The professional translation market - France
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Study Overview
The professional translation refers to the activity of rebuilding a text from a source language to an target language. Professional translation makes it possible to connect two languages, and often two cultures and periods. Translation is based on a few parameters such as context, grammar and fidelity to the original culture to make an original text understandable to a certain pool of readers to another pool different from the author's basic target. Translation is still mainly carried out by man, while automatic and intelligent translation tools are gradually appearing on the market
The main customer opportunities for professional translation are linked to the increase in books and novels to be translated in France into marketed production but also at the request of the business and government when it comes to publishing reports in multilingual versions to reach a diverse audience
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On the market, against the leading professional translation giants, competition is intensifying, with the use of auto-entrepreneurs which provide lower quality work but in a shorter time and at a lower cost. Also, many companies are increasingly internalizing translation processes with a dedicated internal department, as is the case for consulting firms in France that publish multilingual reports. Finally, professional translation will have to adapt to technological developments and to artificial intelligence which could disrupt the market structure in the coming years.
Key takeaways
- Growth and sector challenges
- Demand analysis
- Market structure and organization
- Supply and pricing analysis
- Player segmentation
- Latest trends and innovations
Our methodology
Our method combines human expertise and a large corpus of sources, including exclusive and private data, for optimal understanding of the sector
Broad source base
- • National, international, and private databases
- • Professional press and polling institutes
- • Industry reports, company financial statements...
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- • Indexpresse sectoral database
- • Preferred Brands database
- • Expert interviews and proprietary indicators
Human expertise
- • Experienced research analysts
- • Know-how developed through 1500+ studies
- • In-depth and rigorous analysis
Visual and actionable reports
- • Graphic studies with synthetic structure
- • Downloadable data
- • Link to original sources
Sommaire
1. Market summary
- 1.1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.2 THE WORLD MARKET FOR PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION: STATUS OF THE MAIN LOCATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
- 1.3 THE PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION MARKET IS GROWING IN FRANCE
2. Demand analysis
- 2.1 CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF TRANSLATED BOOKS MARKETED IN FRANCE SINCE 2009
- 2.2 EVOLUTION OF THE SHARE OF TRANSLATED BOOKS IN THE PRODUCTION MARKETED IN FRANCE SINCE 2009
- 2.3 THE SHARE OF SMALL SIZE TRANSLATIONS IN FRANCE VS. LARGE TRANSLATIONS
- 2.4 EVOLUTION OF THE DEMAND FOR PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION BY LANGUAGE OF TRANSLATION
- 2.5 THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MULTILINGUAL PUBLICATIONS BY COMPANIES AND THE GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE
3. Market structure
- 3.1 PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION VALUE CHAIN IN FRANCE
- 3.2 THE MAIN PLAYERS IN PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION IN FRANCE
- 3.3 CUSTOMER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION IN FRANCE
- 3.4 THE USE OF FREELANCERS FOR PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION IS INCREASING
- 3.5 THE INTERNALIZATION OF TRANSLATION PROCESSES IN COMPANIES
4. Analysis of the offer
- 4.1 TYPOLOGY OF THE PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION OFFER IN FRANCE
- 4.2 THE PRICES OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION IN FRANCE
- 4.3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALGORITHMIC TRANSLATION THROUGH THE USE OF CODE
5. Rules and regulations
- 5.1 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION

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