Your French is
presque juste.
We localize brand content into French and Spanish, so that a reader in Lyon or Valencia meets the company you are, not a translation of it.
Send us finished English, a machine translation, an old human translation, or a mix of the three. What comes back is publishable.
help us draft, compare terminology and spot inconsistencies. We use them where they make the work better.
decide what fits your voice, your audience and the place the words appear. A named native specialist takes responsibility.
You receive edited copy, the reasoning behind important choices, and terminology you can use again.
Machines detect. People decide.
Automated checks read faster than any person and never get bored. They can suggest alternatives, too. The final choice belongs to a person who has read your brief and understands the audience.
Read the brand first
Your voice and vocabulary, taken from your own material before a word is touched.
Source pages, style guide, glossary, previous translations, whatever exists. What has no glossary gets one, and it is yours to keep.
Let the checks run
Suspiciously literal phrasing, terms that drift, conventions each language enforces.
Machine translation, QA rules and terminology checks produce candidates, so the specialist can focus on the decisions that need context. A candidate is not a verdict.
A person signs it
Every line that carries the brand is read, in context, by the specialist who owns that language.
They keep what is right, overrule what is merely defensible, and write the version your reader would expect. Nothing is auto-applied.
A string on its own cannot be judged.
Nine words in a spreadsheet row could be a button, a legal disclaimer or a joke. So we ask for the page, the screenshot, the surrounding steps, the audience, the previous version. Where the text sits changes what it should say.
Where it appears · what the reader is doing · who is speaking · informational, persuasive, transactional or legal · terms already in use · what you published last year
Correct words. Better choices.
Twelve illustrative edits, written to show how we approach a brief. These are demonstrations, not client work or recorded outputs from a translation engine. Compare each draft with the proposed edit, then open the note for the context behind the choice.
Français fr-FR 6changes Gilles open the reviewhide the review
DraftNous supportons votre équipe à chaque étape.
EditedNous accompagnons votre équipe à chaque étape.
Why this edit clearer meaning
Here the brief promises practical help to a team. Accompagnons makes that relationship clear. Supportons can suggest tolerating the team, although supporter has other uses, including supporting a sports team. The surrounding sentence decides which reading is likely.
DraftObtenez une revue gratuite
EditedDemander une relecture gratuite
Why this edit a clearer action
This button requests a sample review of a page. Relecture names that service more precisely than revue. The infinitive follows the button style chosen for this example; an imperative can also work in French when it suits the interface and brand.
DraftRien ici pour l’instant. Veuillez ajouter votre premier fichier.
EditedRien ici pour l’instant. Ajoutez votre premier fichier.
Why this edit lighter register
For a simple empty state, Ajoutez gives the reader a direct next step. Veuillez ajouter is grammatical and polite, but more formal than this product brief needs. It may be appropriate in a different service or context.
DraftNous procédons à la lecture intégrale de chaque ligne.
EditedNous lisons chaque ligne.
Why this edit plain language
The brief asks for a direct, reassuring promise. The longer draft turns a simple action into a formal procedure. Nous lisons keeps the meaning with less ceremony; that is an editorial choice, not a grammar correction.
DraftLocalisation de site web pour les marques en croissance
EditedTraduction de site web pour les marques en croissance
Why this edit audience vocabulary
For business owners unfamiliar with localization terminology, traduction states the service plainly. Localisation is valid specialist vocabulary. Search performance would need keyword research; this wording choice alone does not establish which title will rank better.
DraftLa partie que nous appelons "le dernier pour cent".
EditedLa partie que nous appelons « le dernier pour cent ».
Why this edit house typography
This French style uses guillemets with non-breaking spaces inside them, so the quote marks stay with the words. Other typographic styles exist. What matters here is applying the agreed convention consistently across the publication.
Español es-ES 6changes Daiana open the reviewhide the review
DraftEstamos excitados por empezar.
EditedEstamos encantados por empezar.
Why this edit tone and connotation
Excitado can express enthusiasm as well as other kinds of heightened feeling, including sexual arousal. In this Spanish business welcome, encantados is a less ambiguous, warmer choice. The edit manages tone and possible connotations; it does not claim the draft has only one meaning.
DraftEnvíanos una página que hayas publicado
EditedEnvíenos una página que haya publicado
Why this edit consistent address
The brief for this example uses usted throughout the customer journey. We keep that choice in the button. Tú is also normal in many Spanish brands and services; the issue is an unexplained switch of register, not that one form is universally better.
