In official practice a translation is often a working part of a whole procedure - citizenship, residence, marriage, study, employment, company registration, banking, medical treatment or a court case. Alongside accuracy, the form, consistent names, unchanged numbers, described seals and notes, and the right presentation to the recipient all matter.
Romanian is an official EU language written in the Latin alphabet with its own diacritics. Dropping or substituting them is not a technical trifle: the difference may affect a surname, a place of birth, a municipality, a legal term or an agency's official name.
What Romanian translation covers
A job may be a one-page certificate, a multi-page legal case, a medical history, a university package or company registration papers, each with its own terminology and risks. In a birth certificate, personal data and the civil act entry matter most; in a contract, rights, obligations, deadlines and liability; in a medical document, diagnosis, procedure, drug and dose; in a business document, legal status, representation and registration data.
Before starting, we like to know where the document is going. The same certificate may be required in different forms by a Georgian public body, Romanian immigration, a university, a notary or a bank - sometimes an electronic translation is enough, sometimes a notarized paper version, sometimes an apostille, a certified copy or every attachment. Knowing the requirement reduces the risk of redoing the work.
Romanian civil acts
- Birth certificate and extract
- Marriage certificate and multilingual extract
- Divorce certificate or decision, death certificate
- Change of name or surname
IGI and CNRED packages
- Passport, ID card, residence permit
- Criminal record certificate, work and income certificates
- School certificate, diploma, transcripts
- Curricula, course descriptions, recommendations
Legal, medical, business
- Powers of attorney, contracts, judgments
- Form 100, doctor's reports, test results
- Register extracts, articles, tax certificates
- Bank statements, invoices, audit material
Documents linked to Romanian agencies
Romanian procedures fall to different agencies, and knowing what each one issues helps the translation. The civil status service (Direcția Generală pentru Evidența Persoanelor) handles birth, marriage, divorce, death and personal status records - certificates, extracts, multilingual forms, duplicates and entry notes. The General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI) handles residence, migration, family reunification and the right to work and live. ANAF handles tax registration, residence, income and taxes. ONRC, the National Trade Register Office, handles company registration. CNRED handles recognition of foreign diplomas and qualifications. CNAS handles health insurance.
An agency's official name may be given in full the first time and abbreviated afterwards; ANAF or IGI are never changed arbitrarily. According to the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs' 2024 explanation, the CNP has 13 digits: a significant part, a sequential part and a check digit. We never "correct" the CNP or drop digits - we compare it with the source and related pages. The same goes for the CUI, register codes, addresses and dates.
Civil status certificates and multilingual extracts
Romania's civil status system issues birth, marriage and death certificates as well as multilingual extracts. A multilingual document does not automatically mean every office will accept it without translation; the recipient may want a Georgian translation, an explanation, notarization or every additional note transferred. The person's name, parents' data, place of birth, act number, registering municipality and later marginal entries are checked with particular care.
Names sometimes appear with diacritics in Romanian documents and without them in a passport or older document. We never invent a new form. To identify the person, we ask to see the passport or the document under which the case is already running, keeping transliteration consistent so one surname is not written differently across documents.
If the document has an apostille, a back side, a QR code, a handwritten note, a seal or an attachment, do not leave any part out. An official translation must be based on the whole document, not just its main page.
Notarization and apostille
A notarized Romanian translation is often needed for a state body, court, embassy, bank, university or notary - but "notarized translation" does not always mean the same thing. The translator's signature may be certified, the translation may be attached to a copy, or another prior certification of the document may be required. For translations made in Georgia the notarial procedure follows Georgian rules; for use in Romania, check the Romanian recipient's requirement, as some accept a document certified in Georgia with an apostille and some want a specific form of translation. See notarization.
The apostille confirms the signature, capacity and seal on an official document for use between Hague Convention countries; it neither changes the content nor translates it. A Romanian document for Georgia may first need the relevant Romanian apostille, then translation of the document and the apostille; a Georgian document for Romania is planned the other way round. Not every document is apostilled by the same authority - court and notarial documents, administrative acts and education documents may follow different routes. See apostille and legalization.
Is an EU multilingual form enough in Georgia?
Certain Romanian public documents - birth, marriage, residence, criminal record and others - may be issued with an EU multilingual standard form. EU Regulation 2016/1191 simplifies the circulation of specific public documents between member states: in the cases it covers, the apostille requirement is removed and the multilingual form serves as a translation aid.
But the rule applies to documents issued by one EU member state and presented to authorities of another. Georgia is not an EU member state, so a Romanian multilingual form does not automatically exempt a document from an apostille and a Georgian translation here. The Georgian recipient may ask for the apostille, a full Georgian translation, notarization or a combination. Applying the EU internal procedure directly to Georgia is one of the most common and costly mistakes.
