Greek translator

Since 1976 Dimotiki (Demotic Greek) has been the only official standard. Katharevousa was the formal government and legal register until 1976. Documents predating 1976 — older deeds, pre-1980 articles of association, classical texts — can carry Katharevousa features and call for a specialist who reads both registers. We confirm up front which register applies before the work begins.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here. For official acceptance we provide certified translation: a signed and dated statement of accuracy from the translator or the agency, with our contact details. Where a body asks for more, this can be escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to an apostille or legalisation through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Greece is an EU member and a party to the Hague Convention, so for use outside the EU an apostille is usually required. We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority needs.

We apply the ELOT 743 transliteration (the Greek state standard, identical to ISO 843) as standard for names, addresses and official terms. For travel documents and passport names we follow the spelling shown in the Greek identity document, which can differ where the holder has chosen their own romanisation. For UK civil-registration purposes we likewise follow the identity document to avoid identity confusion.

Yes. Our Greek specialist translators handle bills of lading, charterparties, MOAs, P&I correspondence and IMO and MARPOL files. For the insurance context we align with the standard maritime English terminology alongside the Greek and confirm the terms with you up front. Greek shipowners control the largest merchant fleet in the world, so this is a frequent request for UK insurers, brokers and law firms.

Yes. We translate applications, progress reports and final reports for Horizon Europe, the ERDF and ESF+, among others. Greek has been one of the 24 official EU languages since Greece joined in 1981; we follow the IATE terminology and the Interinstitutional Style Guide so that your documents match the conventions reviewers expect.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, volume, language pair and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote. For tight deadlines we confirm a workable rush schedule up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

We combine native specialist translators with a structured QA layer: a terminology list, a style guide and a second review where the legal field, risk profile or volume requires it. CAT tools (Trados, memoQ, Phrase TMS) keep terminology consistent across volume and repeated content, and a translation memory keeps follow-up work aligned and lowers the cost over time.

A Greek translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the specialist who fits your document and sector — whether that is shipping, law or an EU procedure — arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer. You keep one point of contact for variant, terminology, transliteration, scheduling and delivery, all under a single quote. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together so you are not managing them separately.