A translation bureau for Shorapani - TARGMANEBI's service for a town that lives off the road. In Shorapani's roadside restaurants the menu has to be in Turkish too, because half the guests are drivers coming from Turkey; motel terms have to be in Russian as well, because the other half run the Kazakhstan and Central Asia routes; and the invoice and warranty terms for parts arriving at a car service have to be in Georgian, because customs and the customer need Georgian. These are documents that never lead anyone to a translation bureau - and yet they are needed every day.
Beyond the road, Shorapani is also part of the Zestaponi industrial zone - with plant workers who take their qualification papers abroad - and an ordinary Imeretian town, with families in Europe and pensioners holding Soviet-era record books. For every stream the scheme is the same: a photo or a file from Shorapani, translation and certification in Tbilisi, paper back by courier to Shorapani or Zestaponi.
Restaurant, motel, lorry park - texts in the drivers' languages
Roadside business documents rarely need certification, but the right language and the right tone translate directly into sales here - a driver stops where things are written in a way he understands.
For a restaurant
- Menus in Turkish, Russian and English with the correct dish names
- Price boards and the dish of the day
- Halal and dietary restriction labels
- Payment, foreign currency and card terms
- Outdoor banners and roadside signs
For a motel and lorry park
- Room and shower terms and prices
- Guarded parking rules and liability
- Contracts with transport companies for regular stops
- House rules and safety rules in three languages
- Descriptions for navigation and booking platforms
For a car service and shop
- Parts invoices and catalogues for customs and accounting
- Warranty terms in Georgian for the customer
- Contracts with foreign suppliers
- Diagnostic equipment manuals in Georgian
- Work reports and invoices for a foreign driver's company
Translating a menu looks simple, but this is exactly where a guest gets lost: "mtsvadi" translated word for word tells a Turkish driver nothing, while "shish kebab" tells him everything. So we translate menus in a culinary style, and the translator will ask you a question or two about ingredients. In a car service invoice, on the other hand, precision is what counts - the part code, the quantity and the amount are checked figure by figure for customs.
Drivers - trips, damage, employment
Shorapani has two groups of drivers. Foreigners who stop here and sometimes need a document - an accident report, a service report or a medical certificate for their company and insurer, in their language, fast. And locals who drive international routes or take jobs with European transport companies. For the latter, a European company asks for the driving licence with its categories, the certificate of professional competence, and employment record and health certificates in its own language, apostilled and notarized; later, once the driver is already on the road, his foreign contract and payslips come back into Georgian - for a bank, for a loan.
Zestaponi plant workers and industry
Many people from Shorapani work at the Zestaponi ferroalloy plant and the neighbouring enterprises, and their papers have an industrial profile: vocational diplomas and skill grades, work permits and clearances, employment record statements with job descriptions, medical examination certificates - for jobs abroad in the same profession, in the employer's language. The skill grade and job title are carried over to the equivalent in the receiving country's qualifications framework - a word-for-word translation does not show a foreign employer the qualification. The enterprises' technical and supply documentation, safety instructions and contracts form a separate stream, handled by a technical translator.
Shorapani fortress and heritage tourism
Shorapani fortress - the ancient Sarapanis - is one of the stops for travellers on the Rikoti road, and family guesthouses and guides are appearing around it. For them we translate historical texts about the fortress and the old border between Colchis and Iberia, guesthouse descriptions for booking platforms, routes through the Dzirula gorge and menus - into English, Russian and Turkish, without certification. In a historical text, dates, names and place names have to be carried over in the form established in the scholarly literature, even when the language is simple.
Shorapani families
Beyond the road and the plant, Shorapani is an ordinary town where people need papers for the same reasons as anywhere else: a child is applying to university in Europe, a spouse works in Italy, a grandmother is retiring, a brother in Germany is giving someone the right to sell the house. The only difference between these papers and a restaurant menu is that they need a notary and often an apostille as well - the route is the same: to us by photo and back by courier.
