French Translation Services
Professional French translation for manufacturers, law firms, financial institutions, and international organizations. French is one of the five UN working languages and a major language in European business, law, finance, and institutional communication.
French is a major source and target language in our work — particularly for industrial manufacturers with French-language operations, international organizations using French as a working language, and organizations distributing products across French-speaking markets.
Our French translators are native French speakers working into their first language, with subject-matter expertise across technical, legal, financial, medical, and commercial domains.
Language Directions
English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and other European languages.
French is a significant source language in our industrial and consumer goods work — particularly for manufacturers with French headquarters distributing products internationally.
English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and other European languages.
French is one of the five UN working languages and an official language of 29 countries. We provide French translation for all major subject domains — technical, legal, financial, medical, and institutional.
Selected Clients
Safety data sheets and technical documentation from French and English into 22 languages.
Simultaneous interpreting in English, French, and Spanish for a UN institutional event.
Financial audit documentation between Italian and French for submission to Italian regulatory authorities.
Energy network documentation across English, French, Hungarian, Italian, and Slovak.
Power protection documentation between Italian, English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.
Consecutive interpreting across multiple Italian cities covering Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, and French.
Quality Process
All translation is delivered under our ISO 17100:2015 certified quality process.
Professional or academic background in the relevant domain — not general language proficiency.
Every translation reviewed by a second qualified linguist before delivery.
Client glossaries maintained and applied across all projects.
Consistency across document versions and over time.
Named project manager from quotation to delivery.
What we translate in French
The document types that make up most of our French workload, each handled by translators with a background in that field.
Notices d’utilisation, maintenance manuals and safety instructions for products placed on the French and francophone markets.
Commercial contracts, employment agreements, corporate records and litigation documents for French-speaking jurisdictions.
Submissions and technical documentation for French and EU authorities, with the terminology those bodies expect.
Civil status documents, diplomas, court documents and corporate records with certification for official submission.
What makes French translation different
Every language creates its own problems. These are the ones that decide whether French work succeeds or has to be redone.
French law requires that product documentation and safety instructions supplied to consumers in France be in French. This covers the manual that ships in the box, not only the marketing material. Products arriving with English-only documentation are a compliance problem, not a customer-experience problem.
Interfaces, table columns and packaging artwork designed around English text will overflow in French. This is predictable and measurable before layout begins, and we give you the expansion figures for your actual content rather than a rule of thumb — the difference matters when the field is fixed-width.
Québec French differs from European French in terminology, in tolerance for anglicisms, and in legal and administrative vocabulary — and Québec has its own language legislation governing commercial documentation. Treating one as a lightly edited version of the other produces text that reads as foreign in both markets.
French translation: common questions
Do we really need French documentation for the French market?
For products supplied to consumers in France, yes — the requirement covers instructions for use and safety information, and it applies regardless of how widely English is understood. It is worth resolving before shipment rather than after a distributor or authority raises it.
Can you handle both European and Canadian French?
Yes, as two separate targets with their own translators and glossaries. If budget allows only one version, we will tell you honestly which compromises that forces and where the text will read as imported.
Are your French translations accepted by French authorities?
It depends on the receiving body. France operates a sworn translator (traducteur assermenté) system for certain court and administrative purposes, while a wide range of commercial, corporate and EU-facing documents accept an agency certification. Tell us which authority the document is going to and we will tell you which form you actually need — our guide to certified, notarized and sworn translation sets out the distinction.
Ready to discuss your French translation project?
Tell us about your documents, languages, and deadline. We will prepare a detailed proposal within one business hour.