The purpose of the Translation Service is to validly translate public and private documents and other texts, validate them, as well as the documents issued in Greece by foreign diplomatic and consular authorities, authenticate the signatures placed by Greek citizens on any text, apart from powers of attorney, provided they sign before the competent Translation Service officer and the provision of translation services of any nature into the following languages:

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 

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 them 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).