Greek translation services from €0.05 per word Greek translation agency for Greece and Cyprus.
Greek translation services by native Greek translators for tourism, shipping and energy, pharmaceuticals, contracts, websites and certified documents, with layout for the Greek alphabet handled in-house. ISO 17100 certified.
Four ISO certifications · Based in HamburgTranslation partner to companies with high standards
- What: Greek translation services into and out of Greek: tourism, shipping, energy, pharmaceutical, legal, financial and marketing content plus certified documents, delivered by native translators.
- How: Specialist translation to ISO 17100 with a second native reviewer, or machine translation with post-editing to ISO 18587 for high volumes.
- Cost: From €0.05 per word for MTPE and from €0.12 per word for specialist translation. Certified translations at fixed prices.
- What sets us apart: Translators matched to Greece or Cyprus, desktop publishing for the Greek alphabet, experience with EOF and Greek public tenders, and four ISO certifications.
Why Greek needs a specialist translation team
Its own alphabet, two markets and a global diaspora
Greek is spoken by around 13 million people: ten million in Greece, most of the population of Cyprus and large communities in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. It is an official language of the European Union, which means EU-regulated products, from medicines to machinery, need Greek documentation before they can be sold in Greece or Cyprus.
What sets Greek apart from other European languages is its alphabet. Greek has used its own script for almost three thousand years, and modern Greek, the standard form known as Dimotiki, is written in it exclusively. For translation that means Greek is never a matter of swapping words within a familiar layout: fonts, line lengths, capitalisation rules and sorting all change, and the text itself grows by 15% to 20% compared with English.
Our Greek translators are native speakers specialised in a subject area, and we match them to the market: a translator based in Athens for Greece, one with Cypriot experience for Cyprus. They translate into Greek only; translations out of Greek go to native speakers of the target language.
Greece and Cyprus
Two target markets that differ in the detail
Greece and Cyprus share Standard Modern Greek as their written language, and a text written for one is understood in the other. The differences are in the detail that matters for legal, administrative and commercial documents. Cyprus has a legal system shaped by English common law and a civil service that works bilingually in Greek and English, so Cypriot legal and administrative terminology often differs from the Greek equivalent. Everyday vocabulary, place names and some commercial conventions differ too.
| Market | Locale | What to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | el-GR | Civil law terminology, Greek public tender conventions, EOF for pharmaceuticals, Greek consumer law wording |
| Cyprus | el-CY | Common law influence in contracts, bilingual administration, financial services and shipping registries, Cypriot usage in marketing |
| Diaspora communities | el | Certified documents, public information and heritage-language content for Greek speakers in Germany, the UK, the US and Australia |
We ask which market a text is for before quoting. Where a document serves both, a translator from one market prepares it and a reviewer from the other checks that nothing reads as foreign.
The Greek alphabet and your layout
Why desktop publishing is almost always part of a Greek project
Greek text expands by 15% to 20% compared with English and uses a 24-letter alphabet with its own capitalisation and accent rules. Accents are dropped on capitals, the final sigma has its own form, and word breaks follow Greek rules that a layout tool configured for English will get wrong. A brochure, a manual or a user interface designed around English line lengths will overflow, break or truncate in Greek unless someone adjusts it.
Our desktop publishing team prepares Greek versions of brochures, manuals, presentations and packaging in InDesign, Word, PowerPoint and common authoring tools, with Greek-capable fonts, correct hyphenation and adjusted layouts. For software and websites we flag strings and components that will not accommodate the longer Greek text before translation starts, so your developers can make room once rather than fix overflow after release.
Subject areas for Greek translation
The key industries behind our Greek projects
Greek projects cluster around the sectors in which Greece and Cyprus are strong, tourism, shipping, energy and financial services, and the EU-regulated industries that need Greek documentation to sell there. Each is handled by translators with a background in the field, supported by terminology management and a translation memory.
Hotel and destination content, booking flows, menus and guest communication for one of Europe’s largest tourism markets. Travel and tourism
Charter parties, ship management documentation, class and safety manuals and crew training material for Greek and Cypriot shipping companies. Technical translations
Tender documents, technical specifications and HSE material for renewable energy, grid and infrastructure projects, many of them EU-funded. Legal translations
Submissions to EOF (the National Organization for Medicines), patient information leaflets, labelling and clinical documentation. Medical translations
Annual reports, fund documentation, banking and fintech content, and corporate filings for Cypriot holding structures. Financial translations
Campaigns, product listings and websites for Greek consumers, written for the market rather than translated literally. Marketing translations
Certified Greek translations
For authorities, registry offices and consulates
Certified translations are needed when an authority has to accept the translation as equivalent to the original: Greek birth, marriage and family status certificates, school leaving certificates and university degrees, criminal record extracts, GEMI commercial register extracts, powers of attorney and court decisions. In the other direction, foreign documents are certified for Greek and Cypriot authorities, universities and employers. The translator certifies the translation with stamp, signature and statement. Greece and Cyprus are both party to the Hague Apostille Convention, and most authorities require an apostille on the original.
Names are transliterated according to the passport or identity card, which we ask for before we start; a mismatch is the most common reason an authority rejects a translation. For standard documents the quickest route is our online shop for certified translations: upload a scan, pay a fixed price and receive the certified translation by post, with a certified PDF in advance.
Our English-language shop for certified translations into and out of Greek, at fixed prices and with delivery by post or as a certified PDF. Sworn Translators
Prices and turnaround times
Clear pricing for Greek translation
Greek specialist translators with a legal, technical or medical background are fewer than for the large European languages, and layout work for the Greek alphabet adds a step. The prices below are starting prices; the quote you receive in about 10 minutes within business hours is binding and lists layout and express work separately.
| Service | From | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| MTPE (ISO 18587) | €0.05 per word | Product listings, support content, internal documentation |
| Specialist translation (ISO 17100) | €0.12 per word | Contracts, tender files, EOF dossiers, manuals, annual reports |
| Certified translation | Fixed prices in the shop | Official documents, ordered through Sworn Translators |
| Translation memory matches | Discounted per match | Follow-up orders, version updates, recurring content |
| Express delivery | Surcharge shown in the quote | Contract deadlines, trade fair material, product launches |
A worked example: a 12,000-word hotel website is to be translated into Greek. Quoted as a specialist translation, the text costs around €1,440, plus a layout check for the pages where the longer Greek text affects the design. Turnaround is typically four to five working days; express delivery is available where a season launch requires it.
Frequently asked questions
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Request a Greek translation now
Send us your document or a sample and tell us whether it is for Greece, Cyprus or both. You will receive a binding quote in about 10 minutes within business hours, including our recommendation on layout.
No obligation · Native Greek translators · Greek-alphabet layout included · ISO 17100, ISO 18587, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifiedGlossary
Key terms in Greek translation
- Dimotiki (Standard Modern Greek)
- The standard form of modern Greek, official in Greece since 1976 and used in Cyprus. It replaced the archaic Katharevousa in administration and education.
- Text expansion
- The increase in length when a text is translated. Greek runs 15% to 20% longer than English, which affects layouts, interfaces and subtitles.
- Apostille
- A certificate under the Hague Convention that authenticates a public document for use abroad. Greece and Cyprus both require it on most foreign originals submitted with a certified translation.
- EOF (National Organization for Medicines)
- The Greek regulator for medicines and medical devices. Submissions and patient information follow its Greek-language requirements.
- Translation memory (TM)
- A database that stores every translated sentence so repeated content is reused and discounted. It keeps websites, manuals and contracts consistent across updates.