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Live French Translation for Business Meetings
How to provide real-time French translation for business meetings — live captions and spoken translation with no interpreter booth, no headsets, and no app for the audience.
Why French translation matters for business meetings
More than 1 million people in the United States speak French at home — including large West African and Caribbean communities for whom French is a lingua franca. French (français) is spoken by over 320 million people worldwide.
International teams, suppliers, and customers all bring language gaps to the table. Consecutive interpretation doubles meeting length; skipping interpretation loses half the room. Live translated captions let every participant listen in the original and read in their own language at the same time.
French spoken in Paris, Abidjan, and Port-au-Prince sounds very different. Live captions and translation smooth over accent differences that trip up listeners in real time.
How to set it up
- Start a session at the top of the meeting. Run Interpret AI on the laptop in the room — for remote calls, run it on the computer playing the meeting audio. Pick the languages your attendees need.
- Everyone follows in their own language. Participants read live captions in their chosen language while the speaker talks naturally at full speed. Q&A works in both directions.
- Leave with a bilingual record. The meeting transcript is saved in every language used — minutes, action items, and quotes are already written down for both sides.
Try it in the next five minutes: the free plan includes credits that renew every month — enough to run a real meeting in French today.
Start translating free →Frequently asked questions
How does live French translation work for business meetings?
Interpret AI listens to the speaker, transcribes the speech in real time, and displays live translated captions in French (and any other languages listeners choose). Translation appears within seconds of the words being spoken.
Does it work with video calls?
Yes — run Interpret AI on the computer in the call and it captions and translates what it hears, including remote participants coming through the speakers.
How fast is the translation?
Captions appear as the speaker talks, with translation following within a couple of seconds — fast enough to follow a normal meeting without pausing.
Which French variants are supported?
French spoken in Paris, Abidjan, and Port-au-Prince sounds very different. Live captions and translation smooth over accent differences that trip up listeners in real time.
How much does it cost?
Interpret AI has a free plan with monthly credits that renew automatically, and paid plans for regular use. Compared with professional interpretation at $45–150 per hour, a month of Interpret AI costs less than a single interpreted hour.
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