Greek Translation Services
DHCTranslations translates Greek documents in the US, and the first question is usually the name rather than the text, because a Greek record spells it in Greek letters and a US file spells it in Latin ones. Each certificate begins at $54, statement and PDF included.
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For USCIS, US courts, WES, ECFMG and CGFNS.
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Prepared For Submissions To US Agencies & Credential Services
*Authority names are referenced as industry benchmarks of compliance. All official translation orders are processed directly through DHCTranslations.
Greek documents we translate for US files
Birth record
The act of birth with the register volume, the entry number, the registrar and any note added in the margin later.
Family status certificate
The family status certificate, listing the household member by member with the dates beside each name.
Marriage record
The act of marriage, with the entry, the officiant and a divorce noted in the margin carried across.
Death record
The act of death, with the informant, the cause as recorded and the register entry.
School leaving certificate
The school leaving certificate, with every subject, the marks and the school stamp kept in the document's own order.
University degree
The degree with the faculty, the award date and the Greek grading explained in a note rather than converted into a US average.
Grade transcript
The analytical grade transcript, with every course, the credits and the scale the faculty used.
Criminal record
The criminal record from the prosecutor's office, with the type of copy, the period covered and the result as printed.
Military status certificate
The military status certificate, stating service, exemption or deferment, which a US file on a Greek man often asks for.
Court and sworn papers
A court decision, a power of attorney or a sworn deed, with the case number, the parties and the signing officer's name as printed.
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What a certified Greek translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
From, per document
$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
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What a certified Greek translation is checked for
A USCIS officer, an evaluator or a state board reads three things: the whole text in English, a signed statement naming the translator, and a date. A Greek extract also carries the register volume and entry number, the municipality and the registrar's name, and each is placed where the document puts it rather than gathered into a header.
What the certification includes
- Signed statement of accuracy: the translator's name, signature and date, their CIOL or ITI membership number, our company stamp and our contact details.
- One transliteration, held: the name is rendered once and then used identically on every document, following the passport or visa spelling where the family has one and official transliteration where it does not.
- The act is quoted in full: the entry number, the registrar, the marginal notes added years later and the stamp are translated where they sit, because a marginal note is often the only record of a name change or a divorce.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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An act, a transliterated name, and one office that holds both
A Greek civil record is an act, an entry made in the register a municipality keeps, and what a family sends is an extract from that register rather than a certificate issued once and kept. The name on it is in Greek letters, and turning those into Latin ones is where most of the trouble sits: Greek has no single letter for the sounds b and d, writing each as a pair that is read as one sound, so a family that spells its name Bampas here will find the same name written differently there, and a translation that renders it Babas has changed the name.
Birth record
- On the Greek document
- ληξιαρχική πράξη γέννησης
- Issued by
- the registry office of the municipality
Marriage record
- On the Greek document
- ληξιαρχική πράξη γάμου
- Issued by
- the registry office, or the priest who performed it
Death record
- On the Greek document
- ληξιαρχική πράξη θανάτου
- Issued by
- the registry office of the municipality
Family status certificate
- On the Greek document
- πιστοποιητικό οικογενειακής κατάστασης
- Issued by
- the registry office
School leaving certificate
- On the Greek document
- απολυτήριο λυκείου
- Issued by
- the school
University degree
- On the Greek document
- πτυχίο
- Issued by
- the university
Grade transcript
- On the Greek document
- αναλυτική βαθμολογία
- Issued by
- the faculty secretariat
Criminal record
- On the Greek document
- ποινικό μητρώο
- Issued by
- the prosecutor's office at the court of first instance
Three things a US reader does not expect. The criminal record is not a police document at all: it is issued by the prosecutor's office at the court of first instance, so there is no police stamp on it. The family status certificate is the document that lists a household, and it is the Greek answer to a missing or incomplete birth record. And a civil date recorded before 1923 may be on the Julian calendar, which Greece kept for civil purposes until that year, so an old record can sit thirteen days behind the Gregorian date a reader would assume.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“My criminal-record certificate came back with the validity date clear and was accepted for a work visa without a query.”
Maria S.
“The birth registration certificate was translated with the registry number and municipal seal, and the passport application was accepted first time.”
Eleni P.
“The family register extract was translated in full with every family member's entry, which is what the visa office asked for.”
Dimitris K.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Greek documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations handles Greek documents in the US, including birth records, family status certificates and university degrees, and each translation carries a statement signed by the translator who produced it.
Because that is what it is. It is an entry written into the register a municipality keeps, and what a family sends is an extract from that register, so the document carries a volume, an entry number and a registrar rather than a single issue date.
DHCTranslations charges $54 for a document up to 400 words, then $0.12 per word into English or $0.14 from English into Greek. Both the statement and the PDF are part of the order rather than extras.
The spelling on a passport or visa is used where the family has one, because that is the spelling a US officer will match against. Where there is none, official transliteration applies, and Greek has no single letter for the sounds b and d, so a pair that reads as one sound becomes one Latin letter rather than two.
It is a registry extract that lists a household member by member, with the relationship and the dates. It is what a Greek family sends when a single birth record does not show the whole family.
The prosecutor's office at the court of first instance, not the police. There is no police stamp on it, so a file assembled on the assumption that it looks like a US background check will look wrong.
Greece kept the Julian calendar for civil purposes until 1923, so an older record can be thirteen days behind the Gregorian date a reader would assume. The translation gives the date as written and states which calendar the document uses.
It states whether a Greek man has served, was exempted or is deferred. US filings on Greek applicants ask for it often enough that it is worth translating alongside the birth record rather than after a request.
The degree and the grade transcript are translated with every course and mark intact, and DHCTranslations adds a note explaining the Greek scale of 0 to 10 so the evaluator decides the equivalence.
Yes. DHCTranslations charges $0.14 per word from English into Greek, written by a native speaker of the language rather than converted from machine output.
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