The Italian-Georgian language pair works closely in both directions, but the two flows are not alike. From Georgian into Italian go mainly the documents required by an Italian prefecture, consulate, university, INPS or the Ministry of Health, and their reader is an Italian official who values form no less than content. From Italian into Georgian come back the civil status acts of Georgians living in Italy, the papers of Italian companies, court judgments and medical histories, read by a Georgian notary, registry or doctor. This page breaks both directions down into scenarios so that you know in advance what a specific situation requires.
From Georgian into Italian: through the eyes of an Italian official
An Italian official looks for formal attributes in a document: the revenue stamp, seals, legalisation of signatures, the issuing body, number and date, and the translation must reflect these elements in the position of the original. Italian administrative language works with standard formulas ("si certifica che", "il presente certificato viene rilasciato per", "visto, si legalizza la firma"), and a translation of a Georgian certificate that uses these formulas looks familiar and trustworthy to the official. We render the names of Georgian bodies with a functional translation and the official English name in brackets: the Public Service Development Agency as "Agenzia per lo Sviluppo dei Servizi Pubblici", the Public Service Hall as "Casa della Giustizia", the Public Registry as "Registro Pubblico Nazionale". In this direction two people prepare the translation: the translator and an Italian-speaking editor.
From Georgian into Italian: family reunification and residence
This is the largest flow. Georgian marriage, birth and divorce certificates are translated into Italian for the prefecture's single immigration desk, for the Questura (residence permit) and for the municipality (registration of residence). The terminology of Italian civil status acts is exact: "atto di nascita", "atto di matrimonio", "sentenza di divorzio", and a Georgian certificate corresponds in content to the Italian "estratto per riassunto", which we reflect in the title. When renewing a residence permit the Questura often asks for a Georgian certificate of residence, proof of income or a certificate of family status, whose Italian equivalents ("certificato di residenza", "stato di famiglia") do not map one-to-one onto Georgian documents and need a note. The spelling of names follows the Latin version of the passport, and Georgian cities are written in the form established in Italian (Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi), which in this case also matches the passport.
From Georgian into Italian: students, diplomas, CIMEA
For pre-registration on the Universitaly platform the school certificate, diploma and transcript are uploaded in Italian, while for the CIMEA comparability certificate or the consulate's declaration of value the same documents are submitted with an apostille and a certified translation. Italian academic terminology follows the Bologna system: Bachelor's is "laurea triennale", Master's "laurea magistrale", doctorate "dottorato di ricerca", and single-cycle medical education "laurea magistrale a ciclo unico". The Georgian grading scale is not changed in the translation, but a note on the scale is added, because the Italian system is 30-point for exams and 110-point for the degree, and the committee needs a reference point. Subject names are translated as they are called in Italian curricula, not word for word. The motivation letter and CV are written in Italian the way an Italian applicant writes them, in Europass format.
From Georgian into Italian: doctors, nurses, caregivers
The qualification recognition package for the Ministry of Health explains the stages of Georgian medical education in the terms of the Italian system: "laurea in medicina e chirurgia", "specializzazione", "abilitazione all'esercizio della professione". The Georgian state certificate corresponds functionally to the Italian "abilitazione", but the Italian abilitazione is obtained through a state exam, and the translation marks this difference with a note. A nursing qualification corresponds to the Italian "infermiere", which in Italy is a three-year university course, so an hour-by-hour translation of the Georgian curriculum is decisive for the ministry. The caregiver (OSS) qualification is regional and requires a translation of the Georgian professional certificate, while certificates of work experience issued by Georgian clinics are rendered in Italian in the "attestato di servizio" format.
From Georgian into Italian: business, export, trade fairs
A Georgian company's documents are translated into Italian when an Italian partner carries out due diligence on the company, Georgian products are sold in Italy or a Georgian stand takes part in an Italian trade fair. The export of wine, hazelnuts and agricultural produce is accompanied by phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, laboratory analyses and label text, which must be translated with Italian and EU regulatory terminology. The extract from the Registry of Entrepreneurs is rendered as the analogue of the Italian "visura camerale", the articles of association as "statuto", and "director" as "amministratore". Financial statements, which in Georgia follow IFRS, are translated into Italian with the official Italian IFRS terminology, though an Italian accountant often reads by the logic of national standards (OIC), and we add notes on balance sheet items.
From Italian into Georgian: through the eyes of a Georgian official
An Italian document submitted in Georgia must be understandable to an employee of a Georgian notary's office, the Public Registry, the civil registry or a court. The Italian administrative structure (Comune, Provincia, Regione, Prefettura, Questura, Procura della Repubblica) differs from the Georgian system, and the translation conveys the bodies with a functional Georgian name, keeping the original in brackets: "Comune" as municipality, "Questura" as the city police directorate, "Prefettura" as the territorial representation of the state. An Italian "autocertificazione" does not count as a certificate for a Georgian body, and this must be unambiguous in the title of the translation so that the official is not misled. Dates in Italian are written as in Georgian (day, month, year), but amounts with a decimal comma and a thousands point (1.250,50 €) need checking in the Georgian text.
