Translate English to French
Audio & video to text, then translated
To translate English to French, upload or record your English audio or video with LiteScribe, get an accurate English transcript with speaker labels and timestamps, then translate the transcript into French in one click. You keep both versions, and it works free on web, desktop, mobile, and the Chrome extension.
Transcribe and translate
Turn your English audio into clean French text
Record or upload your English audio and get accurate French text. AI transcription in 100+ languages, with summaries, speaker labels, timestamps, and one-click export.
Discussion covered Q4 marketing strategy with focus on social media expansion. Key decision: Launch new campaign by Feb 15th.
"Let's focus on the social media strategy for Q4..."
"I agree, we should allocate more budget there."
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Record in one language, read it in another
Capture a conversation in English and read it back in French, with both versions side by side. The same flow works across 100+ languages, so your whole team can follow along in the language they prefer.
One account. Every device.
LiteScribe turns your English recordings into clean, speaker-labeled transcripts and then translates them into French in a single click. Whether you are working through a sales call, a webinar, or a team meeting, you keep the original English alongside the French version, so nothing gets lost between the two languages. The free plan gives you 300 minutes every month, with no credit card required.
Avec LiteScribe, vous transcrivez vos enregistrements en anglais puis vous les traduisez en français en un clic. Vous conservez les deux versions côte à côte, ce qui facilite le partage avec vos collègues francophones. Commencez gratuitement, sans carte bancaire.
Why translate English to French with LiteScribe
Keep both languages
Read the original English transcript next to the French translation, so context is never lost in the handoff.
Speaker labels carry over
Speaker diarization runs on the English audio, so the French translation keeps "who said what" intact.
Accents preserved
French accented characters (e, e, a, c) are written correctly so the translation reads naturally, not as plain ASCII.
Free to start
300 minutes every month on the free plan covers most interviews, calls, and short videos at no cost.
What makes English and French distinct
English
English
- Family
- Germanic
- Script
- Latin (LTR)
- Speakers
- ~1.5 billion (first and second language)
- Where
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, and much of the world as a lingua franca
English transcription has to handle a wide spread of accents (American, British, Irish, Indian, Australian) and heavy use of contractions, filler words, and code-switching. Homophones such as "their", "there", and "they're" are resolved from context, and proper nouns and acronyms are a common source of errors that a quick edit pass fixes.
French
Francais
- Family
- Romance
- Script
- Latin (LTR)
- Speakers
- ~310 million across five continents
- Where
- France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada (Quebec), and large parts of West and Central Africa
French is full of liaison and elision: final consonants link into the next word ("les amis" sounds like "lezami") and vowels contract ("je ai" becomes "j'ai"), so word boundaries are acoustically blurred. Nasal vowels and silent endings mean the model leans heavily on context, and accented characters (e, e, a, c) must be preserved for the text to read correctly.
A worked example
English (source)
Thanks for joining; let us walk through the quarterly numbers before we open it up for questions.
French (translation)
Merci de votre presence; nous allons revoir les chiffres du trimestre avant de passer aux questions.
The English filler "let us walk through" becomes the natural French "nous allons revoir", and the meeting register stays formal in both versions.
Who uses English to French
- 1
A US or UK company sharing an English all-hands recording with a French team or subsidiary
- 2
English-language interviews and podcasts subtitled in French for a francophone audience
- 3
Cross-border sales calls where the English transcript needs a French summary for the account team
How it works
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Add your English audio or video
Upload a English audio or video file, paste a YouTube, podcast, or meeting link, or record live with the desktop app or Chrome extension. MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, and most common formats are supported.
- 2
Transcribe the English speech
LiteScribe returns a clean English transcript with speaker labels, timestamps, automatic punctuation, an AI summary, and topic tags. Select English or let automatic language detection identify it.
- 3
Translate the transcript to French
Translate the finished English transcript into French in one click. You keep both versions, so you can read the original English alongside the French translation.
- 4
Edit, ask AI, and export
Tidy any names or terms, ask the built-in AI questions about the content in either language, then export to DOCX, PDF, TXT, or SRT subtitles for sharing.
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