The Ukrainian-Georgian language pair has been one of Georgia's most intensive directions since 2022, and the two flows differ sharply from each other. From Ukrainian into Georgian go the documents of Ukrainians living in Georgia, read by a Georgian official, notary, bank employee, school principal or doctor; from Georgian into Ukrainian go Georgians' documents for Ukrainian bodies, business text for Ukrainian partners and information materials meant for Ukrainian beneficiaries, which a Ukrainian reader expects in Ukrainian, not Russian. What unites both directions is that no apostille is needed, and that the correctness of names, terms and linguistic form in the Ukrainian context is not only a technical matter but one of respect. This page breaks both directions down into scenarios.
From Ukrainian into Georgian: through the eyes of a Georgian official
A Ukrainian document submitted in Georgia is structurally familiar to a Georgian official: both systems come from the Soviet administrative tradition, and "довідка", "витяг", "свідоцтво", "посвідчення" correspond directly to the Georgian certificate, extract, certificate and card. The difficulty lies in the names of bodies, which have changed many times in Ukraine over the last decade: РАГС became ДРАЦС, ІПН became РНОКПП, the ЄДРПОУ extract became the ЄДР extract, and Diia took over the functions of many bodies. In the translation we render the functional Georgian name of the body with the Ukrainian original in brackets so that the Georgian official can verify it online. The date format matches, amounts in hryvnia (₴) stay unchanged, and seals ("печатка", "штамп") are described with their full text. The translation is done by a Georgian translator who commands Ukrainian at a professional level.
From Ukrainian into Georgian: residence, bank, school
This is the largest flow. For a residence permit from the Public Service Development Agency the Ukrainian passport, marriage and birth certificates, diploma and criminal record certificate are translated into Georgian; for banks in the KYC procedure, documents confirming the source of income (the FOP extract, contracts, tax return, certificate from the workplace); for school, the grade sheet, the pupil's personal file, the vaccination card. Since 2022 banks' requirements are especially detailed, and the Georgian translation of Ukrainian tax documents ("податкова декларація", "довідка про доходи", "витяг з реєстру платників єдиного податку") must be written so that the bank's compliance sees the source and amount of income unambiguously. The Ukrainian "єдиний податок" (the single tax for FOPs, with groups) is a system analogous to but different from the Georgian "small business status", which the translation marks with a note.
From Ukrainian into Georgian: medical and social documents
When Ukrainian patients are treated in Georgian clinics, when disability status is recognised and when they join social programmes, Ukrainian medical documents are translated into Georgian: the extract from the medical record (form 027/о), the certificate of the medical-social expert commission (МСЕК), the vaccination card (063/о), the health certificate (086/о), the histories of oncological and chronic patients. Ukrainian and Georgian medical documentation comes from a shared tradition of Soviet forms, and the form numbers, structure and terminology resemble each other, which makes translation easier. Ukrainian trade names of medicines are often known in Georgia too (a shared market for post-Soviet pharmaceutical companies), but we still add the international nonproprietary name in the translation. Documents related to war injuries, amputations and mental health require special delicacy and confidentiality.
From Ukrainian into Georgian: business and IT companies
Ukrainian IT companies, startups and individual entrepreneurs registered in Georgia since 2022 need a Georgian translation of Ukrainian corporate documents for the Public Registry and banks: the extract from the ЄДР, the articles of association, the founders' decision, the FOP extract, and as the business continues, contracts, invoices and acts with Ukrainian clients for the Georgian tax service. The Ukrainian "ТОВ" is an LLC, "ПрАТ" and "ПАТ" are joint-stock companies, "ФОП" is an individual entrepreneur, and the special regime of the Ukrainian IT industry, "Дія.City", is functionally close to but different from the Georgian virtual zone status, and these concepts are explained with a note for the Georgian tax consultant. The structure of Ukrainian contracts resembles the Georgian one, and the translation keeps the blocks, while the "акт виконаних робіт" (act of completed work) is rendered with the terminology of Georgian tax practice.
From Ukrainian into Georgian: court and family matters
A Ukrainian court judgment (divorce, alimony, the child's place of residence, inheritance, debt recovery) is translated in full for recognition in Georgia, with the note on entry into legal force, and the 1995 treaty simplifies the recognition procedure. The Ukrainian judicial system has three tiers (місцевий суд, апеляційний суд, Верховний Суд), similar to the Georgian one, and the names of the instances are rendered directly. Ukrainian family law concepts ("аліменти", "опіка", "піклування", "позбавлення батьківських прав") are translated with Georgian family law terminology, while matters relevant in wartime (a child travelling abroad with one parent's consent, guardianship during a parent's military service) create specific documents that must be translated exactly for the Georgian guardianship body. Ukrainian notarial statements and consents ("заява-згода") are often executed at the consulate or through Diia.