DraftSea cual sea el estado de su contenido, lo tenemos cubierto.
EditedSea cual sea el estado de su contenido, puede contar con nosotros.
Why this edit idiomatic reassurance
For this formal, reassuring brand voice, puede contar con nosotros expresses the intended promise naturally. Lo tenemos cubierto closely follows the English idiom and may suit other contexts. Here we prefer to state the support being offered rather than carry over the image.
DraftIniciar un repaso
EditedIniciar una revisión
Why this edit agreed terminology
In this example, the product glossary names the service revisión. Repaso is a valid word, but using a different label for the same action can make readers wonder whether it is a different feature. The glossary and interface context justify this edit.
DraftSu prueba termina el 05/04.
EditedSu prueba termina el 4 de mayo.
Why this edit an unambiguous date
The English source means May 4. A reader expecting day-first dates could read 05/04 as 5 April. Writing the month out removes that ambiguity. Date meaning needs its own check even when the surrounding sentence is grammatical.
DraftSuena como tú mismo.
EditedSu voz, también en español.
Why this edit campaign adaptation
For a campaign about entering the Spanish market, this version makes the benefit explicit: a recognisable brand voice in another language. It keeps the formal address chosen for this brief. This is an adaptation, with added context, and needs approval against the campaign brief.
One brief. Three possible voices.
These three adaptations answer the same illustrative brief: welcome useful tools, but keep a person responsible for the final brand voice. They take different liberties with the source. The preferred version follows that brief; a different brief could lead to a different choice.
“Don’t let the machine be the last one to read your brand.”
Ne laissez pas la machine relire votre marque en dernier.
Stays close to the source. Clear as an instruction, but the brief calls for a more memorable campaign line.
Ne confiez pas le dernier mot à la machine.
A concise adaptation built around the last word. On its own, it does less to communicate the brief’s welcome for useful tools.
La machine peut tout traduire. Elle ne doit pas avoir le dernier mot.
Adds the brief’s positive view of tools before setting a boundary. This expands the source deliberately, so that addition needs editorial approval.
Gilles — French review. For this illustrative brief, C makes the intended position most explicit.
No deje que la máquina sea la última en leer su marca.
A close rendering of the source. It explains the instruction, but reading a brand is more abstract than the brief’s promise of editorial responsibility.
Que la última palabra no la tenga la máquina.
A compact adaptation using the last-word idiom. It stresses the limit on machines; the positive role of tools remains unstated.
La máquina puede traducirlo todo. La última palabra, no.
Adds a positive opening from the brief, then ends with a short contrast. It is a campaign adaptation, not a claim that the English contains those same two sentences.
Daiana — Spanish review. The same illustrative brief leads to a different rhythm in Spanish.
A customer never meets your website on its own.
They read the ad, then the landing page, then the sign-up screen, then three emails, then a help article when something breaks. If the voice changes between those, they notice before they can name it. We work across the whole run, on the same glossary and the same decisions.
- Websites and landing pages
- Product and app interfaces
- Ecommerce and product copy
- Email and newsletters
- Help centres and documentation
- Decks and sales material
- Social and campaign copy
- SEO metadata and search copy
- Brand and voice guidelines
The people behind Edit Conduit.
We are Gilles and Daiana, the linguists and translators behind this site. We both hold degrees and have professional translation experience. You work directly with the person responsible for your language.
A qualified linguist and translator, and a native French speaker. Gilles combines professional translation experience with a background in big tech and engineering, bringing a close understanding of both brand language and product interfaces.
A qualified linguist and translator, and a native Spanish speaker. Daiana brings professional translation experience and an attentive ear for register, rhythm and meaning. She takes responsibility for the Spanish version, from the first review to the final read.
Our core offer is French and Spanish. If you need another language, ask us first: we will confirm whether we can help before you send the full brief.
One page. A free first look.
Send one public page and choose French or Spanish. Within two working days, we will email a sample review of selected lines, with suggested edits and the reasoning behind them. It is free, with no call required and no obligation to commission further work.
What a quote depends on
We quote for the agreed scope. Length matters, alongside the research, terminology and editorial work the material needs. Three things help us estimate that work.
The free sample shows our approach. If you want to continue, the quote sets out the pages, languages, deliverables, timing and revision scope, so you know what is included before deciding. Send us a page →