Translate French (français) into clear, natural English - from a Parisian email and a Quebec contract to a Dakar press release or a Goncourt excerpt. Frontier AI, free for everyday use.
French is the fifth most-spoken language on the planet, with around 320 million speakers across l'Hexagone, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec and a fast-growing francophone Africa. English remains the global lingua franca for work, science and the open web. translator.im bridges the two with frontier AI that understands tutoiement, idioms, Quebec usage and Maghreb dialects - so the English you get reads naturally, not robotically.
A quick reference for daily conversation, polite formalities and asking for help. Tap any row to copy it into the translator above.
We tune for fluent, idiomatic English output - not word-for-word transliteration. Subjunctives, formal vous and Quebec turns of phrase are handled the way a bilingual person would.
French idioms like 'avoir le cafard', 'poser un lapin' or 'coûter les yeux de la tête' are translated to natural English equivalents, not literal word-for-word.
European, Quebec, Belgian, Swiss and African French all parse cleanly - including septante / nonante, courriel, fin de semaine and Maghreb French turns of phrase.
No upload needed - copy French emails, contracts or articles and paste up to 5,000 characters per request. Paragraph breaks stay in place, so long passages read back in order.
Upload a photo or screenshot of a brasserie menu, an SNCF timetable or a formulaire. OCR runs in your browser, you check the recognised French text, then read it in English. Works best on clear print.
Journal Officiel decrees, university dissertations, notarised contracts and INSEE reports translated into formal, citation-ready English.
Nothing to install and nothing to register - paste your French and go. You get 10 free translations a day; see our privacy policy for how requests are handled.
Quebec immigration applicants, expats decoding their lease, students reading Camus, journalists quoting Le Monde, founders pitching to London VCs - it all fits.
Translate the lease, the EDF bill, the CAF letter and the school's mot dans le carnet into clear English so admin stops being a maze.
Convert pitch decks, term sheets and contracts from European or Quebec French into clear, neutral English in seconds - for London, New York or Singapore audiences.
Translate Goncourt-winning excerpts, Cahiers du Cinéma reviews and Proust passages into English that respects the original tone - useful for theses and reading lists.
Paste French dialogue, subtitle lines or a script - up to 5,000 characters at a time - and get English that keeps the tone, ready for YouTube, Vimeo or a festival submission.
Small framing choices that get noticeably better English output.
European French is the default assumption. If your source is Quebec French ('chum', 'magasiner', 'fin de semaine'), Belgian ('septante'), Swiss ('huitante') or West/Central African French, tell the model - it will choose the right English equivalent rather than guessing.
Add 'translate for an academic paper', 'translate as a friendly Slack message' or 'translate as legal English' before pasting your French - the English output will match that register, and the vous form will translate as formal English rather than literal 'you all'.
Pure accented French ('où', 'ça', 'été') is unambiguous. Stripped French ('ou', 'ca', 'ete') still works but adds work for the model - so paste from the original document when you can, rather than retyping.
No account, no install, no waiting. Drop your French in and read it back in English in seconds.