Birth Certificate Translation English to French

It changes quite a lot, which is why we ask.

A prefecture handling a carte de séjour, a mairie taking a marriage notice, and a tribunal looking at a nationality claim are each checking something different. Tell us which one wrote to you and forward what they sent.

Working from their wording rather than a general template is the simplest way to avoid a file coming back.

Yes, and it is a fair question — one customer asked us exactly this before ordering.

We translate the whole page, both languages, and note clearly what the second language is. A French office that sees text on your original with nothing matching it in the translation will stop and ask.

Send the long form birth certificate, photographed on both sides, and tell us which tribunal the file is going to. Many of these go to the Tribunal judiciaire in Paris.

Nationality files are read closely and take months, so it is worth getting the paperwork right first time. If your file also needs a parent's or grandparent's certificate, send those in the same order.

Most French jobs are finished inside 24 to 48 hours. Same-day is possible when a prefecture appointment is only days away.

A clean printed certificate is quick. An older handwritten one takes longer, and a file of several documents longer again.

Send your rendez-vous date with the photo. We confirm before taking payment, and if we cannot make it we say so rather than take the order.

For most prefecture and mairie files, certified is enough. Notarisation costs more, adds a day or two, and is only worth buying when an office has asked for it in writing.

Show us what you were sent and we will tell you honestly which one you need — including when the answer is the cheaper one.

No. A sharp photo or a scan does the job, and your original never leaves your hands.

That matters in France, because a prefecture or mairie will often want to see the original alongside our translation at your appointment.

Take the photo in daylight, get all four corners in, and do both sides.

Yes. Give us the address when you order and the signed copy goes there rather than to you.

You always get the PDF by email too, so you can check every page before the paper set leaves us. Standard UK postage is inside your quote; tracked delivery costs a little more.

Send us what they wrote and we will put it right at no charge.

It is usually one of three things: a missing date, no translator details, or a name that did not match the passport. We read the actual objection, explain it in plain words, and reissue. Most are back inside 24 hours.

Yes, and it works out cheaper. Alongside the birth certificate, French files commonly need a marriage certificate, a divorce decree, a Certificate of No Impediment or a deed poll.

Send them in one order for a single price and one delivery date. We keep your finished translations on file, so a later request is one email rather than a fresh order.