AFTraduction network · Freelance interpreters and translators

Join our network of freelance interpreters and translators

Varied assignments, interpreter training, a partner workspace, on-time payment.

We are looking first for interpreters and translators in Tibetan, Tamil, Oromo, Tigrinya, Amharic, Chechen, Lingala, Turkish, Spanish… and in nearly 200 other languages and dialects. Tell us yours: we will get back to you.

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Online application, no account to create: six questions and a CV.

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Wanted first

  • བོད་སྐད་Tibetan
  • தமிழ்Tamil
  • Afaan OromooOromo
  • ትግርኛTigrinya
  • አማርኛAmharic
  • НохчийнChechen
  • TürkçeTurkish
  • EspañolSpanish
  • LingálaLingala
  • KikongoKongo
  • TshilubaLuba-Kasai
  • KiswahiliSwahili
  • 한국어Korean
  • ΕλληνικάGreek
  • Igbo
  • Қазақ тіліKazakh
  • ខ្មែរKhmer (Cambodia)
  • IkirundiKirundi
  • ລາວLao
  • Malagasy
  • Masalit
  • Mina (Gen)
  • SlovenčinaSlovak
  • TaclḥitTachelhit (Morocco)
  • TagalogTagalog (Philippines)
  • ČeštinaCzech
  • Twi
  • Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
  • Dazaga
  • Manjak
  • Gulf Arabic
  • ShimaoreComorian (Shimaore)
  • EʋegbeEwe
  • Hausa
  • MagyarHungarian
  • 日本語Japanese
  • TaqbaylitKabyle
  • کوردیی ناوەندیSorani Kurdish
  • नेपालीNepali
  • OʻzbekchaUzbek
  • SängöSango (Central African Republic)
  • SvenskaSwedish
  • ไทยThai
  • ShqipAlbanian (Kosovo)
  • Kreyòl ayisyenHaitian Creole
  • Badini Kurdish
  • МакедонскиMacedonian
  • FulfuldeMaasina Fulfulde (Mali)
  • YorùbáYoruba
  • БългарскиBulgarian
  • 繁體中文Traditional Chinese
  • PolskiPolish
  • Sylheti
  • BosanskiBosnian
  • HrvatskiCroatian
  • KrioKrio (Sierra Leone)
  • SrpskiSerbian (Latin)
  • ТоҷикӣTajik
  • မြန်မာBurmese
  • IkinyarwandaKinyarwanda
  • Mooré (Burkina Faso)
  • Zaghawa
  • Fur
  • TarifitRiffian (Morocco)
  • TamaziɣtCentral Atlas Tamazight
  • КыргызчаKyrgyz
  • TürkmençeTurkmen
  • Fon
  • سنڌيSindhi
  • മലയാളംMalayalam
  • ಕನ್ನಡKannada
  • অসমীয়াAssamese

Why join us

What you will find with us

A translation and interpreting agency in Montreuil, on the edge of Paris, that has worked with freelancers since it was founded. Six concrete reasons to join us.

  1. The interpreting booth in our offices in Montreuil.
    The interpreting booth in our offices in Montreuil.

    Varied assignments

    Interpreting by phone, by video call, on site in Île-de-France and at conferences; sworn and specialised translation, transcription, subtitling, voice-over. For social services, hospitals, courts, notaries, companies and private clients. You tick the modes you work in; you tell us when you answer.

    • Phone
    • Video call
    • On site
    • Conference
    • Sworn
    • Specialised
    • Transcription
    • Subtitling
    • Voice-over

  2. Interpreter training

    We offer our partners interpreter training, in particular in medical interpreting and telephone interpreting. New to the job, or switching modes: you are not left on your own. The details are explained during the conversation that follows your application.

    • Medical interpreting
    • Telephone interpreting

  3. A partner workspace

    An online space to follow and streamline our work together: your assignments, purchase orders and documents, all in one place. Fewer e-mails, less back and forth. Your access details are given to you when you join the network.

    • Assignment tracking
    • Purchase orders
    • Documents

  4. On-time payment

    Your work is paid on time, on the date agreed with you before your first assignment. No need to chase payment.

    • Due date agreed in advance
    • No chasing

  5. Rare languages come first

    Tibetan, Tamil, Oromo, Tigrinya, Amharic, Chechen, Lingala, Turkish, Spanish… Your language may be the one we are missing. For our clients, in telephone interpreting, a rare language costs the same as a common one.