From Georgian into Ukrainian: the Ukrainian reader's expectation
A Ukrainian official, notary or partner expects the document in Ukrainian, in Ukrainian administrative style and terminology, and a Russian translation, which ten years ago was usable in Ukraine too, is not accepted today under the law on the state language and, beyond the law, is perceived as incorrect. When translating from Georgian into Ukrainian, Russian is not used as an intermediate language: the translator works directly from Georgian into Ukrainian, and a Ukrainian-speaking editor checks the text through the eyes of a Ukrainian reader. We render the names of Georgian bodies in Ukrainian with a functional translation and the original: "Агентство розвитку державних сервісів", "Будинок юстиції", "Публічний реєстр". The Ukrainian official style differs from Russian in its formulas too ("цим засвідчується", "видано для подання", "відповідно до"), and the translation uses precisely the Ukrainian formulas.
From Georgian into Ukrainian: property, inheritance, power of attorney
The property and inheritance matters of Georgian citizens in Ukraine are often settled remotely in wartime, by power of attorney. A power of attorney drawn up before a Georgian notary is translated into Ukrainian and, by virtue of the treaty, is valid in Ukraine without an apostille, but a Ukrainian notary looks for the wording of Ukrainian notarial practice in the text ("уповноважую", "представляти мої інтереси", "з правом отримання", "підписувати від мого імені"), and we prepare the draft power of attorney taking into account the requirements of the notaries of both countries so that no further clarification is needed in Ukraine. In inheritance cases the Georgian certificate of inheritance, documents proving kinship and court judgments are translated into Ukrainian, and Ukrainian inheritance terminology ("спадщина", "спадкоємець", "заповіт", "свідоцтво про право на спадщину") structurally matches the Georgian one, which makes translation easier.
From Georgian into Ukrainian: education and the Ukrainian ministry
Diplomas of Georgian universities are submitted for recognition in Ukraine to the Ministry of Education and Science (through ENIC Ukraine) with a Ukrainian translation, and Georgian school documents when returning to a Ukrainian school. The Georgian study record and diploma supplement are rendered in Ukrainian with Bologna terminology (бакалавр, магістр, кредити ЄКТС), and the Georgian grading scale is compared with the Ukrainian 100-point and ECTS system with a note. The Georgian Unified National Exams are the functional analogue of the Ukrainian ЗНО/НМТ, and this correspondence is reflected with a note in the translation of the school certificate. When Ukrainian students return from a Georgian university to Ukraine, the Georgian academic certificate and study record are translated into Ukrainian so that the Ukrainian university recognises the credits.
From Georgian into Ukrainian: business and the Ukrainian market
Georgian companies' documents are translated into Ukrainian when a Ukrainian partner carries out due diligence on the company, Georgian products (wine, mineral water, tea, agricultural produce) enter the Ukrainian market, a Georgian company takes part in a Ukrainian tender or reconstruction projects, or registers a representative office in Ukraine. The extract from the Registry of Entrepreneurs is rendered in Ukrainian as the analogue of the "витяг з реєстру", the articles of association as "статут", "director" as "директор" or "керівник", and the Georgian LLC is the equivalent of the Ukrainian "ТОВ". Financial statements, which in Georgia follow IFRS, are translated into Ukrainian with the official Ukrainian IFRS terminology (Ukraine uses IFRS for large companies, small companies use national standards), and we add notes on balance sheet items where the systems differ.
From Georgian into Ukrainian: humanitarian and information materials
International organisations, foundations and local NGOs prepare information materials in Ukrainian for Ukrainian beneficiaries (residence, school, healthcare, employment, legal aid), questionnaires, consent forms, websites and social media texts, and Georgian state bodies prepare instructions and forms for Ukrainians. These texts do not need notarisation, but they do need lively, understandable Ukrainian without bureaucratic calques, and a delicate approach to sensitive topics (trauma, loss, family separation, military service). A Ukrainian editor works on such projects, the terminology base is built together with the organisation, and the text is often prepared in three languages in parallel (Georgian, Ukrainian, English) for donors and beneficiaries.
From Ukrainian into Georgian: driving licence, car, customs
For Ukrainians in Georgia with a Ukrainian car, whose number has run into thousands since 2022, the translation of vehicle documents is a separate flow: the driving licence ("посвідчення водія") for exchange for a Georgian one at the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the vehicle registration certificate ("свідоцтво про реєстрацію транспортного засобу") for temporary import, insurance and, where needed, Georgian registration, the customs declaration and a power of attorney to drive the car if it is in someone else's name. The Ukrainian licence is bilingual (Ukrainian and English), but the Georgian body requires a full Georgian translation. Categories and dates stay unchanged, and the Ukrainian and Georgian category systems, which both follow the European model, practically match.