Migration, residence and education
Romanian immigration procedures may involve the passport, birth and marriage certificates, criminal record certificate, proof of address, health insurance, proof of income, an employment contract, a university certificate and proof of family ties. IGI requirements depend on the grounds - study, employment, family reunification, commercial activity or another category. Names, addresses and dates often conflict: a Georgian address may appear in different English or Romanian forms, and a surname in a marriage certificate may not match the current passport. The translator cannot change official data but can reflect every difference faithfully, and related documents sent together keep the package uniform.
For study or recognition in Romania, a Georgian school certificate, diploma, transcript, hours, subject list, curriculum and university status letter may need translating. CNRED and individual universities may differ; CNRED's official pages require a certified Romanian translation for some procedures when study documents are not issued in Romanian, English, French, Spanish or Italian. Subject names are rendered in educational context, and grades, credits, hours and the grading system stay unchanged.
ONRC, ANAF and business documents
Working with Romanian companies - partnerships, bank checks, tenders or activity in Georgia - often needs the trade register extract, articles, deed of incorporation, representative's authority, power of attorney, beneficial owner statement, financial statements, invoices and tax certificates. Terms such as administrator, asociat (partner), sediu social (registered office), capital social (share capital) and cod unic de înregistrare are translated according to their legal context.
ONRC documents may include legal form, registration number, CUI, address, activity codes and rules of representation; ANAF material covers tax residence, income, payments, fiscal registration and returns. The CNP (personal code) must not be confused with a document series; the CUI/CIF keeps its full form including any prefix; a certificat constatator needs every section, activity and representation rule; sediu social is the registered legal address, not a home address; a procură (power of attorney) has its scope and terms rendered exactly. See registry extract translation.
Medical and legal Romanian
Medical. Discharge summaries, lab results, diagnostic studies, surgery descriptions, prescriptions, medication lists and cost documents, for continued treatment, second opinions, insurance or confirming a procedure done abroad. Negations, doses, units, dates and anatomical terms get special attention - one missing word can change the meaning. A translation conveys information and does not replace medical advice. See medical translation. Legal. Romanian judgments, powers of attorney, contracts and notarial statements contain wording that must be rendered in consistent Georgian legal terms. Court cases often need attachments, evidence, service receipts and seals translated too, with names, articles, amounts, currency, deadlines and the operative part checked with particular care. Romanian official texts often use long sentences; we keep the content but build Georgian sentences that read clearly. See legal translation.How a Romanian translation order runs
Upload the full package
Every page, seal, apostille, back side and attachment visible in the photo or PDF.
Name the recipient
Country, agency and whether paper, electronic or notarized form is needed.
Price and deadline
Based on the real volume, terminology, CNP checks, attachments and certification.
Receive the translation
Electronically, in person or delivered, in the agreed form.
Price and turnaround for Romanian translation
The price is by agreement and quoted after we see the file - page count, text complexity, certification and deadline all count. See translation prices. Photograph pages flat, evenly lit and with every corner visible; blurred or cropped files raise the risk of error and make the estimate less accurate.
You can order from Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, the regions or abroad. First contact and assessment happen online; if notarization or a paper copy is needed, collection or delivery is agreed in advance. For multi-page cases we may ask for an extra ID document purely to compare names and numbers, and a single glossary keeps terms, names and agency titles consistent on every page.
Need a Romanian interpreter, a Romanian document in Georgian or a Georgian document in Romanian? Send the complete document and tell us which agency will receive it.
Call: 501 113 200Frequently asked questions about Romanian translation
What does a Georgian notary confirm on a Romanian translation?
Depending on the form chosen, the authenticity of the translator's signature. That does not in itself confirm the Romanian source document or every fact in it, so check whether the recipient needs signature certification, a certified copy, an apostille or a combination.
Is a Romanian multilingual civil form valid in Georgia without translation?
EU Regulation 2016/1191 simplifies apostilles and translation for certain public documents between EU member states. Georgia is not a member, so this does not apply automatically here; the Georgian recipient decides the final form.
How is the 13-digit CNP shown in the translation?
In full and unchanged. We do not alter digits or replace source data with information derived from the code, and we compare the number with every page and related document.
Must an ONRC certificat constatator and CUI be translated in full?
For official use the whole file is assessed: company name, legal form, CUI, register number, sediu social, activities, representatives and issue data. Codes stay unchanged and legal terms are rendered by function.
Does CNRED always require a Romanian translation of a Georgian diploma?
It depends on the procedure. CNRED's official pages require a certified Romanian translation for some procedures when study documents are not in Romanian, English, French, Spanish or Italian, so the right CNRED procedure is chosen first.
Does the difference between ș/ț and old ş/ţ matter?
Yes. Modern Romanian spelling uses a comma below ș and ț, while older or technically incomplete files may show ş and ţ. We read the source exactly but reconcile names and official terms with the correct modern characters and the relevant ID document.
Should a Romanian or Georgian document be translated before the apostille?
Usually the original is apostilled first and then translated together with the apostille, but the route depends on the document category and receiving country, so both issuer and recipient requirements are checked first.