Services

Certified translation, technical translation and interpreting

Every assignment is handled personally by a native Chinese translator based in France and listed as a legal expert by the Riom Court of Appeal. No agency, no intermediary, no outsourcing.

Official

Certified Chinese – French translation

Civil status records, court decisions, notarial deeds, driving licences, diplomas and transcripts, criminal record certificates, household registers (户口本). Each translation carries my seal as a court-appointed expert translator.

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Business

Technical and commercial translation

Contracts, articles of association, manuals, product sheets, tenders, websites and marketing material. Sector-specific terminology research and consistency maintained across your whole document set.

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On site or remote

Chinese – French interpreter

Consecutive and liaison interpreting for hearings and police interviews, prefecture appointments, commercial negotiations, factory visits, medical consultations and notarial signings. On site or by video.

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Documents

The certified translations most often requested

These files make up the bulk of my work. If yours is not listed, send it anyway — the answer is almost always yes.

  • Chinese driving licenceFor licence exchange at the prefecture (ANTS)
  • Birth certificate出生证明 · marriage, nationality, civil status, ID card
  • Diplomas and transcriptsUniversity enrolment, ENIC-NARIC recognition
  • Franco-Chinese marriage fileCertificate of celibacy, capacity to marry, banns
  • Household register / hukou户口本 · residence permit, family reunification
  • Criminal record certificate无犯罪记录证明 · naturalisation, employment
  • Judgments and court decisionsDivorce, child custody, adoption
  • Corporate documentsArticles, company extracts, powers of attorney, contracts

Process

From quote to delivery, step by step

01. Review of your documents

Send scans by email or through the form. I check legibility, identify which procedure they are for, and tell you straight away if legalisation or an apostille is needed first.

02. Firm quote within 24 hours

A fixed price based on the real page count, technical difficulty and your deadline, together with the delivery date and format. The price quoted is the price you pay.

03. Translation and quality control

Specialist terminology research, double proofreading and layout faithful to the source document — an often-overlooked detail that decides whether an authority accepts the file.

04. Delivery worldwide

Signed and sealed digital version, plus hard copies by tracked or registered mail where your procedure requires them. France and international.

About

Ying Zhang Giroud, court-appointed expert translator

Originally from Shanghai and a graduate in French language and communication, I have been working in France since 2011 with courts, notaries, publishing houses and industrial companies.

Ying Zhang Giroud at her desk: translation files in progress, sworn expert’s seal and documents from the Riom Association of Judicial Experts
Files in progress and the sworn expert’s seal. That seal is what makes your translations acceptable to the French authorities, anywhere in the country.

Official authority

Sworn translator and interpreter registered with the Riom Court of Appeal. That registration is what allows me to affix my seal and make your translations admissible before French authorities — anywhere in the country, with no geographical restriction.

Two cultures, not just two languages

A Chinese civil status record does not read like a French one: name order, calendar, administrative wording, seals. Knowing both systems is what saves you a second trip to the counter.

Confidentiality and method

Professional secrecy as a court expert, encrypted storage, up-to-date sector glossaries and terminology aligned with ISO 17100 principles. No outsourcing: your documents never leave my desk.

Client feedback

Trusted with sensitive procedures

“Our Franco-Chinese marriage file was approved by the town hall without a single query. Deadlines were met despite the urgency, and every question we had was answered with real clarity.”

Marie & Jian
Puy-de-Dôme, France

Need a Chinese document officially translated?

Send the scan and tell me which procedure it is for. Within 24 working hours you receive a firm quote with the price, the deadline and the delivery format. Free, no obligation.

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