    See the languages we are looking for
  6. The entrance to our offices, building B.
    The entrance to our offices, building B.

    An agency, not a platform

    Real offices in Montreuil, on the edge of Paris, and a team of about ten employees who answer the phone, 24/7, and follow up assignments. You know who you are talking to. All our translators sign a non-disclosure agreement; website and ERP are hosted in France.

    • Montreuil
    • 24/7
    • Confidentiality
    • Hosted in France

The languages we are looking for

Your language may be the one we are missing.

We are looking first for interpreters and translators in these languages. Pick yours: the application opens with your combination already filled in. Your language is not here? The network covers nearly 200 languages and dialects, and it grows through its rare languages: apply anyway.

Your language is not in the list? Apply anyway: type it in the form, under “Your languages”.

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All the network’s languagesNearly 200 languages and dialects across all services, including 75 languages in sworn translation.
  • Afrikaans
  • ShqipAlbanian
  • DeutschGerman
  • አማርኛAmharic
  • English
  • العربيةArabic
  • Algerian Arabic
  • Gulf Arabic
  • Hassaniya Arabic
  • Iraqi Arabic
  • Levantine Arabic
  • Lebanese Arabic
  • Libyan Arabic
  • Moroccan Arabic
  • Sudanese Arabic
  • Syrian Arabic
  • Chadian Arabic
  • Tunisian Arabic
  • Yemeni Arabic
  • Egyptian Arabic
  • ՀայերենArmenian
  • অসমীয়াAssamese
  • Aymar aruAymara
  • AzərbaycancaAzerbaijani
  • BamanankanBambara
  • EuskaraBasque
  • বাংলাBengali
  • TamaziɣtBerber (Tamazight)
  • မြန်မာBurmese
  • БеларускаяBelarusian
  • BosanskiBosnian
  • BrezhonegBreton
  • БългарскиBulgarian
  • CatalàCatalan
  • Cebuano
  • 中文Chinese
  • 粵語Cantonese
  • 客家話Hakka Chinese
  • 閩南語Min Nan Chinese (Hokkien, Taiwanese)
  • 繁體中文Traditional Chinese
  • 繁體中文（香港）Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
  • 繁體中文（台灣）Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
  • 吴语Wu Chinese (Shanghai)
  • සිංහලSinhala
  • ShimaoreComorian (Shimaore)
  • CorsuCorsican
  • 한국어Korean
  • HrvatskiCroatian
  • Kreyòl ayisyenHaitian Creole
  • DanskDanish
  • دریDari (Afghan Persian)
  • Jahanka
  • JulakanDioula
  • EspañolSpanish
  • Esperanto
  • EestiEstonian
  • EʋegbeEwe
  • SuomiFinnish
  • Fon
  • Fur
  • FrançaisFrench
  • GalegoGalician
  • CymraegWelsh
  • GaeilgeIrish
  • GàidhligScottish Gaelic
  • Dazaga
  • ΕλληνικάGreek
  • Ancient Greek
  • Avañe’ẽGuarani
  • ગુજરાતીGujarati
  • ქართულიGeorgian
  • Hausa
  • हिन्दीHindi
  • MagyarHungarian
  • עבריתHebrew
  • Igbo
  • Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian
  • ÍslenskaIcelandic
  • ItalianoItalian
  • 日本語Japanese
  • Basa JawaJavanese
  • TaqbaylitKabyle
  • ಕನ್ನಡKannada
  • Қазақ тіліKazakh
  • ខ្មែរKhmer (Cambodia)
  • KikongoKongo
  • IkinyarwandaKinyarwanda
  • КыргызчаKyrgyz
  • IkirundiKirundi
  • KrioKrio (Sierra Leone)
  • KurdîKurdish
  • Badini Kurdish
  • KurmancîKurmanji Kurdish
  • کوردیی ناوەندیSorani Kurdish
  • American Sign Language (ASL)
  • British Sign Language (BSL)
  • French Sign Language (LSF)
  • ລາວLao
  • LatinaLatin
  • LatviešuLatvian
  • LingálaLingala
  • LietuviųLithuanian
  • МакедонскиMacedonian
  • Bahasa MelayuMalay
  • മലയാളംMalayalam
  • Malagasy
  • ManinkakanMalinke
  • MaltiMaltese
  • Mandinka
  • Manjak
  • मराठीMarathi
  • Masalit
  • Mina (Gen)
  • МонголMongolian
  • Mooré (Burkina Faso)
  • NorskNorwegian
  • NederlandsDutch
  • VlaamsDutch (Belgium), Flemish
  • नेपालीNepali
  • Occitan
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia (Oriya)
  • Afaan OromooOromo
  • اردوUrdu
  • OʻzbekchaUzbek
  • پښتوPashto
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀPunjabi
  • فارسیPersian (Farsi)
  • PularGuinea Fula (Pular)
  • FulfuldeMaasina Fulfulde (Mali)
  • PulaarPulaar (Senegal and Mauritania)
  • Pulaar · FulfuldeFula (Fulfulde, Pulaar)
  • PolskiPolish
  • PortuguêsPortuguese
  • Runa SimiQuechua
  • TarifitRiffian (Morocco)
  • RumantschRomansh (Switzerland)
  • Romani
  • RomânăRomanian
  • РусскийRussian
  • SängöSango (Central African Republic)
  • СрпскиSerbian (Cyrillic)
  • SrpskiSerbian (Latin)
  • سنڌيSindhi
  • SlovenčinaSlovak
  • SlovenščinaSlovenian
  • SoomaaliSomali
  • Soninke
  • Sorbian
  • Susu
  • SvenskaSwedish
  • KiswahiliSwahili
  • Sylheti
  • TaclḥitTachelhit (Morocco)
  • ТоҷикӣTajik
  • TagalogTagalog (Philippines)
  • தமிழ்Tamil
  • ČeštinaCzech
  • НохчийнChechen
  • తెలుగుTelugu
  • ไทยThai
  • བོད་སྐད་Tibetan
  • ትግርኛTigrinya
  • ትግረTigre
  • TshilubaLuba-Kasai
  • TürkçeTurkish
  • TürkmençeTurkmen
  • Twi
  • УкраїнськаUkrainian
  • Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
  • Wolof
  • isiXhosaXhosa
  • ייִדישYiddish
  • YorùbáYoruba
  • Zaghawa
  • isiZuluZulu

