Register, length, and typography

English to French Translation

Translate English documents into French with formality set deliberately, French typographic conventions intact, and formatting rebuilt around longer text.

French forces two decisions English never makes: how formal to be, and how to absorb text that runs noticeably longer than the original. Both show up in the finished document, and both are set before the job runs rather than fixed by hand afterwards.

What changes in this pair

Formality is a setting, not a guess

The tone control decides between vous and tu and the surrounding register, so a contract and an internal note do not come back sounding the same.

Built for expansion

French commonly runs longer than English. Tables, headers, footers, and slide text are rebuilt around the translated length rather than clipped to the English measure.

French typography preserved

Accented characters, guillemets, and non-breaking spaces before certain punctuation are carried through the rebuild and survive export.

Legal and technical vocabulary held steady

A glossary pins the French terms your organisation has settled on, and translation memory reuses the phrasing you approved last time.

Every format supported

DOCX, PDF, XLSX, and PPTX are returned in their original file type with styles, tables, and structure carried through.

Segment-level review

The Translation Editor shows source and target side by side with terminology and quality warnings, tracking MT, Draft, and Approved states.

Where it helps

  • Contracts and commercial agreements for France, Belgium, or Switzerland
  • Canadian French documentation with its own terminology requirements
  • Technical manuals and product documentation
  • HR policies and employee-facing material
  • Regulatory and compliance filings
  • Marketing and sales collateral needing a consistent voice

How the work moves

1

Upload the English file

Add the document and set French as the target language.

2

Choose the register

Set the domain and tone, and attach the glossary that holds your French terminology.

3

Translate and rebuild

Content is translated segment by segment and reassembled in the original format.

4

Review and export

Work through the Translation Editor, or read a DOCX in the Document Editor, then download.

Other language pairs

Translate your first document

Open the dashboard to upload a file, or read how document translation works first.