A translation bureau for Sagarejo - TARGMANEBI's service for the municipality that links Kakheti to Tbilisi. A large part of Sagarejo's population travels to the capital to work every day, so people often assume that translation has to be ordered there too. In fact translating, verifying and certifying a document happens without leaving Sagarejo: you send the photo, we prepare it, you receive it.
The Sagarejo municipality is linguistically varied. In Iormughanlo, Lambalo and Kazlari thousands of families hold old certificates, diplomas and work record books drawn up in Russian or Azerbaijani, which have to be translated into Georgian to be submitted to Georgian authorities. In the other direction, the tourist flow to Udabno and David Gareja means local guest houses and guides work with English-language documents. We work in both directions.
Which documents come from Sagarejo most often?
Three groups stand out in orders from Sagarejo: translation of old Russian-language documents into Georgian, real estate and land papers, and personal certificates needed for travelling abroad.
Old Russian-language documents
Soviet-period birth and marriage certificates, work record books, diplomas, military cards, archival certificates - for a pension, an inheritance, citizenship or restoring identity papers.
Land and property papers
Public registry extract, sale contract, cadastral map explanation, certificate of inheritance - for co-owners abroad or for a foreign buyer.
Personal certificates for abroad
Passport, birth certificate, criminal record certificate, certificate of family status - for a visa, residence, family reunification and legal employment.
Academic papers
School certificate, diploma and supplement, transcript, sports and language certificates - for applying to a university in Tbilisi or abroad.
Medical records
Form 100, discharge summary, test results, prescriptions - to continue treatment abroad or to submit to an insurance company.
Tourism and farm business texts
Guest house offers, wine and cheese labels, contracts with a foreign partner, export invoices and quality certificates.
How a translation from Sagarejo is checked
The main difficulty in translating old Russian-language documents is handwritten entries, faded stamps and double forms of names: the same person is "Мамед" in one paper and "Мамедов" in another, and something different again on the Georgian identity card. Such a discrepancy is the main reason a document comes back from an authority, so before delivery every translation is checked against a separate list:
- Given name and surname - in the spelling agreed with your valid Georgian identity card or passport
- Dates, series, numbers, archival codes and the personal number - digit by digit
- Stamps, seals, signatures and handwritten notes - each described separately
- Tables, grades and credits - with the structure preserved, so that the recipient can compare against the original easily
- Terminology - legal, medical or agricultural, as the field requires
If any part of the document reads unclearly, we mark it in the translation and ask you before the order, so that nothing is guessed on your behalf.
Which languages we translate into from Sagarejo
Russian leads in the Sagarejo municipality, in both directions. Second is English, serving visas, study and tourism; third is Turkish, which Azerbaijani-speaking families use in business and family matters. For people from Sagarejo working in Europe we regularly translate into German, Polish, Italian and Greek; the French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch and Czech directions are active too.
For an original in Azerbaijani we need a call or a message first - after seeing the document we will tell you whether we can do it and how long it will take, and which route is faster: direct translation or going through a Russian version.
Bureau stamp or notary - what Sagarejo's authorities require
The Sagarejo Public Service Hall, the social service, the pension agency and the banks normally require the Georgian translation of a Russian-language document to be notarized. For tourism and business correspondence a translation certified with the bureau stamp is enough, while a document going abroad often needs an apostille as well. We prepare the translation, organise the notarial procedure and the apostille in Tbilisi, and you receive the finished document in Sagarejo.
One practical piece of advice: before ordering a document destined for abroad, ask the receiving side whether an apostille is required and in which language. Those two questions protect you from having to prepare it all again.
Ordering and delivery in Sagarejo
A photo or a PDF
Photograph every page in good light without cutting off the corners. With an old certificate, photograph the reverse side too - the stamps and notes are often there.
Destination and deadline
Tell us where you have to submit it and by what date. That decides the form of certification and the priority.
Confirmation and translation
We agree the sum, the turnaround and the type of certification before the order; then the document goes to the translator who works in that language and that field.
