A translation bureau in Chokhatauri - TARGMANEBI's service for a municipality with industrial exports on one side, an alpine resort on another and mountain villages on a third, half an hour from Ozurgeti, two hours from Kutaisi and four from Tbilisi. For the people of Chokhatauri, Nabeghlavi, Bukistsikhe, Khidistavi and the upper villages, ordering by phone is not an option but the only convenient way - and that is exactly how we work, while the movement of paper is left to the courier.
Orders from Chokhatauri differ from those of the region's other municipalities in that business documents make up a noticeably larger share: beverage plants, bottling lines, labels, distributors and international certificates. Add to that the Bakhmaro summer season and the ordinary family paperwork - powers of attorney, certificates, diplomas - that runs through the whole of Guria.
Mineral water and beverages - export documents from label to certificate
Chokhatauri's main export product is sold in a bottle, and the bottle has a label - which makes the label the first document to be translated when entering a foreign market. Everything else follows it:
Before market entry
- Front and back labels to the requirements of the target country
- Chemical and microbiological analysis reports
- The water source passport and licence
- Food safety certificates
- Product specification and storage conditions
With the distributor
- Distribution and exclusivity agreements
- Price lists and commercial offers
- Invoices, packing lists, waybills
- Certificates of origin and customs declarations
- Trademark registration documents
At the plant
- Bottling line manuals and technical passports in Georgian
- Safety rules and training material for staff
- Quality system documentation and audit reports
- Contracts with foreign suppliers
- An interpreter during auditor and engineer visits
When a label or an analysis report is translated, the translator does not work alone: a translator with a technical and food profile translates the text, and an editor compares the figures and units for mineralisation, ions and microbiological values against the original, digit by digit. The EU, China and the US require different wording on the label - from how mineralisation is shown to how origin is phrased - and the translation is done in the terminology of the specific market; the final approval with the importer's regulator is the importer's job, ours is to make sure the text draws no remarks at this stage.
Trademark registration for a foreign market is a separate set of documents: the application, the description of the mark, the list of product classes and, in case of a dispute, correspondence with the local patent office. These texts are legal, and one badly chosen term narrows the scope of the mark's protection - they are translated by a translator with a legal profile.
Bakhmaro - documents for a summer resort
Bakhmaro comes alive for two months in summer, and in those two months cottage owners, hotels, guides and horse-riding instructors also host foreign guests - more of them every year. For them we translate cottage and hotel descriptions for booking platforms, prices and booking conditions, riding and hiking route texts, mountain safety rules, menus and contracts with tour operators. This material is prepared without certification and the focus is on style; orders grow before the season - in May and June - so send your material in April. When a Bakhmaro cottage is sold or leased to a foreigner, the sale contract, registry extract and power of attorney are translated with notarization, and an interpreter attends the deal.
One peculiarity of Bakhmaro is that the resort does not have constant electricity or connection - so cottage owners send us their season documents from Chokhatauri or Ozurgeti before going up the mountain and upload the finished texts to the platforms from there. Material sent a week before June is ready in every language before the season opens.
Families, pensioners, students
Beyond business and the resort, Chokhatauri is an ordinary Gurian municipality from which many people work in Greece, Italy, Germany and Poland. Their families need powers of attorney, consents, certificates and statements translated in both directions; school leavers need school certificates and diplomas translated for university; the older generation needs Soviet employment record books and award certificates translated into Georgian for a pension, and those who have worked abroad need foreign pension fund documents. Most of these papers go through both a notary and an apostille - both in Tbilisi, via the courier, so nobody has to travel from Chokhatauri in person.
Languages in orders from Chokhatauri
Because of its export profile, English comes first in Chokhatauri, followed by Russian and Ukrainian for traditional markets and Chinese - a growing direction in beverage exports in recent years. For family documents the Gurian picture repeats itself: Greek, Italian, German, Polish. Turkish, French, Spanish, Arabic, Dutch and Czech are available on request.
