Got an email from a French supplier, landlord or university? Read it in English — free
For a student abroad reading a university letter, a buyer reading a supplier's email, or anyone with a booking confirmation. Paste up to 5,000 characters of French and read it in English a few seconds later, ready to copy. 5 free uses a day, no account.
How it works
- Paste the French text — up to 5,000 characters
- Tap "Translate to English" — the English appears below in a few seconds
- Copy it — or sign up free to keep it as a note
Reading the French you paste
- Script
- Latin alphabet with accents (é, è, ç).
- Numbers
- 0–9 with a comma for decimals and a space between thousands (1 000,50).
- Mixed text
- French in North and West Africa often mixes with Arabic, Wolof or English.
- Names
- Names can carry particles (de, du) and hyphens (Jean-Pierre).
From French to English
- Politeness
- French has tu (familiar) and vous (formal or plural); English has a single "you", so the translation carries politeness with words like "please", "sir" or "ma'am".
- Sentence order
- French and English both put the verb after the subject, so most sentences keep their shape; idioms still need rewording.
- Where it comes from
- French is spoken in France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland and much of West and North Africa.
Example
You paste (French):
Merci pour votre commande. Elle sera livrée dans un délai de trois jours ouvrables.
You read (English):
Thank you for your order. It will be delivered within three business days.
Example made with our translator from a sample sentence. Machine translation can make mistakes — check names, dates and amounts.
Text or audio?
Use this page for French you can copy — a message, a notice, a page of a document. If you have a voice note or a recording instead, translate the audio. Translate French audio to English
Questions
Is the French to English translator free?
Yes — up to 5,000 characters, 5 times a day, no sign-up.
Are names, dates and amounts kept?
The translator keeps names and figures as they are, but machine translation can slip — check dates and amounts against the original before you send.
Will a polite French message stay polite in English?
It aims to: English has no separate polite "you", so the respect shows in the wording instead. Read it once before you send something important.
Does it handle French typed quickly on a phone?
Yes. Short forms and missing letters or marks (for example ae for ä) are still translated as a whole into English; unclear words are worth a second look.
What a free account adds
- Keep each translation in the same note as the original.
- Translate whole recordings — 300 minutes a month free, files up to 100 minutes.
What Pro adds
- Ask one question across all your recordings and folders — “Which email confirmed the delivery date?” — and get the answer with the recording or note it came from.
- 1,200 minutes a month (free: 300) and files up to 2 hours.
- ₹299/month or ₹2,990/year in India; $6.99/month or $49/year elsewhere.