How it works

From your application to your first assignment

  1. You apply

    Six questions, including your rates, and your CV. You receive an acknowledgement with your reference straight away.

  2. We read your file

    It goes straight into our recruitment tool, with your languages, your status and your supporting documents.

  3. A test, then an interview

    A short translation test, marked by our team, then a call by phone or video to get to know you, check your documents and present the training.

  4. You join the network

    Your partner profile is created and you receive your access to the partner workspace. You get your first requests, in your languages and during the hours you chose.

What we expect from you

Sound like you?

  1. You translate into your mother tongue, or you interpret in your native working languages.

  2. You specialise in at least one field: social work, medical, legal, administrative, technical, finance…

  3. You are self-employed: sole trader, company, liberal profession or umbrella company.

  4. You sign our non-disclosure agreement, and you honour it assignment after assignment.

  5. You meet your deadlines, and you let us know straight away when something changes.

  6. Phone interpreter: you answer during the hours you gave us, sometimes in the evening or at the weekend.

Sworn or not, both profiles interest us; rare languages above all. No SIRET number yet? Contact us on +33 1 84 74 56 56 or at rh@aftraduction.fr: we will help you register.

I’m applying

Your application

Six questions, one CV

Your answers go as they are into our recruitment tool: you read them again before sending.

All questions are shown: answer those for your profession. Documents: 12 MB at most in total.

You are…
Your languages

One combination per line; say for each whether it is translation, interpreting or both.

  • Service
  • Service
  • Service
A language missing from the list?
How do you interpret?

Tick everything you do.

Your fields

Optional, but it steers the first assignments.

Are you sworn?

A translator or interpreter registered on the expert list of a French court of appeal. If not, answer “No”: both profiles interest us.

Which court of appeal?
Your experience
Your training
Professional body

If you have one: professional association, union or court experts’ association.

Your CV and availability

Your CV, or your LinkedIn profile: one of the two is enough. A proof of oath or a diploma can be added.

Your CV
    Your LinkedIn profile
    When do you answer?

    Tick your usual hours; you can change them later.

    Available from
    Where are you?
    Do you travel for on-site assignments?
    Your rates

    Your usual rates, in euros excluding VAT. Everything is optional: leave blank what does not apply, we will discuss it together.

    Translation
    Sworn translation

    If you are a sworn translator.

    Interpreting

    For phone interpreting, the usual unit is 15 minutes.

    Surcharges

    As a percentage of your rate.

