Book Translator from Catalan to French

Catalan is a Romance language spoken by about ten million people in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, and the southern French region of Roussillon, with Andorra as its only sovereign-state status. Belonging to the same Romance group means many cultural references and semantic categories map cleanly across the two languages, reducing the need for paraphrase and circumlocution in the target text.

French is a critical translation target for reaching eighty million native speakers and 230 million total speakers across France, French-speaking Europe, Canada, and the African Francophonie. Both languages are written in the Latin script, so readers move between the two with no learning curve at the alphabet level and translators can preserve proper nouns, brand names, and citations in their original spellings.

Catalan literature includes the medieval philosopher Ramon Llull, the fifteenth-century chivalric novel Tirant lo Blanch, and the twentieth-century poet Salvador Espriu. French is used as a working language at the UN, EU, and dozens of international bodies, plus extensive publishing, media, and government use across the global Francophonie.