Translation in France

Freelance translators and translation companies

Translation in France has long tradition due to the history of the country and of the French language and the crossroads position of France. With globalization and the generalisation of the English language, France has one strength: The Académie française, a language protection institution unique to France.

However, French translators face a lack of regulation of the industry. Nowadays in France, anyone can declare themselves *a professional translator*. The majority remains certified and trained translators (background translators or former specialists who went into translation) - a lot of French universities offer MA-degree courses, and there are 5 professional translations colleges.

The Toubon Act is a French specificity - it aims at protecting the French linguistic heirloom by requiring that legal documents, advertising, products presentations, user manuals, etc. be translated into French. This law guarantess a constant volume of translation work for local translators.

The main translators organization in France is the SFT (Société française des traducteurs). Its members enjoy legal help and consult, and guidance in the French administrative and fiscal jungle.

The ProZ.com French community is active and varied. A lot of powwows, training sessions and conferences take place every year in France. It is actually the record-holder country for ProZ.com conferences, with 3 events 3 years in a row, every year with the same success.

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ProZ.com members in France

Translation associations and schools in France

School	Université de Strasbourg (Robert Schumann, Louis Pasteur and Marc Bloch)
School	Université de Bretagne Occidentale
School	Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
School	Université de Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, UFR d'Etudes Anglophones
School	Université de Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, UFR d'Études Interculturelles de Langues Appliquées
Association	Société française des traducteurs
Association	Conference Internationale d'Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interpretes
Association	Union Nationale des Experts Traducteurs - Interprètes près les Cours d'Appel
School	Université de Nantes
School	Université Haute Bretagne Rennes II

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Upcoming and past ProZ.com events in France

Powwow	France - Strasbourg	Jan 25, 2023
Powwow	France - Paris	May 27, 2022
Powwow	France - Virtual powwow	Jan 10, 2022
Powwow	France - France	Apr 23, 2020
Powwow	France - La Rochelle	Jan 25, 2020
Powwow	France - Bordeaux	Dec 16, 2019
Powwow	France - Paris	Oct 15, 2019
Powwow	France - Strasbourg	Sep 30, 2019
Powwow	France - Bordeaux	Sep 27, 2019
Powwow	France - Strasbourg	Apr 4, 2019

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Recent discussions in forums relevant to France

-	Faut-il confier un recouvrement à un huissier ?
-	Recherche volontaires - étude universitaire en post-édition
-	Tarifs agence française
-	Métier de traducteur / traductrice free-lance
-	Programme de mentoring Boussole (SFT)
-	aide tarif surtitrage - théâtre (Jp Fr)
-	Fait divers et erreur de traduction
-	Pour les plus de 50 (?) ans
-	Je souhaite me remettre à la reconnaissance vocale, quelles sont mes options ?
-	Fausse annonce/Arnaque, poste de traducteur/chef de projet

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France vital statistics

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Time now (Paris)	00:42 CEST (GMT+2) (2 hrs ahead of you)
Official language	French
Currency	Euro (EUR)
Calling code	+33
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