We have translated into, or from, French for clients such as the law firm, Savills, retail specialists Timberland and Emerald Insight, who publish journals in management, library and information services, engineering, applied sciences and technology.

Cosmic Solutions, of the commerce and retail sector, chose us to localize their entire website into French.  With such experience, you can be assured that, no matter the size or type of French translation required, we can offer you a comprehensive service.

All of our French translators are native speakers who live in-country. They are trained professionals with at least three years of experience.

Your translators are carefully chosen to ensure that only the most suitably qualified translators and linguists undertake your projects. Specialist translators have backgrounds in marketing, law, medicine, leisure, finance, engineering, marketing and many other industries.

French Glossaries and Terminology

For ongoing or large projects, we will manage your language asset. This means you won't ever pay for a sentence to be translated twice! Also, with our system, your terminology is kept consistent throughout your literature.

We can collaborate with your French distributors/agents to ensure that the correct terminology is used and that the content is kept in your best interest.

We work to a documented quality procedure born from experience.

Confidentiality and security issues are taken very seriously. All employees and translators are bound by non-disclosure agreements.

Approximately 350 million people speak French around the world as either native speakers or as second language learners. The three main standards of the French language are Parisian (Standard) French, Standard Canadian French (Québecois), and a more neutral International French (IF) which is used mainly in the media. IF is a version of French marked by a much greater use of archaic vocabulary which is no longer contemporary in metropolitan France. 

French is a Romance language which stems originally from Roman Latin, but it is also influenced by the Celtic and Germanic languages which succeeded the Roman Empire as a result of the Frankish invasions at the beginning of the Dark Ages. French is an official language in 29 countries, as well as being the official language of the united Nations, so a text translated into French will have a far reaching audience. However, depending on your target audience, there are around thirty different French dialects from Cajun, Lao and Indian French to Jersey Legal French!

A final thing to note when it comes to French translation is that English text, when translated into French, expands by approximately 15 - 20% and French to English translations contract by around 10 - 15%.

French is the official language of: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium, Guinea, France, Rwanda, Chad, Canada, Haiti, Burundi, Madagascar, Benin, Switzerland, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoir, Congo, Gabon, Burkina, Faso, Comoros, Togo, Niger, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Senegal, Vanuatu, Seychelles, Mali and Monaco.