General Information
Our sworn interpreters and translators for Greek work for our customers throughout Germany. Do you need certified and stamped translations of documents, on-site interpreters or remote interpreters? We’ll support you in the planning and implementation of your project. Contact us today for a consultation!
Modern Greek is the sole official language of Greece and, along with Turkish, the official language of Cyprus. It is spoken by over 13 million people worldwide. Native Greek speakers also live in the Greek diaspora, especially in southern Italy, southern Albania as well as in the coastal regions of the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.
Greek has quite a number of dialects. Here, the four largest dialect groups are the Northern dialects, the Peleponnesian-Ionian dialects, the Southern dialects around Crete, and the Southeastern dialects near Rhodes and Cyprus. In addition, there are some smaller dialects that deviate more from Modern Greek. Examples include Tsakonian, spoken only in about 10 villages, Pontic, originally spoken in what is now Turkey, and Griko, spoken in southern Italy.
The oldest surviving writings in Greek are over 3,500 years old and were discovered only about 70 years ago. Over the course of time, Greek has undergone some major changes, and thus Ancient Greek, which is taught in Germany at humanistic high schools and universities, for example, has only limited similarities with Modern Greek. This is comparable to Latin and modern Italian.
The influence of the Greek language on other languages around the world cannot be underestimated, but it can be found primarily in European languages. In most cases, Greek words or syllables found their way into German via Latin. Often, therefore, spellings are preserved that are otherwise almost never found in German or English, for example in “rhythm”, “theater”, “xylophone” or “orthography”.
We offer the following services for Greek:
Certified translation of Greek documents
You grew up in Greece, Cyprus or another Greek-speaking country and would now like to live and work in Germany or vice versa? For occasions such as marriage, naturalization, application for parental allowance, studies, pension and many others, the authorities request a certified translation of your documents.
We will help you with the translation!
- Originals are usually not required for the issuance of a certified translation, but you must be able to present them to authorities upon request.
- Translations of documents are provided including certification by a translator sworn-in by a court in Germany.
- Our translations for Greek are recognized by all German authorities and offices.
- We will send your translation by mail to the address of your choice in Germany.
- Commission us online to translate documents from Greece or Cyprus and process your orders electronically.
- We can provide you with a digital copy in advance upon request.
A Statement of Comparability is an official document issued by the Central Office for Foreign Education (Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen – ZAB). It assesses international higher education qualifications and ascertains the professional and academic legitimacy of candidates. This is intended to facilitate access to the German labor market and enable students to continue their studies in Germany. It is a comparative classification, but not a recognition.
For further details on the process of recognizing equivalency and the evaluation of your diplomas, please visit the official website of the Central Office for Foreign Education (Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen) of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (Kultusministerkonferenz – KMK).
You can check the evaluation of your certificates and degrees in advance in the Anabin database.
You can also check the value of your foreign university qualification and research further information.
Information about degrees with university admission can also be found in Anabin. You can check under which conditions you can take up an undergraduate course of study in Germany with a foreign secondary qualification.
Depending on the federal state, other recognition and advisory offices are responsible for recognizing the equivalence of your degrees, certificates or diplomas from Greece or Cyprus. On Anabin you can find information not only about relevant authorities, but also about advisory bodies without direct recognition competence. They can provide you with information on numerous issues relating to recognition in Germany.
An apostille is an additional confirmation of authenticity of a foreign document. The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention) is in effect between Germany and Cyprus, documents from Greece, however, usually do not require an apostille. Here, an apostille confirms the authenticity of the signature and, if applicable, the seal of the signatory, as well as their authority to issue the document.
The authorities of the country in which the document was issued are responsible for issuing them, i.e. German authorities for German documents and Cypriot authorities for Cypriot documents. An apostille consists of a fixed text and is affixed to the document itself or to a sheet attached to it. The Hague Convention does not apply to documents issued by diplomatic or consular representatives, nor to documents relating directly to commercial transactions or customs procedures.
For further information on the apostille and the procurement of documents in Greece, please refer to the Leaflet of the German missions in Greece and for documents in Cyprus to the homepage of the German embassy in Nicosia.
By default, the certification is carried out by a translator who is sworn in by a court in Germany. Please note that we offer certified translations only from German or into German.
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Our translators and interpreters for Greek are available for our customers on a daily basis throughout Germany. Whether you need an on-site interpreter or a certified translation of documents, we are here for you!
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