Sworn translation
Specialised translation
Interpreting services
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The same brand voice, in another language.
AFTraduction, a translation agency in Montreuil, on the edge of Paris, translates the texts of luxury houses and cosmetics brands: product sheets, catalogues, collection books, press releases and brand stories. Each text goes to a native translator specialising in luxury and cosmetics translation, who translates into their mother tongue and keeps your brand’s voice; a second linguist then revises the translation.
An official document for a French authority or a court? Sworn translation online, in 75 languages
Specimen: product sheet
Specimen: product sheet for an eau de parfum
Specimen: page from a product catalogue
Specimen: collection book
Specimen: launch press release
Specimen: brand story
Specimen: product page of an online shop
over 800
linguists, more than 150 of them sworn
nearly 200
languages and dialects covered by our network
2 h
or so to receive your free quote
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Sworn or specialised?
It depends on who will receive the translation.
Who will receive the translation?
If an authority or a court requires it
The stamp and signature of a sworn translator.
Recognised by French authorities (prefectures, OFII, ANTS, town halls, courts); abroad, an apostille or legalisation may be required.
Online from €35 incl. VAT per page, for a standard document of up to 250 words, in English or Arabic; other languages and documents: shop price list or quote.
Product sheets, catalogues and press releases: specialised translation. Official documents: sworn translation.
For your partners, clients and teams
Product sheets, catalogues, collection books, press releases.
A native translator who specialises in the field translates into their mother tongue; a second linguist revises the translation before delivery.
Free quote in about 2 hours.
Not sure? Call us, 24/7, or send the document with your quote request: we will tell you which translation it needs.
Call us24/7What we translate
The documents of a house and its products, from product sheets to press releases.
See also: Marketing and advertising translation
QuoteSee also: Website translation and multilingual SEO
QuoteSee also: Marketing and advertising translation
QuoteIs your document or sector not listed? Send us the document: free quote in about 2 hours.
The craft
Luxury and cosmetics translation is the translation of the texts of a luxury house or a beauty brand: product sheets and catalogues, collection books, press releases, brand stories and online shops. The translator keeps the brand’s voice, register and vocabulary from one language to another, and renders descriptions of textures, scents and materials in the language of the market. The names of the house and its products, like the INCI names in an ingredients list, remain as they are in the document.
Fiche produit
Product sheet
La Maison4 signe une rose poudrée3, posée sur un fond de bois de santal.
The House4 presents a powdery rose3, set on a base of sandalwood.
Notes de tête : bergamote, poivre rose. Notes de cœur : rose, iris. Notes de fond : bois de santal, musc blanc.
Top notes: bergamot, pink pepper. Heart notes: rose, iris. Base notes: sandalwood, white musk.
Composition : ALCOHOL DENAT., PARFUM2, AQUA, LIMONENE, LINALOOL.
Ingredients: ALCOHOL DENAT., PARFUM2, AQUA, LIMONENE, LINALOOL.
X: name of the fragrance; fictional example, no real house or fragrance.
Names The names of the house, its products, collections and shades stay as the house chose them.
Tone The house’s register, from one document to the next and in every market.
Vocabulary Materials, textures and notes have established equivalents: calfskin, powdery, heart notes.
Consistency The same word keeps the same translation, from the press release to the online shop.
At each of these marks, one wrong word would be enough to take the text outside the house’s codes.
How we go about itMethod
From the document we receive to the translation we deliver, in five steps.
You send us the document with your request; we analyse it and reply with a quote.
Free quote in about 2 hours
We assign the project to a native translator who specialises in luxury and cosmetics translation, from a network of more than 800 linguists.
Including more than 150 sworn translators and interpreters, long-standing partners
The translator works into their mother tongue, using the terminology of your field.
A second linguist revises the translation before delivery.
Processes that meet the requirements of the ISO 17100 standard, without external certification
You receive the translation. Your client area holds the quote, which you can sign online, the project tracking and the invoice, which you can pay online.
Personal access, with a username and password
Member of the CNET (French national chamber of translation companies) · Service open 24/7 by phone
Check for yourself
A native translator who specialises in luxury and cosmetics translation and translates into their mother tongue, from a network of more than 800 linguists (translators and interpreters), including more than 150 sworn translators and interpreters, all long-standing partners of the agency. A second linguist revises every specialised translation, and all our translators sign a non-disclosure agreement. What you can check:
To check the professional in charge of your translation, see Service Public’s guidance on approved translators (in French).
Our network covers nearly 200 languages and dialects across all our services.
Quotes translated from French.
The assignment went really well and we were fully satisfied, as were our visitors.
For my part, thank you for responding so quickly, especially given how late our request came in.
I would like to thank you for your work, which was very useful to us and proved effective.
We are satisfied with the service (voice-over).
Thank you, the assignment went very well!
