration and anti-corruption; both are Orthodox countries with church connections; and both have large diasporas in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Austria, where Macedonians and Georgians meet, marry and go into business together, sending documents home through those countries. Macedonian tourists come to Georgia for wine and mountains that remind them of home at a larger scale, Georgian tourists find Ohrid, and students meet on Erasmus+ exchanges and in each other's universities. Trade in wine, food, construction materials, textiles and pharmaceuticals is small but growing.

North Macedonia's document system is that of the former Yugoslavia, updated. Documents are in Macedonian Cyrillic and, in municipalities where Albanian speakers are at least a fifth of the population and at the central level since the 2019 language law, bilingual Macedonian-Albanian; translations for official use are made by court translators (судски преведувачи) appointed by the Ministry of Justice; and apostilles are issued by the basic courts and the Ministry of Justice. Georgia has the notarized translation. Our Macedonian team at David Agmashenebeli Ave 117 - Georgian sworn translators trained in Skopje, native Macedonian editors and a partner court translator in Skopje for English-bridge re-certification - connects the systems, and our Albanian team handles the Albanian side of bilingual documents.

Translation directions, Cyrillic and bilingual documents

• Georgian → Macedonian: birth, marriage and death certificates, conviction certificates, diplomas and transcripts, court decisions, Public Registry extracts, medical records and contracts leaving Georgia for North Macedonia. Notarized in Tbilisi and apostilled, prepared for court translator re-certification where required.
• Macedonian → Georgian: пасоши and лични карти, возачки дозволи, изводи од матичната книга на родените, венчаните and умрените, уверенија за државјанство, уверенија за неказнуваност, дипломи and уверенија за положени испити, тековна состојба from the Central Registry, полномошна, договори за вработување and bank statements entering the Georgian system, always notarized in Georgia. Passports and driving licenses are translated from a photo without a visit.
• Macedonian ↔ English: direct translation for companies working in English and for university admissions.

We translate from Macedonian Cyrillic directly, read the Albanian column of bilingual documents with our Albanian team where it carries additional information, and translate into standard Macedonian; for recipients in Bulgaria or Serbia our Bulgarian and Serbian teams handle those countries' requirements. Macedonian names are transliterated into Georgian by consistent rules aligned with the passport's Latin line, with ќ, ѓ, џ, љ and њ handled uniformly and the ЕМБГ (personal number) reproduced exactly.

Which certification Macedonian and Georgian authorities accept

Details are on the notarized and certified Macedonian translation page.

Pricing and turnaround for Macedonian-Georgian translation

Macedonian is priced at the standard per-page tariff (1,800 characters with spaces) with fixed prices for passports, лични карти, возачки дозволи, изводи and уверенија. Residence and nostrification packets are quoted as a bundle. Notary fees, apostille state fees, court translator re-certification and courier charges are itemized separately.

• Passport, лична карта, возачка дозвола, one извод or уверение: 1-2 hours, notarized.
• Residence permit file for North Macedonia or Georgia: same day or next day.
• Nostrification or university packet (диплома, додаток на диплома, наставна програма): 1-3 business days.
• Contracts, company documents, court files: 2-4 business days.
• Apostille on a Georgian document: add 1-5 business days; court translator re-certification: a few days plus courier.

Ordering from Tbilisi, from North Macedonia 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 Skopje, Bitola, Ohrid, Tetovo or Kumanovo 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 North Macedonia 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 Macedonian or English.

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