English→French (France)

Translate English to French (France) like a local.

The French people actually speak in France, register-aware from café casual to office formal.

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474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

No worries, it's fine.

T'inquiète, c'est bon.

Spoken French drops “ne” and clips “t'inquiète”; textbook “ne t'inquiète pas” sounds like a lesson.

That works for me.

Ça me va.

Short and idiomatic; a literal translation would overbuild the sentence.

How much does it cost?

Ça coûte combien ?

The conversational question pattern « Ça coûte combien ? » is common in spoken French in France, rather than the more formal « Combien cela coûte-t-il ? ».

Is the station far from here?

La gare, c’est loin d’ici ?

The spoken construction « c’est loin ? » is a natural way to ask about distance in France, with « c’est » used instead of a more formal phrasing.

Could we have the bill, please?

L’addition, s’il vous plaît.

« L’addition » is the standard French term for the bill at a restaurant, and « s’il vous plaît » signals polite service language.

I’m heading to work.

Je pars au boulot.

« Boulot » is a familiar French word for work, signaling a casual everyday register in France.

It’s absolutely pouring.

Il pleut des cordes.

The idiom « pleuvoir des cordes » means to rain very heavily and is a familiar expression used in France.

I’ll text you when I get there.

Je t’envoie un texto quand j’arrive.

« Texto » is the everyday French word for a text message, while « je t’envoie » uses informal « tu » for a familiar addressee.

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How French (France) differs

Metropolitan French. Tu informal, vous formal/plural; soixante-dix, quatre-vingt-dix; mail/portable in casual use, courriel rare; casual register may use verlan-adjacent everyday slang sparingly (boulot, sympa, truc).

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