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To translate French to English, upload or record your French audio or video with LiteScribe, get an accurate French transcript with speaker labels and timestamps, then translate the transcript into English in one click. You keep both versions, and it works free on web, desktop, mobile, and the Chrome extension.

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Transcribe and translate

Turn your French audio into clean English text

Record or upload your French audio and get accurate English text. AI transcription in 100+ languages, with summaries, speaker labels, timestamps, and one-click export.

AI-Powered Transcript
Enriched
AI Summary

Discussion covered Q4 marketing strategy with focus on social media expansion. Key decision: Launch new campaign by Feb 15th.

Topics
Marketing
Q4 Goals
Budget
Actions
Draft campaign proposal
Schedule team review
Transcript
Sarah

"Let's focus on the social media strategy for Q4..."

Mike

"I agree, we should allocate more budget there."

Summaries, speaker labels, timestamps

94.1%

Real-world accuracy

100+

Languages

14+

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Record in one language, read it in another

Capture a conversation in French and read it back in English, 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.

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In Francais

LiteScribe transcrit vos enregistrements en français puis les traduit en anglais en un seul clic. Liaisons, élisions et accents sont gérés correctement, et vous gardez la version française à côté de la traduction anglaise. Vous bénéficiez de 300 minutes gratuites chaque mois, sans carte bancaire, sur le web, le bureau, le mobile et l'extension Chrome.

In English

LiteScribe transcribes your French recordings and translates them into clear English in one click. You keep the original French next to the English version, which makes it easy to share with an international audience. Start free, no credit card needed.

Why translate French to English with LiteScribe

Liaison handled

French liaison and elision blur word boundaries; the transcript resolves them before translating to clean English.

Both versions side by side

Keep the original French transcript next to the English translation for review and citation.

Speaker labels intact

Diarization on the French audio means the English translation preserves who said what.

Free to start

300 minutes monthly on the free plan, no credit card, enough for most calls and interviews.

What makes French and English distinct

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.

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.

A worked example

French (source)

Merci de votre presence; nous allons revoir les chiffres du trimestre avant de passer aux questions.

English (translation)

Thank you for being here; we will review the quarterly figures before moving on to questions.

The polite French opening "Merci de votre presence" maps to "Thank you for being here", and the formal register is kept in the English translation.

Who uses French to English

  • 1

    A French company sharing a meeting or board recording with English-speaking partners or investors

  • 2

    French interviews, conferences, and media translated into English for wider distribution

  • 3

    Quebec or Belgian French calls that need an English summary for head office

How it works

  1. 1

    Add your French audio or video

    Upload a French 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. 2

    Transcribe the French speech

    LiteScribe returns a clean French transcript with speaker labels, timestamps, automatic punctuation, an AI summary, and topic tags. Select French or let automatic language detection identify it.

  3. 3

    Translate the transcript to English

    Translate the finished French transcript into English in one click. You keep both versions, so you can read the original French alongside the English translation.

  4. 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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