French video localization, for France and beyond.

French is spoken on four continents, and the French of Paris is not the French of Montreal or Abidjan. We cast the voice for your market and adapt the script and the typography to match.

French accents we cover

We cast real voice talent for each French profile. Choose by the audience you want to sound local to.

  • France

    The standard voice for French audiences in France, from neutral to regional.

  • Canada, Quebec

    A Quebec voice and a Quebec script, for audiences who expect to hear their own French.

  • Belgium

    A Belgian French voice for campaigns aimed at that market.

  • Switzerland

    A voice for French-speaking Switzerland, with its own vocabulary for numbers.

  • West and Central Africa

    Voices for the many French-speaking markets of the region, chosen country by country.

What we adapt for French

French has its own rules for address, spacing and quotation.

  1. 01

    Tu and vous

    Brands pick one register and keep it. The script, the voice and the captions all follow.

  2. 02

    Quebec French

    Vocabulary and expressions differ from France, and audiences in Quebec notice a film written for another market.

  3. 03

    Typography

    French sets a space before colons, question marks and exclamation points, and uses its own quotation marks. Our captions follow.

  4. 04

    Text length

    French usually runs longer than English, so titles and captions are rebuilt for the space.

French questions

Do we need a separate version for Quebec?
If the audience is in Quebec, yes: a version written and voiced for that market is received differently from one made for France.
Which French works for several African markets?
A clear standard voice is the usual starting point, and we propose profiles by country when a campaign targets one market.
Can the English on-screen text be left as it is?
Rarely. Text in the picture is rebuilt in French, with the French spacing and quotation rules.

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