How we choose a translator for a Chokhatauri order
Orders from Chokhatauri differ so much from one another - a water analysis report, a Bakhmaro cottage description, a Greek power of attorney - that having the same person translate them all would be a mistake. So the translator is chosen on three criteria: the language pair and direction; the field of the document - technical, food, legal, tourism, official; and the purpose - what the receiving authority or market requires. A company that translates regularly is assigned the same translator and its terminology base is kept, so that product names, values and quality grades are written the same way in every document - year after year.
Process, deadlines, price
File or photo
A label layout, analysis report or contract in editable format; a certificate or power of attorney as clear photos of every page. By WhatsApp to 501 113 200 or by email to info@targmanebi.ge.
Which market, which day
China or Poland, a distributor or customs - and when the batch ships. For a label, also give us the printing date.
Agreement and execution
In one message you get the price, the day and the type of certification; work starts as soon as you agree. At the end an editor checks values, units and names against the original.
File and paper
You get the file in the same format you sent it in - a label layout drops straight back into the designer's file. The courier brings the paper original to Chokhatauri or Ozurgeti.
A plant's invoice and a certificate translation are on the same price list in Tbilisi and in Chokhatauri - the only difference is the courier line, shown separately on the invoice. The price itself is by agreement and is confirmed after we see the document. Typical deadlines: an invoice or certificate - often the same day; a label or analysis report - one to two days; a certificate with notarization - two to three; an apostille - as long as the issuing authority requires. Beverage companies get monthly settlement, a confidentiality agreement and guaranteed deadlines during the export season. The owner of the bureau, sole trader Mariam Zumadze (ID 30601010853), holds the right to sign on its behalf, and a confirmed error is corrected free of charge.
A label for a new market, an analysis report for a distributor, a Bakhmaro cottage description or a family power of attorney - send us the file from Chokhatauri and we will tell you on which day it will be ready.
Call: 501 113 200Frequently asked questions - translation in Chokhatauri
A mineral water label for China - is a translation enough on its own?
Translation is the first step: we translate the text in Chinese labelling terminology and check the mandatory entries - composition, volume, origin, shelf life - against the importer's requirements. Final compliance is confirmed by the Chinese importer or the certification body; after their comments we correct the text free of charge.
Does a chemical water analysis report for a European distributor need notarization?
Usually a translation certified with the bureau stamp is enough. Check the contract or the distributor's letter for a "notarized" or "sworn" requirement - send us that clause and we will prepare the right form. In either case figures and units are checked twice.
A foreign engineer is coming to install a bottling line. Will an interpreter come to Chokhatauri?
Yes, by prior arrangement. A technical interpreter studies the line documentation in advance and interprets at the plant during installation, testing and staff training. For a multi-day visit the cost is calculated by days and fixed in advance.
I have sold a Bakhmaro cottage to a foreigner. What needs to be translated?
The buyer's passport into Georgian with notarization, the sale contract in bilingual format, the registry extract in the buyer's language; if the buyer cannot come - their power of attorney with apostille and translation. At the deal the notary asks for an interpreter for the foreign party - we provide that too.
My mother sent me a power of attorney from Greece, and the Chokhatauri notary wants a Georgian translation. How long will it take?
It is translated within one to two working days of receiving the photo, then notarized and delivered by courier to Chokhatauri or Ozurgeti. The power of attorney must carry a Greek apostille - check this before the original is sent.
Will the courier come to the mountain villages?
To the centre of Chokhatauri - yes; to the upper villages of the Supsa valley - by agreeing the route and an additional charge. In winter, when the road to Bakhmaro closes, we hold the original in Chokhatauri or Ozurgeti until you can get there.
The same label is updated every year. Do we pay from scratch each time?
No - once translated, the label text is kept in the company's terminology base, and the following year only the changed fields - harvest year, batch number, a new value - are translated and checked. That costs several times less than the first translation and keeps the label's style the same year after year.
Translation bureau in the other cities of Guria
Chokhatauri's export and resort profile is unique, but the rules for family documents are the same throughout Guria - from Ozurgeti to Ureki. Choose your city and see the local details.