From Georgian into Ukrainian: Georgian students and graduates
Before the war thousands of Georgians studied at Ukrainian universities (medicine, engineering, economics), and many interrupted their studies because of the war or continued remotely. Their documents move in both directions: the Ukrainian diploma or academic certificate into Georgian for recognition by the NCEQE and transfer to a Georgian university, and Georgian documents (a certificate of enrolment at a Georgian university, a transfer request, a transcript) into Ukrainian for the Ukrainian university, which expels the student or issues an academic certificate. In wartime the administration of Ukrainian universities often works remotely, and electronic versions of documents, with an electronic signature, are translated in both directions, keeping the verification data.
In both directions: names, cities, orthography
The first name and surname follow the Latin version of the passport in both directions: Ukrainian names are written in Georgian from the Ukrainian form (Mykola, Olena, Dmytro, Hanna, Oleksandr, Serhii), not by Russian analogy, and Georgian names in Ukrainian by the rules of Ukrainian transcription (Георгій or Гіоргі for the Georgian "Giorgi", where we keep the Latin form of the passport: Giorgi → Гіоргі). The Ukrainian "г" is rendered in Georgian as "h", "ґ" as "g", "и" as "y", "і" as "i", "є" as "ie", "ї" as "i/yi", "щ" as "shch". Cities are written in the Ukrainian form: Kyiv (Київ), Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Georgian cities in Ukrainian: Тбілісі, Батумі, Кутаїсі. If the person already has a Georgian document with a particular spelling (often in the Russian form, from old practice), the translation reflects both variants with a note so that the body identifies the same person.
In both directions: how the order starts and ends
Regardless of direction, the order starts with uploading the document on the website (including a PDF generated from Diia), where you indicate the receiving body: the agency, a bank, a school, the NCEQE, a Ukrainian notary, the ДМС or an international organisation. The same day you receive the deadline; no apostille is needed, so the process is short. When translating from Ukrainian into Georgian we ask for the Latin page of the passport for the spelling of the name; when translating from Georgian into Ukrainian we clarify which Ukrainian body you will submit the document to. The finished translation reaches you first electronically for checking, then it is notarised and the paper version reaches you by courier in any city in Georgia; delivery to Ukraine is planned by international courier or through a representative.
What each direction needs
- From Ukrainian into Georgian, for the agency and a notary: notarised translation, no apostille, 1 working day or express
- From Ukrainian into Georgian, for a bank's KYC: notarised translation, sometimes additional documents by the bank's internal requirement
- From Ukrainian into Georgian, for school and the NCEQE: notarised translation, with a note on the grading scale
- From Ukrainian into Georgian, court judgment: notarised translation, 2-4 working days
- From Georgian into Ukrainian, for a Ukrainian notary and the ДМС: notarised translation into Ukrainian, with Ukrainian notarial wording
- From Georgian into Ukrainian, for the Ukrainian ministry: notarised translation, with Bologna terminology
- In both directions, business, humanitarian and information text: without certification, with a Ukrainian editor
Why the two directions differ
When translating from Ukrainian into Georgian the main thing is the accuracy of Georgian administrative terminology and knowledge of the changing names of Ukrainian bodies, which Georgian translators ensure; when translating from Georgian into Ukrainian the text must read to a Ukrainian reader in Ukrainian, not as a Russian calque, which requires a Ukrainian-speaking editor. 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, which is especially important for the protection of personal data in wartime.
Frequently asked questions
Does a translation from Ukrainian into Georgian need an apostille?
No. The 1995 legal assistance treaty exempts a Ukrainian document from legalisation in Georgia. A notarised translation is enough. We clarify a private organisation's internal rules in advance.
Can I submit a Georgian document in Ukraine with a Russian translation?
No. Under Ukraine's law on the state language, bodies, notaries and courts accept documents in Ukrainian. We translate directly from Georgian into Ukrainian, without Russian as an intermediate language.
My name is in the Russian form on my Georgian residence card. What should I do?
In the translation we keep the Ukrainian Latin form of the passport and link the existing Georgian variant with a note so that the body identifies the same person. Changing the form of the name on the card is a separate procedure at the agency.
Is the Ukrainian "Дія.City" the Georgian virtual zone status?
Functionally close (a special tax regime for IT companies), but a different system. In the translation the concept is explained with a note so that the Georgian tax consultant understands it correctly.
Do you translate Ukrainian websites and information materials?
Yes, without certification, with a Ukrainian editor involved, in lively and understandable Ukrainian. Often in three languages in parallel: Georgian, Ukrainian, English.
How is a Ukrainian court judgment recognised in Georgia?
The judgment is translated in full with the note on entry into legal force, and the recognition procedure is simplified by the 1995 treaty. We recommend a lawyer where needed.
Do you translate handwritten or bilingual Ukrainian documents?
Yes, Soviet and 1990s documents are often handwritten and bilingual (Ukrainian and Russian). The entries in both languages are translated, and an illegible fragment is marked "нерозбірливо"/"illegible".