Translation in Ֆրանսիա

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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Translation associations and schools in Ֆրանսիա

School	Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France (Ecole Internationale de Langue et de Civilisation Françaises)
School	Université Stendhal Grenoble III - Université Grenoble Alpes
School	Universite de Rennes 1 - Faculte de droit et de science politique
School	Université Catholique de Lille
School	Université de Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, UFR d'Etudes Anglophones
School	Université Paris ESt Créteil
School	Université de Cergy-Pontoise, UFR de Langues Etrangères et Internationales
School	Université de Bretagne Occidentale
School	Centre de Traduction, Interprétation et Médiation Linguistique
School	Université de Strasbourg (Robert Schumann, Louis Pasteur and Marc Bloch)

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Upcoming and past ProZ.com events in Ֆրանսիա

Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Strasbourg	Mar 14, 2025
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Strasbourg	Feb 18, 2025
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Lyon	Dec 14, 2024
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Strasbourg	Oct 1, 2024
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Strasbourg	Jan 25, 2023
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Paris	May 27, 2022
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Virtual powwow	Jan 10, 2022
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - France	Apr 23, 2020
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - La Rochelle	Jan 25, 2020
Powwow	Ֆրանսիա - Bordeaux	Dec 16, 2019

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