Russian Translation - Russian to Georgian and Georgian to Russian

This page covers written translation between Russian and Georgian. For interpreting at a notary, a bank or a meeting, and for the particular questions around Soviet-era archives, see the Russian interpreter page.

What makes a Russian-Georgian translation usable is not only the language. It is knowing what the Georgian recipient expects to see - how a Russian company form is named in the Georgian registry, how a patronymic is shown, which figures the bank will compare against your passport. We ask where the translation is going before we start, and the answer shapes the whole job.

Which Russian documents we translate

Russian into Georgian

Most Russian-to-Georgian work is for Georgian institutions: banks, the National Agency of Public Registry, the Public Service Hall, notaries, courts, clinics and universities. The translation must reproduce every name, number, date and stamp exactly, and it must use the Georgian terms those institutions recognise.

Russian official documents carry a lot of fixed administrative language - issuing authorities, registration stamps, standard clauses - that has a settled Georgian equivalent. A word-for-word rendering of those formulas reads oddly to a Georgian official and occasionally gets a document returned. We translate them into the forms Georgian institutions themselves use, while leaving the substance of the document untouched.

Georgian into Russian

Georgian documents go into Russian for partners, courts, employers and authorities in Russian-speaking countries, and for Russian-speaking family members who need to understand what they are signing. The translation has to follow Russian official style, not just be comprehensible.

Personal names are the point where most problems start. A Georgian surname can be written in Cyrillic in several ways, and a patronymic that does not exist in the Georgian original should not be invented in the translation. We use the form already fixed in your earlier Russian-language documents where there is one, and a consistent transliteration where there is not. Tell us about any existing spelling before the order.

Russian translation for residence, banks and company registration

Many Russian-speaking newcomers to Georgia register a company or become an individual entrepreneur, open a bank account, buy or rent property and apply for residence. Each step can require Russian documents in Georgian: the passport, a power of attorney, the charter of a foreign parent company, a registry extract, a bank reference, a marriage certificate for a spouse.

The format depends on the procedure. The Public Registry usually wants a notarized translation of corporate documents; a bank may accept a translation with the bureau stamp for some documents and not for others; a foreign power of attorney may need an apostille or legalization before it can be used here. We check these points before translating, so the document is accepted the first time. Related pages: legal translation, power of attorney translation and registry extract translation.

Russian translation with notarization

Georgian state bodies, banks, the registry, courts and most notaries accept a Russian translation only in notarized form. The notary certifies the translator's signature - or the accuracy of the translation, where the notary knows both languages - which gives the document the form required for official submission.

Whether you also need an apostille depends on where the document is used. A Russian document for use in Georgia may need an apostille from its country of issue; a Georgian document for use abroad may need a Georgian apostille. See notarization and apostille and legalization, or send us the document and we will tell you.

Medical documents in Russian

Patients move in both directions: Georgian residents treated in Russian-speaking clinics abroad, and Russian-speaking patients treated in Georgia who bring their history with them. Discharge summaries, test results, imaging reports, prescriptions and insurance claims are translated by a translator with medical experience.

In medical translation the figures carry the meaning. Doses, reference ranges, dates and drug names are checked against the original separately from the text, and abbreviations are written out rather than guessed. See medical translation for more.

Technical and financial Russian

A great deal of technical documentation in the region still exists only in Russian: equipment manuals, technical passports, drawings, specifications and engineering reports. Here consistency matters more than style - one component must have one name throughout the document, and every number and unit must match the original. See technical translation.

On the financial side we translate bank statements, invoices, audit reports, tax documents and business plans, with tables kept in their original layout so they can be compared line by line. See financial translation.

How a Russian translation order runs

Price and turnaround for Russian translation

The price depends on the number of pages, the complexity of the text, the deadline and whether notarization is needed. A standard personal document is quoted quickly; legal, medical, technical and multi-page material is priced individually after we see it. See translation prices for general guidance.

Short personal documents are often ready within a day. A long contract, a medical history, a technical manual or a package of company documents takes longer. If you need the translation before a bank appointment, a registry deadline, a notary visit or a residence application, tell us the date so that the translation and the notarization are scheduled around it.

Frequently asked questions about Russian translation

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