French arrives in Dubai from far more than France — Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Lebanon and much of West and North Africa all issue documents in French, to their own standards. Documents from francophone Africa in particular are routinely rejected for translation errors that have nothing to do with the language and everything to do with how the original is structured.
We translate between French and Arabic or English for submission anywhere in the UAE. Every translation is produced by a translator licensed by the UAE Ministry of Justice and carries the official MOJ stamp, which is what makes it acceptable to courts, ministries, embassies and banks.
French documents we translate
- Birth, marriage and death certificates
- Diplomas, transcripts and academic records
- Police clearance and residency documents
- Commercial contracts and company formation documents
- Powers of attorney and notarised declarations
- Court judgments and civil-status records
If your document is not on this list, send it anyway. Most of what we handle between the francophone world and the UAE falls outside a tidy category.
Where these translations are accepted
Our French translations are accepted by UAE courts, government departments, embassies, banks and GDRFA. Where a document needs attestation as well as translation — which is common for anything issued outside the UAE — we handle the chain rather than sending you to work it out. See certified translation and attestation for how that process runs.
Turnaround
Standard turnaround is 24–48 hours. Same-day and urgent delivery are available when you are working to a court date or a visa appointment — tell us the deadline when you send the document and we will say honestly whether it is achievable before you commit.
How we work
No machine translation, and no passing the file to an unknown subcontractor. French work is done by a translator who works in the language, and every document gets a second pair of eyes before it is stamped. That is the whole reason a certified translation is worth paying for.
Getting a quote
Send a photo of each page on WhatsApp and you will get a firm price rather than a range. Starting rates for our main language pairs are published on the pricing page; French is quoted per document, since page count alone rarely reflects the work.
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