Sworn Translation in Artvin

Paperwork that moves between the two sides of a border

What makes Artvin distinctive in translation terms is that it borders Georgia, and that this proximity produces not only trade but everyday life. There are family ties on both sides of the border, tradespeople who have done business together, and families with property or a share in an inheritance across the line. Those ties turn now into a marriage formality, now into the transfer of a title deed, and most often into a power of attorney. On top of that comes the contractor traffic brought by forestry and energy investment: firms working on transmission lines, roads and power plants deal with foreign equipment suppliers and, from time to time, with foreign technical staff. The upshot is that the province generates a flow of documents far more varied than its population would lead you to expect, and a good part of that flow requires official approval.

Typical files that come from Artvin

The group we see most often is personal and family documents: civil registry extracts, birth and marriage certificates, evidence supporting inheritance proceedings, land registry records and powers of attorney. These are generally wanted for a procedure on the other side of the border; the receiving authority requires the translation to be sworn and, more often than not, notarised, and turns away any file whose approvals are incomplete. The second group is commercial: company incorporation and registry documents, signature circulars, transport paperwork, sale and purchase contracts. The third is project documentation – technical specifications, equipment acceptance reports, occupational health procedures. The fourth is the diplomas and professional qualification certificates of people planning to work abroad.

Type of file	Why it is translated
Powers of attorney and civil registry papers	An inheritance, title deed or marriage matter across the border
Company registry documents and signature circulars	Trade in both directions, agency arrangements and tender applications
Technical specifications and acceptance reports	Foreign suppliers on energy and infrastructure projects
Transport and dispatch paperwork	Freight and vehicle formalities passing through the border crossing
Diplomas and professional qualifications	A work permit abroad, or recognition

Where the demand for Georgian and Russian actually comes from

Georgian is needed here not because it is “the neighbouring country’s language” but because the procedures are in fact conducted in it. The text a notary, a land registry or a court on the other side will accept has to be in Georgian; translating the Turkish document into English is of no use in most files, and the process starts over from the beginning. Russian, for its part, has served as the language of commercial correspondence in the region for decades: in practice a contract with a buyer, an agent or a haulier in the Caucasus and beyond is drawn up in Russian, and invoices and delivery notes are issued in it too. English turns up more in corporate projects, in the documentation of foreign equipment manufacturers. You can compare which approval is required for which country on our translation by country page.

The terrain is hard; the process need not be

In Artvin the distance between districts is measured in hours rather than kilometres, and in winter the state of the roads and the weather is added to that. Travelling first to the provincial centre for a document and then to another city to have it approved is a real burden here, and usually means two days of work. With us the process runs remotely from end to end: you upload the document from where you are and see the price and the delivery date, the sworn signature and, where required, notarisation are completed at our office in Ankara, the electronically signed copy reaches you the same day, and the wet-signed copy arrives at your address by courier. We have no branch in Artvin; and because we have none, we are not asking you to come to any address. Where the roads are long, working remotely is not a comfort but the condition on which the work remains possible at all.

Knowing the price in advance

Per-page rates do not change from one province to another; a civil registry extract sent from Artvin is subject to the same tariff as the same document sent from Ankara. On the pricing page you will find the starting rates by language pair, and in the quote form the exact figure for your own document. The notary’s fee is independent of our tariff and is governed by the official schedule of notarial fees; we show it as a separate item. In matters such as inheritance and title deeds, obtaining the list of documents the receiving authority requires beforehand will save you having the same file translated twice.

This page is for general information; our office is based in Ankara Kızılay and there are no branches in other provinces. Because practice can change, take the requirement in force at the time of your application as your guide.