The purpose of the Translation Service is to validly translate public and private documents and other texts. Translations of foreign public documents are provided only if the documents bear the Apostille stamp for the countries that are parties to the Hague Convention, which was ratified in our country through Law 1497/1984 (Government Gazette volume A, no. 188). In all other cases, documents must be validated by the Greek consular authority in the country of origin of this document or by this country’s consular authority in Greece.
For documents from countries (such as Albania and Georgia) regarding which Greece has expressed reservations as to their adherence to the Hague Convention, so long as these reservations still stand, only documents validated by the competent Greek consular authority will be accepted.
Public documents are the documents provided for in the abovementioned Hague Convention.
The Foreign Ministry's Translation Service offers translation services of any nature into the following languages:
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English |
Hebrew |
Dutch |
Serbian |
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Albanian |
Spanish |
Hungarian |
Swedish |
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Arabic |
Italian |
Ukrainian |
Turkish |
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Bulgarian |
Chinese |
Polish |
Czech |
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French |
Croatian |
Portuguese |
Finnish |
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German |
Moldavian |
Romanian |
Flemish |
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Georgian |
Russian |
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Cost of translation
On the basis of the decision of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under protocol no. F093.29/AS1057/26.02.07 (as promulgated in the Official Journal of the Hellenic Republic no. 348/vol. B/348/13.03.07) the price per target language page, as well as the categories of documents, as of 19.03.2007, are determined as follows:
Categories of documents and price per target language page
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CATEGORIES OF DOCUMENTS |
Simple procedure |
Urgent procedure |
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A |
8,50 |
12,00 |
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B |
9,50 |
14,00 |
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C |
14,00 |
20,00 |
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D |
15,00 |
21,00 |
NOTE:
The translations of our Service are stamped and stapled together with the documents submitted for translation, so that they constitute a single body.
Whoever intends to submit certificates of studies for translation, is kindly requested to do so using validated copies of those documents only.
Copies of Greek certificates of studies are validated by all Public Services and the Citizen Service Centers (K.E.P.). Copies of certificates of studies in foreign languages are validated by:
1. the issuing authority itself
2. the respective educational centres, established in Greece.
3. lawyers
To serve citizens living in Greece outside Attica prefecture, the Translation Service operates a Citizens Correspondence Department, where any interested person may send, by registered mail to the address of the Translation Service, his/her documents to be translated, having first contacted them over the phone (2103285721, 2103285722).
POSTAL ADDRESS
10 Arionos st., (Psyrri area), 10554 Athens
Working hours: 09.00 to 13.00
Announcement:
The offices of our Service’s Validation Department have been relocated. As of 4 March 2009, the department will be operating under the Citizen Information Office for Greek Expatriates, at the address: 3, Davaki St. (Davaki Arcade).
Working hours: 09.30 – 13.30.
Tel.: 210 3682590– 210 3682610 – 210 3682445.
Telephones __________________
Albanian Eastern European languages: 2103285743 - 746 - 748 -751 English-Hebrew-Chinese : 2103285731 - 735 - 738 - 740
Arabic - Western European languages : 2103285723 - 726 - 730 -729
Secretariat - Accounts Department : 2103285712 - 716 - 717 - 764
Last modified: March 2009