Norwegian-Georgian Translation Services in Tbilisi - For Norway's Hydropower Investors, Universities and Bureaucracy

Norwegian and Georgian: hydropower, aid, universities and a state wine monopoly

Norway's presence in Georgia is concentrated and consequential: Norwegian companies developed and operate hydropower plants on Georgian rivers, Norwegian energy and engineering firms advise on the grid and on renewables, and Norwegian development cooperation through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norwegian NGOs has funded Georgian reforms, displaced persons programs and civil society for decades. Georgians go to Norway on skilled worker permits in engineering, IT, healthcare and the oil and gas sector, as students at the University of Oslo, NTNU, Bergen and the universities of applied sciences, and as spouses and family members; Norwegian tourists, climbers and skiers come to a Caucasus that reminds them of home; and Georgian wine reaches Norwegian tables through Vinmonopolet's tenders. Each connection produces documents in Norwegian - in Bokmål or, occasionally, Nynorsk - that Georgian authorities need in Georgian, and documents in Georgian that Norwegian authorities need in Norwegian.

Norway certifies translations through statsautoriserte translatører who have passed the demanding translatøreksamen at NHH and are authorized by the Ministry of Education, and Norwegian authorities generally require their stamp for official documents; none has ever been authorized for Georgian. Norwegian apostilles are issued by the Statsforvalteren (county governors) for public documents and by notarius publicus at the district courts for notarial ones. Georgia has the notarized translation. Our Norwegian team at David Agmashenebeli Ave 117 - Georgian sworn translators with Scandinavian training, native Norwegian editors and a partner statsautorisert translatør in Oslo for the English-language re-certification Norwegian offices accept - connects the systems.

Translation directions for Norwegian

• Georgian → Norwegian: fødselsattester and vigselsattester equivalents, politiattest equivalents, diplomas and karakterutskrifter, Georgian court decisions, Public Registry extracts, medical records and contracts leaving Georgia for Norway. Notarized in Tbilisi and apostilled, prepared for statsautorisert translatør re-certification where required.
• Norwegian → Georgian: pass and nasjonalt ID-kort, førerkort, fødselsattester, vigselsattester and utskrifter from the Folkeregister, politiattester, vitnemål, firmaattester from the Brønnøysundregistrene, vedtekter, fullmakter, arbeidsavtaler and kontoutskrifter entering the Georgian system, always notarized in Georgia. Passports and driving licenses are translated from a photo without a visit.
• Norwegian ↔ English: direct translation for Norwegian companies working in English, for the hydropower and energy sector's technical and contractual documentation, and for university admissions.

We translate into Bokmål by default and into Nynorsk on request for offices and institutions that use it, and Norwegian names are transliterated into Georgian by consistent rules aligned with the passport, with æ, ø and å handled uniformly and the fødselsnummer or D-nummer reproduced exactly.

Which certification Norwegian authorities accept

Details are on the notarized and certified Norwegian translation page.

Pricing and turnaround for Norwegian-Georgian translation

Norwegian is priced at the standard per-page tariff (1,800 characters with spaces) with a modest supplement for the rarity of the pair, and fixed prices for passports, ID-kort, førerkort, Folkeregister utskrifter and civil status certificates. UDI and HK-dir packets are quoted as a bundle. Notary fees, apostille state fees, statsautorisert re-certification and courier charges to Norway are itemized separately.

• Passport, ID-kort, førerkort, one certificate: 1-2 hours, notarized.
• UDI skilled worker or family permit file: same day or next day.
• HK-dir or university packet (vitnemål, karakterutskrift, emnebeskrivelser): 1-3 business days.
• Contracts, vedtekter, court files: 2-4 business days.
• Apostille on a Georgian document: add 1-5 business days.

Ordering from Tbilisi, from Norway or from anywhere in Georgia

Clients in Tbilisi send a photo on WhatsApp 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 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim or Stavanger who need a Georgian document usually have the original with family in Georgia; we collect it, translate, notarize, apostille and ship by DHL with tracking, which reaches Norway in two to three days. Norwegian hydropower and energy companies with sites in Adjara, Svaneti and Racha send project documents from the regions, and 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 Norwegian or English.

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