    Notes on your rates
    Your status and contact details

    The network is open to freelancers. No SIRET number yet? Leave the box empty and contact us at rh@aftraduction.fr: we will help you register.

    Your status required
    SIRET number
    A word for us?
    Check and send

    Your application as we will receive it. Change what needs changing, then send.

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    FAQ

    Frequently asked questions

    Short answers to the questions translators and interpreters ask before joining the network: status, languages, assignments, training, payment, data.

    Another question?

    Call us on +33 1 84 74 56 56, 24/7, or write to rh@aftraduction.fr.

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    Applying

    Who can apply?

    Professional translators and interpreters who work as freelancers: sole trader, company, liberal profession or umbrella company. Our translators work into their mother tongue and our interpreters in their native working languages; each project goes to a specialist of the field. No SIRET number yet? Contact us at rh@aftraduction.fr: we will help you register.

    Do I need to be sworn?

    No. Our network brings together more than 800 linguists, including more than 150 sworn translators and interpreters. If you are sworn before a French court of appeal, name the court in the form: sworn translation covers 75 languages with us. Both profiles interest us.

    How does the application work?

    You answer six questions, including your rates if you wish, and attach your CV; you receive an acknowledgement with your reference straight away. Your file goes into our recruitment tool and the team reads it. If your profile matches our needs, we send you a short translation test, then offer you an interview, by phone or video, to get to know you and check your documents. We then create your partner profile and you receive your first requests.

    Which documents, and when?

    When you apply: your CV, or your LinkedIn profile, and your language combinations. Your supporting documents (registration, listing with a court of appeal, relevant diplomas) are requested afterwards, before the first assignments. Above €5,000 excluding VAT of services, French law requires us to ask for your URSSAF certificate of compliance (attestation de vigilance), renewed every six months.

    I already work with AFTraduction: do I need to apply again?

    No. Write to us at rh@aftraduction.fr to update your languages, your availability or your status: your partner profile is updated in our management system.

    Assignments and languages

    Which languages are you looking for?

    First of all: Tibetan, Tamil, Oromo, Tigrinya, Amharic, Chechen, Lingala, Turkish, Spanish… and the rare languages of Africa, Asia and the Caucasus listed on this page. Our network covers nearly 200 languages and dialects across all services, and 75 languages in sworn translation. Every language interests us: if yours is not in the form’s list, type it under “A language missing from the list”.

    What assignments do you offer?

    Interpreting by phone (service open 24/7, connection in about 5 minutes on average), by video call (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex), on site in Île-de-France (one-hour minimum, travel included) and at conferences; sworn, agency-certified and specialised translation in twelve fields; transcription, subtitling, voice-over, post-editing.

    Our interpreting services
    Do I need to live in Île-de-France?

    For on-site interpreting, we work in Paris and the seven départements of the region: that is where we need you. For phone, video call and translation, you work remotely.

    On-site interpreting
    How are assignments allocated?

    According to your languages, your fields, your availability and the modes you work in. For a phone call, the service contacts the available interpreters for the requested language; for a translation, the team chooses a native translator who specialises in the field.

    Telephone interpreting

    Terms and payment

    How and when am I paid?

    Your work is paid on time, on the date agreed with you during the conversation that follows your application, before any assignment. Between businesses, French law sets the payment period at 30 days by default and 60 days at most from the invoice date; any delay gives rise to late-payment penalties and a fixed recovery fee.

    Do you offer training?

    Yes. We offer our partners interpreter training, in particular in medical interpreting and telephone interpreting. The details are explained during the conversation that follows your application.

    Will I have an online workspace?

    Yes. An online partner workspace to follow and streamline our work together: your assignments, purchase orders and documents, all in one place. Your access details are given to you when you join the network.

    What will I sign?

    A non-disclosure agreement: all our translators sign one, and our interpreters and transcribers are bound by the same commitment. You remain self-employed and organise your work freely.

    Your data

    What happens to my data and my CV?

    Your application is stored on our website and in our ERP, both hosted in France, in line with the GDPR, with encrypted connections; only the agency’s team has access. It is used to review your application and, if it is accepted, to create your partner profile. You can have it deleted at any time, on simple request: with the link in your acknowledgement, or by writing to rh@aftraduction.fr.

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    Ready to join the network?

    Six questions, one CV. A question before you apply? Call us on +33 1 84 74 56 56, 24/7, or write to rh@aftraduction.fr.

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