From Italian into Georgian: civil status acts and family matters
To obtain Georgian citizenship or a Georgian birth certificate for a child born in Italy, the Italian "atto di nascita" is submitted with the prefecture's apostille and a Georgian notarised translation. Italian divorce is two-stage: first separation (separazione), then divorce (divorzio), and since 2014 both are possible without a court, through an agreement drawn up by lawyers (negoziazione assistita) or at the municipality. For entry in the Georgian civil registry it is precisely the final divorce document that is translated, with the note on entry into legal force, and the translator's note explains this two-stage system so that the Georgian official does not take "separazione" for a divorce. Maintenance ("assegno di mantenimento"), the child's place of residence ("collocamento") and parental responsibility ("responsabilità genitoriale") are rendered with Georgian family law terminology.
From Italian into Georgian: corporate and notarial documents
When an Italian company is registered in Georgia, the Public Registry requires the chamber of commerce extract (visura camerale), the articles of association, the deed of incorporation and the decision appointing the administrator, in which the signatory's powers ("amministratore unico", "presidente del consiglio di amministrazione", "procuratore speciale") are unambiguous. The Italian extract is issued with a digital signature, and the Georgian notary accepts the printed version with an apostille or an Italian notary's certification. Italian company forms partly match Georgian ones: an S.r.l. is an LLC, an S.p.A. a joint-stock company, while the S.r.l.s., S.n.c. and S.a.s. do not exist as separate forms in the Georgian system and need a note. A power of attorney (procura) drawn up before an Italian notary is valid in Georgia with an apostille and a Georgian notarised translation, but the Georgian notary requires a specific list of powers, which we clarify in advance.
From Italian into Georgian: medical and insurance documents
After treatment in an Italian clinic the patient has the discharge letter (lettera di dimissione), the medical record (cartella clinica) and test reports (referto) translated to continue with a Georgian doctor or for a Georgian insurance company. Italian medical text follows the standard structure of the SSN (National Health Service), with ICD codes and Italian trade names for medicines (Tachipirina, Aulin, Moment), to which we add the international nonproprietary name in the translation (paracetamol, nimesulide, ibuprofen) so that the Georgian doctor continues the therapy correctly. The Italian disability system is percentage-based (invalidità civile), and the benefits of "legge 104" are a separate status, and these concepts do not map directly onto the Georgian disability groups, so they are rendered descriptively in the translation. The Italian "tessera sanitaria", "esenzione ticket" and "certificato di malattia" are translated with Georgian insurance and employment terminology.
From Italian into Georgian: machinery, winery equipment, manuals
Italian production machinery (winery equipment, stone processing, furniture and packaging lines) is widely used in Georgian factories, and its delivery is accompanied by Georgian translations of operating manuals, safety instructions, technical passports and CE declarations of conformity. Italian technical text is built on the terminology of European standards (EN, UNI), and the translation conveys this terminology in the language of Georgian technical regulations. Terms for winemaking equipment ("diraspatrice", "pressa pneumatica", "vasca di fermentazione", "filtro tangenziale") are translated with the equivalents established in the Georgian wine industry, which are familiar to technologists. Multi-page manuals are delivered in stages, with a terminology base approved by the client.
From Georgian into Italian: treatment in Italian clinics
Italian medical tourism for Georgian patients revolves around specific centres: the oncology institutes of Milan, the university clinics of Rome and Bologna, transplantology in Padua, the rehabilitation centres of Tuscany, and each of them has an international patients office ("ufficio pazienti internazionali") that asks for the "documentazione clinica completa" at the first contact. There is a practical nuance here: Italian centres accept English documentation too, but an Italian doctor reads Italian much faster and more accurately, and the reply (preventivo, estimated date, preliminary opinion) comes days earlier when the history is in Italian. So we translate the Georgian discharge summary, histology and imaging descriptions with Italian clinical structure (anamnesi patologica remota e prossima, esame obiettivo, diagnosi, terapia in atto), leave laboratory values with their units unchanged and, where the Georgian and Italian reference ranges differ, add a note. The "preventivo" that the clinic draws up on the basis of the translation is then translated into Georgian for the insurance company and the charitable foundation, and after treatment the "lettera di dimissione" returns to the Georgian doctor; one medical translator follows the whole cycle so that the patient's history does not "fall apart" between two languages.