We are entirely satisfied with Maria’s work. Everything was clear and concise, so that the interview ran as smoothly as possible. Many thanks to her and to you for your help on this project!
Thank you for your work and your thoroughness.
Google reviews
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Le personnel est très gentil, accueillant, à l’écoute et rapide ! Je recommande vivement cette agence de traduction.
Fast, accurate, translations at a fair price.
My goto translaters in France. Many thanks !!!
Je recherchais un service professionnel pour effectuer la traduction d’un acte civil, et AFTraduction a répondu exactement à mes attentes. Le service s’est montré fiable, disponible et attentif à chaque étape du processus.
La prise en charge a été efficace, avec un rendu de traduction nickel et certifié pour la modique somme de 35 euros , et la possibilité de déposer puis récupérer les documents sur place sans avoir à envoyer quoi que ce soit sur le web
Vraiment, un service serieux et fiable , que je recommande sans hésitation.
Bon service dans l'ensemble
Parfait
Je recommandé vivement pour leur frofessionnalisme et leur qualité de service téléphonique. Très satisfait merci beaucoup
Excellente expérience avec l’entreprise, ils ont répondu immédiatement par mail et ils ont répondu à toutes mes questions. Le délai de traitement n’était que d’une journée !
Good to know
Answers to the questions clients ask before sending us a document.
Call us on +33 1 84 74 56 56, 24/7, or request a free quote: reply in about 2 hours.
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It is the translation of the texts of a luxury house or a beauty brand: product sheets and catalogues, collection books, press releases and brand stories. The translator keeps the brand’s voice from one language to another and renders descriptions of textures, scents and materials in the language of the market; brand and product names, and the ingredients list in INCI names, remain as they are in the document. At AFTraduction, each text goes to a native translator who specialises in luxury and cosmetics translation, then a second linguist revises it.
Luxury and cosmetics translation covers the texts that present and tell the story of a house’s products: product sheets, catalogues, collection books, press releases and brand stories. Marketing translation adapts the texts that have to persuade, such as a campaign or a slogan: when a word-for-word version would not have the same effect, the translator recreates the message; this is transcreation. A collection often needs both: tell us in your request which texts can be freely adapted and which must be translated faithfully.
Marketing and advertising translationProduct sheets and fragrance sheets, product catalogues; collection books and press releases; brand stories; online shop copy, for cosmetics, fragrance, fine jewellery, watchmaking, leather goods and haute couture. For a campaign or a slogan, see our marketing translation; for a whole website and its search visibility, our website translation and multilingual SEO; for a brand film, our subtitling and voice-over services.
Website translation and multilingual SEONo. Product sheets, catalogues, collection books and press releases call for specialised translation. Sworn translation, signed by an expert translator sworn before a court of appeal, is for official documents required by a French authority or court (prefectures, OFII, ANTS, town halls, courts). For a distribution agreement or a trade mark filing, see our legal translation.
Sworn translationThe price is set in a quote, based on the texts, the languages, the volume and the turnaround. The quote is free and reaches you in about 2 hours. Luxury and cosmetics documents cannot be ordered online. For a brand film, subtitling starts from €1.99 + VAT per minute of video, depending on the language, and voice-over from €80 + VAT per minute of finished audio.
It depends on the volume, the languages and the number of formats: the turnaround is set in your quote. Please give your deadline in your request: a collection launch, a catalogue release or a press release date. Our team answers 24/7 on +33 1 84 74 56 56.
Request a free quoteFor a campaign or creative copy, we recommend human translation: a house’s voice and a sensory description have to be rewritten, not translated word for word. Post-editing is a separate service: a native linguist reviews a machine translation, lightly for internal use, in full for publication. It suits large volumes of factual text and costs 30 to 40% less than human translation.
Machine translation post-editingA translator whose mother tongue is the target language and who specialises in luxury and cosmetics translation. Our network brings together more than 800 linguists (translators and interpreters), including more than 150 sworn translators and interpreters, all long-standing partners of the agency.
Yes. Every specialised translation is revised by a second linguist before delivery. Our processes meet the requirements of the ISO 17100 standard, without external certification.
All our translators sign a non-disclosure agreement. Our website and our ERP are hosted in France, in line with the GDPR, and connections are encrypted. Your quotes, projects and invoices stay in your client area, with personal access.
Our network covers nearly 200 languages and dialects across all our services. Tell us your markets in your request: each text goes to a translator whose mother tongue is the target language.
No: brand, product and collection names remain as they are in the document, as does the ingredients list, written in INCI names, an international nomenclature. In English, “eau de parfum” and “eau de toilette” also stay in French. The rest of the text (description, directions for use) is translated into the language of the market.
Your document, your field
Product sheet, catalogue, press release: translated by a native translator who specialises in luxury and cosmetics translation, then revised by a second linguist.
A question before you start? Call +33 1 84 74 56 56, 24/7.