Languages in orders from Shorapani
Because of the road, Turkish and Russian are everyday languages in Shorapani - menus, motels, service reports - while English covers parts invoices, platforms and contracts. For European employment of plant workers and drivers, people need Polish, German and Czech, and for parts suppliers Chinese and Ukrainian. Family documents bring Italian and Greek; French, Spanish, Arabic and Dutch are rare from Shorapani. For a text in Azerbaijani, please call us in advance.
The process for roadside and ordinary orders
Menus as files, papers as photos
Menus, terms and invoices as Word, Excel or PDF by email to info@targmanebi.ge; certificates and diplomas as photos by WhatsApp. For a parts invoice from an online shop, attach the link as well.
Who it is for and by when
A driver, customs, an embassy or an employer - that decides whether certification is needed. Please give the date of the season or the trip.
The right translator
A menu goes to a translator with a culinary style, an invoice to a financial and technical one, a qualification paper to an official documents specialist; figures, codes and names are checked with the editor.
File or paper
Roadside text as a print-ready file - straight away, no paper. The courier brings a certified document to Shorapani or Zestaponi; a driver heading to Tbilisi can also collect it at the office.
Price and deadlines
There is no surcharge for orders from Shorapani, and the price is agreed after we see the document. Roadside texts are the simplest category - a menu in three languages in one or two days, without certification; a parts invoice the same day; a qualification paper with a notary and an apostille in two to four days; a driver's package within a week. Regular clients - restaurants with seasonal menus, services with regular invoices - have templates and a monthly invoice. The right to sign in the bureau's name belongs to its owner, sole trader Mariam Zumadze (ID 30601010853) - a restaurant invoice and a plant worker's papers both go out under her signature, and she corrects any error free of charge, even a single dish name in a menu.
Do you run a restaurant, motel or service in Shorapani and need menus, terms or invoices in the drivers' languages? Or are you a plant worker taking your papers abroad? Send us the file - you will receive the roadside text in one or two days, ready to print.
Call: 501 113 200Frequently asked questions - translation in Shorapani
I want the menu in Turkish and Russian, and there are forty dishes. How long and how?
One or two working days, both languages from one source, in a culinary style - the translator will ask you a question or two about ingredients. You receive the file in the same format so the designer can drop it straight in; seasonal changes afterwards are done for a small fee, agreed in advance.
A Turkish driver had his vehicle repaired at our service and needs the work report in Turkish for his company. Can it be done before he leaves in the morning?
Yes - a one-page report and invoice sent within working hours is usually ready the same day or by morning, as a file. The driver does not need paper; if the company asks for it certified with the bureau stamp, we add that to the same file.
A batch of parts arrived from China and the invoice is in English. Does it need notarization for customs?
For a parts invoice the bureau stamp is enough for customs - a notary would be an unnecessary expense here. The translation is ready the same day, part codes and amounts are checked separately against the original, and for a regular supplier's invoice we keep a template so only the new items are translated.
The motel website and the description in a navigation app in Turkish - do you do that too?
Yes - descriptions, prices and terms for navigation and booking platforms in Turkish, Russian and English from one source. That is exactly the text a driver reads in the app before stopping at your place, so we translate it in the language of advertising, not word for word.
I am a crane operator at the plant and I am going to Poland for the same job. How is my skill grade translated?
The profession and skill grade are carried over to the equivalent in the Polish qualifications framework, not word for word - otherwise the employer cannot see your qualification. The work clearance, employment record statement and medical certificate go in the same package, with an apostille and notarization.
The motel needs a contract with a transport company for regular stops. Can it be bilingual?
Yes - Georgian and Turkish (or Russian) in parallel columns, so both parties sign one and the same text. The clauses on liability, parking and payment are translated by a legal translator.
Will the courier come to Shorapani, or do I have to go to Zestaponi?
Both are possible - the courier comes to Shorapani on an agreed day and place, and anyone who is in Zestaponi for work anyway can collect it there. Roadside texts do not need paper at all - a file is enough.
Translation bureau in the other cities of Imereti
The Rikoti road links Shorapani with Kharagauli and Zestaponi, and Samtredia is the western junction of the same road. Every city in Imereti has its own page with local focus.