Translation Bureau in Dmanisi

A translation bureau in Dmanisi - TARGMANEBI's service for a municipality where an international scientific season begins in summer, while the rest of the year runs on ordinary village life. A place like this demands flexibility from a bureau: one week it may be expedition contracts and safety instructions, the next a grandmother's pension certificate or a child's school papers. Our process works the same way for both and is fully remote, with the courier handling paper delivery. Dmanisi is more than two hours from Tbilisi, so this scheme has proved the most practical one for local people.

Archaeological expeditions and research

Fieldwork creates a whole layer of administrative and legal documents, which often have to exist in two languages:

Terminology in an archaeological text is as strict as in any other field: the names of layers, periods, materials and methods have to be carried across in their established form, while inventory numbers and coordinates of objects stay unchanged. So we start work by agreeing the terms and, where there is doubt, we ask the author or the expedition leader. Unpublished scientific material is especially closed information for us - we also put that in a contract if the partner needs it.

Foreign visitors, researchers, volunteers

The foreigners who come to Dmanisi every season create a separate stream of documents. On the one hand they need Georgian documents translated - an accommodation contract, medical certificates, invoices for services received; on the other, the Georgian side needs Georgian versions of their papers - passports, proof of qualifications, insurance policies. If someone stays longer or starts working, a residence and work permit package is added, which requires notarization and often an apostille. In a medical case - and injuries are not rare in the field season - the clinic's documents are translated urgently for the foreign insurance company. We handle such orders out of turn, because the person is usually still in the country and time is limited.

Sheep farming, pastures, agriculture

The mountain pastures of Dmanisi form a traditional sheep farming zone, and in recent years the sector has moved more actively into foreign markets. Exporting sheep and meat requires veterinary certificates, animal identification and registration records, supply contracts and customs documents - all in the language of the importing country. On the import side it is the other way round: instructions for feed additives, vaccines, disinfectants and machinery are translated into Georgian so the farm uses them correctly. A separate group is grant and advisory projects on sheep farming development, pasture management or milk processing - here applications and reports are prepared in English. For small farms we offer a set prepared once, which afterwards only needs its data updated.

Family papers and relatives who have gone abroad

Many family members from the villages of Dmanisi work abroad, and a significant share of our orders comes from here. These are employment contracts and invitations, whose Georgian version is needed before signing; health and criminal record certificates for a work visa; powers of attorney when someone who has left needs a matter settled here; consents for a child's travel; study documents for students. After people return it goes the other way - certificates of service and taxes earned there are translated into Georgian. For such cases we have one practical tip: if you know you will need several documents, send them together - that way the spelling of names is settled at once, the courier comes once, and the total cost is lower than with separate requests.

For mountain villages internet and connection are a separate practical question. If sending photos is difficult or the file is large, call us - we will agree how you can get the material to us: through a relative in Tbilisi, by courier or in stages, over several messages. We have had cases where a document arrived as separate pages over several days and was still handled as one case. The main thing is that the photo is sharp and the whole page is visible, including edges and stamps.

Languages in orders from Dmanisi

In the scientific and expedition part English is the main language, while with European partners German and French are frequent, as are Spanish and Italian. Russian appears in older scientific material and regional trade, Turkish in exports and machinery, Arabic in the direction of meat markets. Family papers often involve Greek, Polish, Czech and Ukrainian; Dutch and Chinese are available as well.

The process from Dmanisi

Price, deadlines and confidentiality

Dmanisi is charged on the Tbilisi basis - we add no surcharge for a mountain municipality, and the price is always by agreement, confirmed after we see the document. A one-page certificate is done the same day, a notarized personal document in two days, a volunteer and visitor package in two to three days, a veterinary certificate with the bureau stamp the same or the next working day, museum texts depending on volume, a scientific article in three to seven days, and an apostilled document within the timeframe of the procedure. In the field season urgent orders, especially medical and insurance ones, are handled out of turn. Unpublished research, internal expedition material and personal documents are protected information for us. The bureau is headed by Mariam Zumadze, registered as a sole trader (ID 30601010853); settlement with a university, a museum or a grant project therefore runs on fully official documents. If an error of ours is confirmed, the correction is free.

Frequently asked questions - translation in Dmanisi

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