I translate marketing and editorial content from English and Norwegian into French for fashion and luxury, interior design and publishing. Artificial intelligence supports the research and the workflow; every sentence you publish is checked and shaped by a human translator.
“The product sheets say one thing, the newsletter another, and the press kit sounds like a third brand.”A familiar problem when several translators share one account
Many brands and agencies split their French content between several freelancers, or between a machine translation and a quick proofread. Each text may be correct on its own. Put them side by side, and the terminology drifts, the tone changes from page to page, and your French readers no longer recognise the brand they know in English.
Fixing this later costs more than getting it right once. A translator who knows your field, maintains a glossary and uses the right tools keeps every text consistent, and saves your team the back-and-forth.
Specialist vocabulary, the codes of each industry, and the way French readers expect these brands to speak.
Product descriptions, collection launches, press releases: texts where precision and elegance must go hand in hand. I hold a certificate in the luxury industry from LVMH and completed a comprehensive three-month course on the future of fashion and media with Condé Nast.
Materials, finishes, styles and the atmosphere a room creates. Catalogue copy and articles that help French readers picture the space, not just read about it.
The content around the books: e-books, editorial articles, newsletters and marketing for publishers and authors who want to reach French-speaking readers.
I use AI tools for terminology research, post-editing and project management. They speed up the repetitive parts of the work, which keeps costs and deadlines down. The judgement calls stay with me: tone, cultural references, what your brand would and would not say.
You send the texts, any existing French content and your deadline. I confirm the scope and the delivery date before starting.
AI-assisted terminology research in your field, checked against reliable French sources and your previous material.
Translation or post-editing, with your audience, your channel and, for web content, French search terms in mind.
A final read for meaning, consistency and flow, then delivery in the format you need, with one revision included.
Most of these books are fiction. The same discipline goes into every product sheet and newsletter: consistency over hundreds of pages, and a voice that holds from the first line to the last.
“AI can translate this without a human.”
Machine translation is fast and often fluent, which is exactly what makes its mistakes hard to spot. It misses cultural references, mixes registers and translates brand terms differently from one page to the next. A translator is needed precisely where AI underperforms, and those are the places your readers notice first.
“Our AI draft is good enough. Reviewing it will be quick.”
Sometimes it is, and post-editing is then the most economical option. Sometimes the draft reads well but says something slightly different from the original, or sounds nothing like your brand. I can look at a sample first and tell you honestly which case you are in, before you commit to a budget.
“I’m not sure we are ready for the French market.”
You do not need to speak French to build a reliable French presence. You need a process: a glossary, a short brief on your voice, and a professional who applies them every time. You can start small, with your key pages or one campaign, and build from there.
Angélique Olivia MoreauLinguist and translator, based in Bergen
Master’s (DEA) in Foreign Literatures and Cultures, English option, from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, a C1 certificate in Norwegian, and more than ten years of professional translation.
As a copywriter trained in SEO, I know how to shape a text so it lands with its readers and is found online, not just translate it.
I am currently completing a Master in AI and Innovation for Localization with TranslaStars. I build AI into workflows where it saves you time, and I tell you where it does not.
Glossaries, brand briefs and terminology research, so that the next translator, or the next campaign, starts from solid ground.
Turnaround times, payment methods, revisions and confidentiality are covered in the general questions on my services page.
Yes. Send me the source text and the machine translation side by side. I check meaning, terminology, tone and fluency, and I tell you honestly if the draft needs more than post-editing, so you can decide before any extra work starts.
A glossary lists your key terms and how they are translated into French. A brand brief describes your French voice: tone, level of formality, words to use and avoid. They are optional, but very useful if you publish regularly or work with several translators.
Yes. For web content, I research the terms French readers actually search for and work them into titles, headings and descriptions without making the text sound mechanical.
For direct clients, I usually ask for 50% in advance on any project over 150 euros. For short projects, I can give an estimate and invoice one or two hours before I start.
Not yet. Spanish into French is coming soon. For now, I translate from English and Norwegian into French.
Send me a short description of your project, a sample of the text and your deadline. I will reply with a quote and a delivery date.