A translation bureau in Kvareli serves three kinds of client. First, the hotels, guest houses and cellars that need foreign-language material, contracts with booking platforms and export documents. Second, foreigners buying property or registering a business in Kvareli, and the local people doing deals with them. Third, ordinary Kvareli families whose children study in Europe and whose parents or spouses work abroad.
Kvareli is 140 kilometres from Tbilisi and 40 from Telavi. You do not have to travel that road to have a document translated: you send the photo or PDF online, we carry out the notarization and the apostille in Tbilisi, and the finished document comes back to Kvareli by courier.
A foreigner buying a house in Kvareli - what gets translated
In recent years the number of foreign buyers has risen noticeably in the villages around Kvareli Lake, in the Kindzmarauli zone and on the Alazani plain. A property deal with a foreigner creates a two-way language problem: the buyer has to understand the Georgian documents in a language they read, while the notary and the registry need their documents in Georgian.
From Georgian, for the foreign buyer
- Public registry extract and cadastral data
- Draft sale or lease contract
- Construction permit and project description
- Consent of co-owners
- Utility and tax certificates
From the foreign buyer, into Georgian
- Passport and residence document
- Power of attorney for a representative
- Marriage certificate and spouse's consent
- Company registration documents
- Bank certificate on the origin of funds
On the day of the deal
- Interpreter at the notary
- Bilingual version of the final contract text
- The interpreter's statement on the accuracy of the translation
- Notarization on the spot
- The package for submission to the registry
Interpreting at the notary is a compulsory stage in a deal involving a foreign party: the notary has to be satisfied that the party understands what they are signing. Our interpreter attends the deal in Kvareli or in Tbilisi, reads the contract text in advance, and renders the terminology identically for both sides. This is the case where a translation may later become the subject of a court dispute, so we approach it with particular care.
Hotel and tourism documents in Kvareli
The hotels around Kvareli Lake, the Kindzmarauli cellars and the guest houses near Nekresi all have the same need: communicating with the guest in their language and dealing with partners on legally sound documents. We translate contracts with international booking platforms and tour operators, hotel rules and safety instructions, menus, wine lists, spa treatment descriptions, websites and brochures, guest questionnaires and replies to complaints.
Kvareli families' documents for abroad
Beyond tourism, Kvareli is a municipality like the rest of Kakheti: many family members work in Italy, Greece, Germany and Poland, young people apply to European universities, and some marry foreign partners. From that come the most frequent family orders: birth certificates, marriage documents, certificates of family status and criminal record, school certificates and diplomas, medical records, powers of attorney and consents for a child to travel abroad.
Most of these documents need notarization and an apostille abroad. Since both procedures take place in Tbilisi, the most convenient route for a Kvareli client is this: you send us the photo, we translate and tell you whether the original is needed; if it is, you send the original by courier and receive the certified, apostilled document back by the same courier.
Languages in orders from Kvareli
Because of the tourist profile, English is the unconditional leader in Kvareli, followed by Russian and German - the languages most guests and buyers speak. On family documents Italian, Greek and Polish are active, and on export documents Chinese and Ukrainian. French, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic and Czech are available on request.
Confidentiality in property and business deals
A property contract, a bank certificate on the origin of funds and a company's financial documents are the kind of information that travels fast in a small town. So in Kvareli orders we keep the confidentiality rules particularly strictly: the document is seen only by the translator working on the order and the responsible manager, files are not passed to third parties, they are never used as samples, and with companies an NDA is signed. The electronic version of the translation is sent only to the address you name.
Orders are coordinated by Mariam Zumadze - a sole trader with a legal education and five years of experience, in whose name the TARGMANEBI brand is registered (ID 30601010853). That means the person working on your deal understands the legal structure of a contract, not merely its words.
Pricing a Kvareli order
The cost is fixed after we see the document and before the work starts, and there is no surcharge for ordering from Kvareli. The price is affected by the language and its direction, the volume and density of the text, the difficulty of the field, the turnaround you want and the accompanying procedures - notarization, apostille, an interpreter travelling to Kvareli, the courier. A hotel menu and a public registry extract are different categories: the first demands style, the second legal accuracy and certification.
A foreign investor opening a business in Kvareli
After property, the second step is often registering a business - a guest house, a cellar, a restaurant on the lake shore. For a foreign founder that brings a two-way package: their passport, the foreign company extract and the power of attorney into Georgian, and the Georgian articles, registration extract, banking and tax documents into a language they read. Employment contracts with local staff in a bilingual format and agreements with suppliers are added to that.
There is one rule for such a package: the company name, the founder's name and the address have to be written identically in every document. So an investor's papers are handled by one translator who keeps a term list - and a year later a new contract is prepared with the same spellings.
An investor often needs an interpreter as well - opening a bank account, registering with the tax office, meeting builders and suppliers. Such meetings are grouped into one day in Kvareli and the interpreter comes for the whole day, which is far more economical than separate visits. The date should be agreed at least a week ahead.
Medical and insurance documents at the resort
A tourist town brings medical cases too. A foreign guest who has had to see a doctor in Kvareli needs the Georgian medical certificate, the invoice and the prescription translated for their insurance company at home; a local patient continuing treatment abroad needs the discharge summary, Form 100 and test results translated into a foreign language. In both cases the text goes to a medical-direction translator, and diagnosis and drug names are checked against the international spelling. Most insurance companies accept a translation certified with the bureau stamp, which speeds the process up.
Have a hotel in Kvareli, closing a deal with a foreign buyer, or preparing a document for a family member? Send us the file and within the hour we will tell you what it costs and when it will be ready.
Call: 501 113 200Frequently asked questions - translation in Kvareli
Will an interpreter come to Kvareli for a deal with a foreign buyer, or do we have to go to Tbilisi?
Either is possible. If the deal is executed before a Kvareli notary, the interpreter comes there by prior arrangement; if in Tbilisi, we can also suggest a notary near our office. Either way the interpreter reads the contract text in advance.
Does the translation of a foreigner's passport for the registry have to be notarized?
Yes - both the registry and the notary accept the translation of a foreign passport only with notarization. Send us a photo of the passport and we will prepare the translation and the certification together.
How long does a hotel menu translation take?
A two or three page menu is ready in one working day. If you want the dish names rendered in culinary style rather than word for word, say so when ordering - the translator will ask you one or two questions about the ingredients.
How is an apostille affixed to a document sent from Kvareli?
An apostille goes on the original or on the notarized translation, and the procedure takes place in Tbilisi. You send the original by courier, we translate, certify and apostille it, and return the full package to Kvareli by the same courier. The timing depends on the document type and is confirmed before the order.
Will anyone else see my financial documents?
No. The file is seen only by the translator working on the order and the manager, it is not passed to third parties and it is never used as a sample. We sign an NDA on request, and the finished file is sent only to the address you name.
Should a vineyard lease with a foreign investor be drawn up in two languages?
Legally the Georgian version governs, but for the foreign party a bilingual format - Georgian and English or German in parallel columns - is the safest: both sides sign one and the same document, and the later dispute of "I understood something else" does not arise. We prepare that format from the draft contract.
Do I have to translate the school certificate and the diploma together for a European university?
Most universities ask for both - the school certificate and transcript for a bachelor's course, the diploma and supplement for a master's. Send us every page and name the country; we will prepare them as one package so that the terminology and the spelling of names are identical across all the documents.
Translation bureau in the other cities of Kakheti
The same service on the same terms is available to the people of Kvareli's neighbouring municipalities. Each town's page describes the local requirements and the delivery options.