French-English Translation

You may use this page to translate French into English or translate English into French. The tool is mainly designed to translate French or English text rather than translating single French or English words, for which you should use the dictionary. Enter the French or English text to translate into the other language, then hit the Translate button.

Note that as this is an automatic machine translation, you should bear in mind that the translation may not be perfect. But it should be useful for quickly getting the gist of a given text, or as a guide to how to translate it. For best results, see the machine translation tips below.

Autres combinaisons de langues (système expérimental):

Français-espagnol/espagnol-français
Français-allemand/allemand-français

Typing accents:

The following shortcuts work with all vowels:

e/ = é
e\ = è
e^ = ê

NEW! These shortcuts are available as an embeddable text accentuation tool: see the accent tool instructions.

Tips for better translations:

don't forget accents (see box to right);

punctuate your text– e.g. put a question mark if you want to translate a question– and don't miss out apostrophes that separate words in French (l'air, d'autres), or full stops between sentences;

don't miss spaces between words;

try to use correct spelling;

see the page on getting the most out of machine translation.