A translation bureau for Shaumiani - TARGMANEBI's service for a town where part of the business is tied to freight turnover and where a document's deadline is often measured in hours. Our scheme is built for exactly that rhythm: you send us a photo of the paper, we confirm the price and the turnaround within working hours, you receive the finished file by email, and if you need notarization, the courier brings the original to you. Tbilisi is forty minutes away and the courier runs a daily route, so the small size of the town has no effect whatsoever on how fast the service is.
Logistics - railway, warehouses, freight
On the freight side, the most frequent documents fall into these groups:
Transport
- Railway and road waybills
- Carriage and freight forwarding contracts
- Cargo insurance policies and terms
- Customs declarations and accompanying certificates
- Tariffs, schedules and correspondence with the carrier
Warehouse and produce
- Storage and processing contracts
- Handover certificates and stocktaking records
- Product specifications and quality reports
- Laboratory analyses and certificates
- Claims for damage and shortfall
Equipment and safety
- Manuals for freight and loading equipment
- Service documents for warehouse equipment
- Safety rules and briefings
- Fire safety and sanitary requirements
- Equipment purchase and lease contracts
Two things matter most in freight documents: numbers and names. A wagon, container or batch number with even a single wrong character stops the cargo, and the product name has to match what appears in the declaration and the certificate. So in these texts we check the figures against the original at a separate stage, and we keep the names agreed with regular clients in a stored list. As a result, the documents for every new batch are prepared faster and more consistently.
Winegrowing and agricultural produce
The area around Shaumiani has historically been a zone of winegrowing and farming - the region is linked to one of the oldest farming cultures in the world, and today that history is used as a marketing argument too. Small wineries and agricultural producers planning to go abroad need two types of text: official ones - laboratory analyses, certificates, supply contracts, customs documents; and marketing ones - the label, the product story, a presentation for the buyer. When working on a label we first check the mandatory information required by the country the produce is going to, and then write the descriptive part in several lengths so the designer has a choice. The historical part calls for care: the facts have to be accurate and the language alive, because that is what sells the product. On the import side it works the other way round - instructions for fertilisers, crop treatments and machinery are translated into Georgian.
Families, work, study
Some of the town's residents work or study abroad, and that is where the second big stream of our orders comes from: employment contracts and invitations, health certificates and criminal record certificates, diplomas and school certificates, medical documents, powers of attorney and consents. A separate group is papers issued abroad that have to be submitted here - foreign certificates, court decisions, employment record statements. In such cases the same person's name is often spelled differently across several documents, so we ask clients to send all the papers together: we base the Latin spelling on the valid passport and repeat it identically on every page. Whether the case goes through on the very first visit depends on exactly that detail.
Vehicles, machinery and registration
In the town and its surroundings there are many vehicles and farm machines brought in from abroad - lorries, trailers, tractors, combine harvesters, special machinery. Registering them requires a Georgian translation of the vehicle registration document, the purchase document and the certificate of origin, often with notarization. In this type of text the key thing is the accuracy of identification numbers - one wrong character stops the registration, so we check the numbers against the original twice and write the owner's name as it appears in the passport. Operating manuals for machinery are translated separately, often only the chapters that are needed - operation, maintenance and safety. If the machinery came with a warranty, a Georgian version of its terms is useful as well: that is exactly where it says in which cases you lose the warranty.
Along with machinery, people often come to us about insurance: policy terms, an accident report, an assessor's report and a claim for compensation. In these documents it is important to carry across exactly which events are covered and within what period the insurer has to be notified - these are precisely the details on which the right to compensation tends to be lost. Such texts are handled by a translator with a legal specialisation, and we also take them in urgent mode, because claim deadlines are usually short.
Languages in orders from Shaumiani
In Shaumiani Russian and English lead - the first is the language of regional trade and transport, the second of international contracts and certificates. Turkish is frequent with trading partners and in materials, Ukrainian in transport and family papers, German, Italian and Polish in the documents of people working abroad, and Chinese in machinery. Also available: Spanish, French, Greek, Czech, Dutch and Arabic; for a document in Azerbaijani, please let us know in advance.
How to order
A document or a package
Photos by WhatsApp to 501 113 200 or files to info@targmanebi.ge; the papers for one shipment or one family are best sent together.
Who is waiting for the document
Customs, a partner, an embassy or a court - that decides whether the bureau stamp is enough, a notary is needed, or an apostille as well.
The work
A specialist translator translates, and an editor checks the numbers, product names and personal names; an urgent order moves to the front of the queue.
Delivery
The electronic version as soon as it is ready, certified paper by the daily courier to Shaumiani or from the Tbilisi office.
Price, deadlines, guarantee
Shaumiani is served at capital rates, and the price is always by agreement. A freight or commercial document with the bureau stamp is prepared within working hours, a notarized personal document in two days, a bilingual contract within three working days, a label and presentation package in two to three days, a technical manual depending on its length, and a document with an apostille on the timeline of that procedure. The amount is set by three parameters - how much text, which language and what kind of certification; that is exactly why we prefer to look at the document first and then name a figure, rather than quote a rough sum over the phone and change it later. Regular clients are offered fixed rates and a single monthly settlement. Contract terms and the contents of personal papers are never discussed outside the bureau. The bureau is owned by Mariam Zumadze, registered as a sole trader (ID 30601010853) - so every order is backed by an official document; if an error on our side is confirmed, the correction is free.
A wagon or a lorry is waiting and you need the waybill translated? Signing a contract with a partner? Going abroad to work and need certificates? Write to us from Shaumiani - we will quickly confirm the price and the turnaround.
Call: 501 113 200Frequently asked questions - translation in Shaumiani
I urgently need a waybill and an invoice. How long will it take?
Usually within working hours - a few hours after we receive the photo, as a file with the bureau's stamp and signature. Such documents do not normally need notarization. If the flow is constant, we already have the template ready and work even faster.
There are many batch numbers and product names. How do you ensure accuracy?
Figures and numbers are checked against the original at a separate stage, and names are taken from a stored list that we draw up together with you. That way the same product is written the same way in every document, which means fewer questions at customs.
What should we keep in mind for a wine label?
The mandatory information of the destination country - volume, alcohol content, allergens, producer - is written in standard wording, while the descriptive part is prepared in several lengths. If the market has not been chosen yet, we suggest doing the English version first and then adapting it to a specific country.
I received an employment contract from abroad. Does it have to be translated into Georgian?
Formally no, but we strongly recommend it - before signing you should know what you are agreeing to: working hours, salary, housing costs, termination terms. These are exactly the clauses where problems tend to arise later, and a translation is far cheaper than a dispute.
My surname is spelled differently in different documents.
This is a common situation. We take the spelling in the valid passport as the basis and use it in every document, while noting the differing forms of the original in a translator's note. That is why we need to see all the family's papers together.
What gets translated to register machinery imported from abroad?
The vehicle registration document, the purchase document and the certificate of origin - usually with notarization. We check the identification numbers against the original twice and write the owner's name as it appears in the passport, because those are the two points where registration usually gets stuck.
How do I receive the certified document?
The courier runs a daily route and normally brings it the day after it is ready; the electronic version is sent as soon as the work is finished. If you prefer, you can also collect it at the Tbilisi office - 118 Davit Aghmashenebeli Ave.
Translation bureau in the other cities of Kvemo Kartli
Marneuli and Tamarisi are close to Shaumiani, Rustavi and Gardabani lie to the east, and Bolnisi, Kazreti and Dmanisi to the west. Each has its own page.