Delivery
The electronic version the same day, as soon as it is finished; the printed or certified original by courier to Sagarejo, or at the Tbilisi office if you are in the capital anyway.
Because Sagarejo is less than an hour from Tbilisi, many clients collect the certified original themselves at the end of the working day at the Tbilisi office, 118 Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue - Monday to Friday until 19:00, Saturday from 11:00 to 19:00. For anyone that does not suit, the courier comes to Sagarejo at an agreed time and price.
Price and turnaround on Sagarejo orders
The cost does not depend on whether you send the document from Sagarejo or from Tbilisi. What counts is the language, the number of pages, the density of the text, and whether it is handwritten or printed: a handwritten page of a Soviet work record book takes more work than a modern printed certificate. Notarization, apostille, urgent handling and the courier are added separately.
The electronic translation of a one-page certificate is normally ready the same or the next working day; notarization adds another one to two days. We give you the exact figure as soon as we see the document, and it does not change once the work has started.
Where people from Sagarejo submit translations - and what each body requires
The form of a translation depends on the recipient, so it helps to know in advance what the body you are taking it to requires. From the experience of Sagarejo orders, the most frequent destinations are these:
Public Service Hall and pension agency
Georgian translations of foreign-language certificates and employment documents, notarized. You submit the original to the authority yourself, but the translation has to be ready.
Banks and microfinance organisations
A foreign income certificate, the contract of a family member working abroad, a foreign bank statement - for a loan or a mortgage. Most banks accept a translation certified with the bureau stamp.
Embassies and consulates
The package for a visa or residence: certificates, records, extracts. Notarization and an apostille are often needed, and the language is set by the particular embassy's requirement.
If you are unsure which form is needed, send us a photo or a link to the authority's requirement - we will read the text and prepare exactly the form they ask for. That stage is free and protects you from having to start again.
An interpreter in Sagarejo
Besides written translation, Sagarejo needs interpreting too: before a notary, when one party does not speak Georgian; at the civil registry when a marriage to a foreign spouse is registered; on a farm during a foreign buyer's visit; in a guest house negotiating with a tour operator. Interpreting is arranged in advance - date, language, duration, place - and the interpreter travels to Sagarejo or, if the matter is being executed in Tbilisi, meets you there. Proximity to Tbilisi works in your favour here: the travel cost is minimal.
Have an old Russian-language certificate, a land document or a paper to take abroad? Send us a photo from Sagarejo and receive the certified translation without travelling to Tbilisi.
Call: 501 113 200Frequently asked questions - translation in Sagarejo
Does a Soviet-period Russian certificate have to be translated into Georgian for a pension?
In most cases yes - the pension agency and the Public Service Hall accept a foreign-language document with a notarized Georgian translation. Send us photos of both sides of the certificate; we will decipher the handwritten entries and stamps separately.
My surname is spelled differently in my Russian and Georgian documents. Which will you use?
In the translation the given name and surname follow your valid Georgian identity card or passport, and the original's form is given in brackets or in a note where needed. Send us a photo of the identity card with the order so that we can agree the spelling exactly.
Can you translate a document in Azerbaijani?
Call us and send the document - we will confirm availability and timing after seeing it. In many cases the document also has a Russian version, which speeds the process up.
A foreigner is buying my land in Sagarejo. What do I need to translate?
Normally the public registry extract, the draft sale contract, and, if the buyer cannot attend in person, the power of attorney. At a notarial deal the foreign party also needs an interpreter, which we arrange by prior agreement.
How will the certified original reach Sagarejo?
By courier, on an agreed day and at an agreed cost, or you collect it yourself at the Tbilisi office, 118 Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue. Either way we send the electronic version as soon as it is finished.
Do you also translate English texts for David Gareja tours?
Yes - guest house descriptions, tour programmes, menus, contracts with a booking platform and safety instructions are translated into English, Russian, German and other languages. Such texts normally need no certification, so they are prepared faster and more cheaply.
Translation bureau in the other cities of Kakheti
Sagarejo is the gateway to Kakheti, but the same service operates in every municipality in the region. Below you will find the other towns' pages, each describing the local requirements and delivery arrangements.