From Italian into Georgian: INPS, pension and social documents
For people returning to Georgia after working in Italy, INPS documents (estratto contributivo, that is the contributions statement; certificato di pensione; certificates of residence and employment) are translated into Georgian for the Pension Agency and the Social Service Agency of Georgia, while the Georgian employment record book and certificate of service are translated into Italian for INPS, which takes foreign service into account under certain conditions. Italian pension terminology ("pensione di vecchiaia", "pensione anticipata", "contributi figurativi", "totalizzazione") finds no direct equivalent in the Georgian system, and the translation conveys the concepts descriptively. Documents of Italian social benefits (assegno unico, the successor programmes to the reddito di cittadinanza, the ISEE certificate) are translated into Georgian when a Georgian body or bank asks for the full picture of the family's income.
In both directions: tourism, gastronomy, brand
Unofficial translation is intensive in both directions: Georgian travel companies, hotels and wine cellars prepare websites, menus and tour descriptions in Italian for the Italian market, Georgian wine companies prepare labels and technical sheets for the Italian importer, and Italian brands (fashion, furniture, food) prepare advertising text and product descriptions in Georgian for Georgia. An Italian reader expects detail and territorial identity in gastronomic text ("denominazione", "territorio", "tradizione"), and a Georgian wine text that presents the qvevri tradition by this logic becomes "one's own" for an Italian sommelier. A native editor works on the Italian version, and the brand's terminology base is built together with the client.
In both directions: names, revenue stamps, seals
The first name and surname follow the Latin version of the Georgian passport in both directions, even if "Chavchavadze" reads as "Kavkavadze" to an Italian; Italian names are written in Georgian in the established transcription (Giovanni, Francesca, Michele), keeping the Latin spelling in brackets. The revenue stamp (marca da bollo) is described in both directions with its denomination and number, seals with their full text, and the Italian "visto, si legalizza" legalisation note is rendered in Georgian as "the signature is legalised". Figures, dates, cadastral and registration numbers are compared with the original against a separate list.
In both directions: the consulate appointment as the axis of the project
The planning of an Italian order is determined by one date: the day of the appointment at the Italian consulate in Tbilisi, when the conformity certification of the translation or the declaration of value must take place. Everything is planned backwards from this date: the apostille on the original before it, the translation and notarisation after the apostille, binding of the package in the order the consulate requires, an electronic copy for the client to check a few days before the appointment. So when the document is uploaded, the first thing we ask is the date of the consulate appointment or, if there is none yet, we plan it together. When translating from Georgian into Italian we ask for the Latin version of the passport; when translating from Italian into Georgian, where the consulate is not involved, we check whether the document has the apostille of the prefecture or the prosecutor's office and whether it is a "certificato" and not an "autocertificazione". The finished translation reaches you first electronically, then the notarised paper version by courier, in Georgia or in Italy, where an Italian relative or lawyer submits it to the body.
What each direction needs
- From Georgian into Italian, for the prefecture and the Questura: apostille on the original, notarised translation, conformity certification by the consulate
- From Georgian into Italian, for Universitaly and CIMEA: apostille and notarised translation, electronic copy for uploading
- From Georgian into Italian, for the Ministry of Health: apostille, translation, declaration of value, consular certification
- From Italian into Georgian, for the Public Registry and a notary: Italian apostille, notarised translation in Tbilisi
- From Italian into Georgian, court judgment: apostille from the prosecutor's office, notarised translation, 2-5 working days
- In both directions, business and marketing text: without certification, with native editing
Why the two directions differ in deadline
When translating from Georgian into Italian the text must read to an Italian official as if it had been written in Italy, which requires an Italian-speaking editor, and the chain of consular certification adds a further deadline. When translating from Italian into Georgian the main thing is the accuracy of Georgian administrative terminology, which Georgian translators ensure independently, and the process is faster. In both cases the translation is done by a translator registered with a notary, the order is managed online, the finished document reaches you electronically and by courier, and the confidentiality agreement applies to every order.
Frequently asked questions
Does a translation from Italian into Georgian definitely need an Italian apostille?
For submission to a Georgian state body, as a rule, yes. For a private company or a university a notarised translation is sometimes enough, which we clarify with the receiving party in advance.
Does a translation from Georgian into Italian always need consular certification?
For the prefecture, the Questura and the ministries, yes. For universities and private companies an apostilled notarised translation is often enough. We plan according to the receiving body.
Does the Italian "separazione" count as a divorce in Georgia?
No, it is the separation stage. The Georgian civil registry requires the final divorce document, and the translator's note explains this difference.
Do you translate the Europass CV and the motivation letter?
Yes, without certification, in Italian academic and business style, with an Italian-speaking editor working on it.
Do the names of Italian medicines change in the translation?
The trade name stays, and the international nonproprietary name is added in the translation so that the Georgian doctor and pharmacist can identify the drug.
Can you prepare a bilingual contract?
Yes. The contract is translated from one language, then both versions are laid out in parallel columns and compared terminologically so that no clause differs in meaning.
Do you translate handwritten Italian documents?
Yes, old civil status acts and doctors' notes are often handwritten. An illegible fragment is marked "illeggibile"/"illegible", which the notary accepts at certification.